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Dinosaur Loki and the Seven Rs (Season 3: Episode 26)


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Get ready for missing ocean nitrification, DNA transformation with IMPRINT, a Loki-inspired dinosaur discovery, Psychology in the Big Book of R, A timeline of R's first 30 years, and a grant on the gut microbiome for human health. Science On.


References:

  • Rhizobia–diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean
  • A cell-free transcription-translation pipeline for recreating methylation patterns boosts DNA transformation in bacteria
  • Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs
  • The extremotolerant desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising pioneer plant for colonizing extraterrestrial environments
  • Juliacon 2024 Presentations Featuring Juliahub speakers
  • seven steps for data cleaning
  • Big Update to Big Book of R (new look, new chapter, new books)
  • A timeline of R's first 30 years
  • Something a little different: Hexbin maps
  • DoD: Kidney Cancer, Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowship Award
  • DoD: Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award
  • Biocodex Microbiota Foundation American grant

  • R Packages:

    • icpack: Survival Analysis of Interval-Censored Data
    • simdata: Generate Simulated Datasets
    • gggenomes: A Grammar of Graphics for Comparative Genomics
    • Imneuron: AI Powered Neural Network Solutions for Regression Tasks
    • rush: Rapid Parallel and Distributed Computing
    • semlrtp: Likelihood Ratio Test P-Values for Structural Equation Models
    • tinyplot: Lightweight Extension of the Base R Graphics System
    • ...more
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      Science Research WeeklyBy Mark R Williamson