Quanta Magazine

Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA

Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system — even between organisms widely separated by evolution. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a ...
Labroots

From Transcriptomes to Epigenomes: Introduction to single-cell RNA-seq and single-cell ATAC-seq

Single-cell technology has revolutionized the field of biological research by enabling the analysis of individual cells, providing unprecedented insights into cellular heterogeneity and function. More ...
The New York Times

The Long-Overlooked Molecule That Will Define a Generation of Science

Dr. Cech is a biochemist and the author of the forthcoming book “The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets,” from which this essay is adapted. See more of our coverage in your ...
Ars Technica

Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself

There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

ES_APPM 372: Introduction to the Analysis of RNA Sequencing Data

This course will give an introduction to the theory and practice of analyzing high-throughput RNA sequencing through lectures and hands-on exercises. The basic topics covered will include: 1) the ...