Microplastics-Free Gumbo (Season 4: Episode 18)

Get ready for spatial genome regulation in non-bilaterian animals, revamping antibiotics with endolysins, removing microplastics with okra and fenugreek, snake anti0venom from a hyperimmune legend, T. rex’s Asian heritage, the 30 Day Chart Challenge 2025, and a rare cancer grant from the Department of Defense. This episode covers material from May 2nd to May 8th. Science On.

References:

• Chromatin loops are an ancestral hallmark of the animal regulatory genome
• Bacteriophage-derived endolysins restore antibiotic susceptibility in β-lactam- and macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections
• Fenugreek and Okra Polymers as Treatment Agents for the Removal of Microplastics from Water Sources
• Design of diverse, functional mitochondrial targeting sequences across eukaryotic organisms using variational autoencoder
• Snake venom protection by a cocktail of varespladib and broadly neutralizing human antibodies
• Rise of the king: Gondwanan origins and evolution of megaraptoran dinosaurs
• Gravity from transactions: fulfilling the entropic gravity program
• Simulating A Simple Response Adaptive Randomization – I Have To See It To Believe It
• Model Diagnostics: Statistics vs Machine Learning
• 30 Day Chart Challenge 2025
• DoD Rare Cancers, Concept Award

R Packages:

• automatedtests: Automating Choosing Statistical Tests
• tidySummaries: Tidy Statistical Summaries for Exploratory Data Analysis
• VIProDesign: A Comprehensive Tool for Protein Design