Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In April 2021, 10 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.


April 2021

Coker, M. O., Laue, H. E., Hoen, A. G., Hilliard, M., Dade, E., Li, Z., Palys, T., Morrison, H. G., Baker, E., Karagas, M. R., & Madan, J. C. (2021). Infant Feeding Alters the Longitudinal Impact of Birth Mode on the Development of the Gut Microbiota in the First Year of Life. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.642197

Ewton, E., Klasek, S., Peck, E., Wiest, J., & Colwell, F. (2021). Microbial Community Characteristics Largely Unaffected by X-Ray Computed Tomography of Sediment Cores. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.584676

Gomez, C. M. A., & Delgado, J. P. (2021). Limb regeneration in salamanders: the plethodontid tale. International Journal of Developmental Biology. DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.200228jd

Hirschberger, C.,  V. A. Sleight, K. E. Criswell, S. J. Clark, J. A. Gillis, (2021). Conserved and unique transcriptional features of pharyngeal arches in the skate (Leucoraja erinacea) and evolution of the jaw, Molecular Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab123

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Klasek, S. A., Brock, M. T., Morrison, H. G., Weinig, C., & Maignien, L. (2021). Soil Microsite Outweighs Cultivar Genotype Contribution to Brassica Rhizobacterial Community Structure. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645784

Laurinavicius, A., Rasmusson, A., Plancoulaine, B., Shribak, M., & Levenson, R. (2021). Machine-learning-based evaluation of intratumoral heterogeneity and tumor-stroma interface for clinical guidance. The American Journal of Pathology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2021.04.008

Liu, X., Tian, Y., Chen, F., Caratenuto, A., DeGiorgis, J. A., Elsonbaty, M., Wan, Y., Ahlgren, R., & Zheng, Y. (2021). An Easy‐to‐Fabricate 2.5D Evaporator for Efficient Solar Desalination. Advanced Functional Materials. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202100911

Mitchison‐Field, L. M. Y., & Gladfelter, A. S. (2021). Culturing and Multiplexed Time‐Lapse Imaging of Fungal Isolates from Marine and Coastal Environments. Current Protocols. DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.94

Tani, T., Koike-Tani, M., Tran, M. T., Shribak, M., & Levic, S. (2021). Postnatal structural development of mammalian Basilar Membrane provides anatomical basis for the maturation of tonotopic maps and frequency tuning. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87150-w

Xu, N., Townsend, J., Costello, J., Colin, S., Gemmell, B., & Dabiri, J. (2021). Developing Biohybrid Robotic Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) for Free-swimming Tests in the Laboratory and in the Field. Bio-protocol. DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3974


Are you an MBL scientist with a paper that came out this month and was not included on this list? We apologize for the oversight. Please email comm@mbl.edu.