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ggplot2 styling This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!

#rstats

Only 5 days left to apply for this position, don't miss out!!

If you are a Postdoc and looking for a job don't forget to check out this opportunity
@UniversityLeeds
below.

Deadline for application is the 25th of July. Start date is the 1st of September.

Rilzabrutinib acts through multi-immune modulation mechanisms targeting key aspects of ITP disease pathophysiology. buff.ly/2y1gxnZ #hemesky

A warm summer breeze and blue skies at Matlock Lido. A restoring afternoon

We're hosting a special symposium "Asymptotics, PDEs, Industrial Mathematics and Systems Biology" in Nottingham to celebrate John King's election to Fellow of @royalsociety.org on Wed 23rd July. Please register here www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/... #WeAreUoN @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

With Springwatch visiting the NT Longshaw estate on the Derbyshire /Yorkshire border why not visit Cromford and it’s fabulous bookshop !

John king

This makes me happy

royalsociety.org/people/john-... @royalsociety.org @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Royal Society puts £30m into attracting foreign researchers - Research Professional News New international fellowship announced as details of separate government plan yet to be confirmed

Royal Society puts £30m into attracting foreign researchers.

The Royal Society has announced it will invest £30m into a new fellowship for global researchers, with the international science community “in a state of flux”, its president has said.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

What's not too like... Florence Nightingale + Tim Harford

Genome-wide Meta-Analysis of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Reveals 36 Risk Loci - PubMed Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a widespread occurrence among women of reproductive age and inflicts a substantial impact on well-being and healthcare expenses. To better characterize the genetic ar...

Now online in Blood, the largest genetic study to date of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, reveals 36 Risk Loci. Most loci are not related to coagulation/hemostasis and instead other biological processes like hormone regulation and Wnt/beta-catenin signaling: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40324064/

I will be at ISTH 2025 to present my recent works as 2 posters! Looking forward to seeing all the brilliant researchers from all over the world! @isth.org #thrombosis #stroke #atrialfibrillation

You know that point when you’re half asleep and half awake and a mathematical thought pops into your brain? Love it when it turns out to work the next day…

🏆 Congratulations to our Haematology team who have received a national award for their commitment to patients living with myeloma. 🥳

The team were presented with the Myeloma UK Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) Award in recognition of their outstanding care... (1/2)

happy Emmy Noether's birthday to all who celebrate

Our MultiFOLD2 server is also now freely available to all. It's the top-ranked server on the hardest domain targets in #CASP16 by GDT_TS. With integrated stoichiometry prediction it outperforms AF3 on common multimer subsets in CAMEO. www.reading.ac.uk/bioinf/Multi...

Inter-platelet communication driving thrombus formation is regulated by extracellular calpain-1 cleavage of connexin 62 - PubMed Connexin (Cx) gap junction proteins are expressed by a multitude of cells and function as plasma membrane hemichannels or dock to form intercellular communication tunnels. Whilst Cx43 has garnered con...

Pleased to share that our latest study has been published in Hematologica!

@rdgplateletlabs.bsky.social

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40045892/

Want to work in one of the most dynamic places in mathematical biology - in one of the oldest universities in the world - great colleagues, great science.

Check out @abattacks.bsky.social’s new and improved bone marrow organoid model - preprint below. More cell types (lymphoid progenitors and osteo- lineage), myeloma modelling and a cool method to improve scalability!

The stats are alarming: in 2023, Severn Trent discharged sewage into Tideswell Brook a shocking 125 times, totalling 1,702 hours. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical pollution isn’t even monitored under current regulations, so its damaging effects go unnoticed.

#ProtectOurRivers #CleanWaterNow

‼A banking hub at Bakewell’s ABC‼
A huge thank you for the fantastic team effort by @derbyshiredales.bsky.social , the NFU, the Mayor of Bakewell, local residents, and the farming community for supporting me on my mission to make this Banking Hub a reality.

Anna Morris holds a British flag behind her as she celebrates her new world record

Anna Morris is magic 🎩🪄✨

A stunning world record in the women’s IP!

Massive thanks to @chrischirp.bsky.social and Sonya Crowe for giving up their time to talk to students taking our Course on Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development. The students were inspired to hear about how to make a real difference in healthcare using mathematical modelling.

For all new T&H followers, follow the starterpacks (200+ like minded ppl)🧑‍🔬👩‍⚕️🔬

Excited to announce the first UK Maths Bio Conference 4-5 September in Birmingham ukmathbioconference.github.io . Registration will open in a few weeks, save the date! Thanks to my amazing co-organisers Valeria, Kyle, Rachel and Phil for all their work planning the conference.

These are great - really nice set of resources

Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...

Help get fossil fuel ads banned in the UK – sign the petition . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Only 3 days left to apply for these PhD projects in Edinburgh

We are thrilled to announce that 100,000 defibrillators are now registered on The Circuit!

Calling ALL health care professionals in Primary Care! Midwives @rcm.org.uk , Nurses @rcn.org.uk .uk, GPs @wisegpcouk.bsky.social gpcouk.bsky.social please share your views to inform this National survey t.ly/pDJPH.
@nihrspcr.bsky.social sky.social @arc-em.bsky.social em.bsky.social

🚨 BIG NEWS! MuSpAn is LIVE! 🚀 The ultimate tool for tackling all your spatial biology questions. Huge congrats to @joshuabull.bsky.social & @josh-moore.bsky.social ❤️👏 Poignant given Spatial proteomics is Technique of the Year 2024
@naturemethods.bsky.social
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