… Boothby, Unpublished). Additionally, incubation of co-solutes with CAHS and other IDPs
results in mixtures that form vitrified solids with dramatically different thermal properties (Boothby…

Over 300 years ago the father of microscopy, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, observed dried
rotifers (tiny animals) “coming back to life” upon rehydration. Since then, scientists have been …

… Boothby et al. show that tardigrade disordered proteins are required for desiccation tolerance
and exogenously protect cells and purified enzymes from drying. When dry, these proteins …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the transfer of genes between species, has been recognized
recently as more pervasive than previously suspected. Here, we report evidence for an …

… Photo credit: Boothby. e Depiction of the shorthorn sculpin, am arctic fish that utilizes type I
antifreeze proteins to prevent internal ice formation under freezing temperatures. Image credit…

The utilization of stored RNA is a driving force in rapid development. Here, we show that
retention and subsequent removal of introns from pre-mRNAs regulate temporal patterns of …

The superphylum Panarthropoda (Arthropoda, Onychophora, and Tardigrada) exhibits a
remarkable diversity of segment morphologies, enabling these animals to occupy diverse …

… Silvia Sanchez Martinez and Shahar Sukenik as well as members of the Boothby Lab for
discussions and reading of this manuscript. We thank members of the Water and Life Interface …

… Author contributions: TC Fadero and PS Maddox codesigned and assembled all LITE
prototypes, including the final … TC Boothby maintained, fixed, and stained H. dujardini cultures. …

Water unavailability is an abiotic stress causing unfavourable conditions for life. Nevertheless,
some animals evolved anhydrobiosis, a strategy allowing for the reversible organism …