New Publications: December 2020

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2020, 13 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.

December 2020

Banks, S. L., Medeiros, A., Sousa, R., Lafer, E, & Morgan, J.. (2021). Chaperone proteins as ameliorators of α-synuclein-induced synaptic pathologies: insights into Parkinson’s disease. Neural Regen Res. DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.300431

Bruce, H. S., & Patel, N. H. (2020). Knockout of crustacean leg patterning genes suggests that insect wings and body walls evolved from ancient leg segments. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(12), 1703-1712. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01349-0

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Eren, A. M., Kiefl, E., Shaiber, A., Veseli, I., Miller, S. E., Schechter, M. S., Fink, I., Pan, J. N., Yousef, M., Fogarty, E. C., Trigodet, F., Watson, A. R., Esen, Ö. C., Moore, R. M., Clayssen, Q., Lee, M. D., Kivenson, V., Graham, E. D., Merrill, B. D., Karkman, A., Blankenberg, D., Eppley, J. M., Sjödin, A., Scott, J. J., Vázquez-Campos, X., McKay, L. J., McDaniel, E. A., Stevens, S. L. R., Anderson, R. E., Fuessel, J., Fernandez-Guerra, A., Maignien, L., Delmont, T. O., & Willis, A. D. (2021). Community-led, integrated, reproducible multi-omics with anvi'o. Nat Microbiol, 6(1), 3-6. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-00834-3

Geisterfer, Z. M., Oakey, J., & Gatlin, J. C. (2020). Microfluidic encapsulation of Xenopus laevis cell-free extracts using hydrogel photolithography. STAR Protoc, 1(3), 100221. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100221

Hirst, W. G., Kiefer, C., Abdosamadi, M. K., Schäffer, E., & Reber, S. (2020). In Vitro Reconstitution and Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by Fluorescence and Label-free Microscopy. STAR Protoc, 1(3), 100177. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100177

Lu, X., Liu, Z., Zhao, F., & Tang, J. (2020). Comparison of total emitted solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and top-of-canopy (TOC) SIF in estimating photosynthesis. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 251(ARTN 112083). DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112083

Pelletier, J. F., Field, C. M., Furthauer, S., Sonnett, M., & Mitchison, T. J. (2020). Co-movement of astral microtubules, organelles and F-actin by dynein and actomyosin forces in frog egg cytoplasm. Elife, 9(ARTN e60047). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60047

Shaiber, A., Willis, A. D., Delmont, T. O., Roux, S., Chen, L. X., Schmid, A. C., Yousef, M., Watson, A. R., Lolans, K., Esen, Ö. C., Lee, S. T. M., Downey, N., Morrison, H. G., Dewhirst, F. E., Mark Welch, J. L., & Eren, A. M. (2020). Functional and genetic markers of niche partitioning among enigmatic members of the human oral microbiome. Genome Biology, 21(1). DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02195-w

Shaidani, N. I., McNamara, S., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. E. (2020). Obtaining Xenopus laevis Eggs. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. Click the Access the Chapter at CSHProtocols.CSHLP.org

Shaidani, N. I., McNamara, S., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. E. (2020). Obtaining Xenopus laevis Embryos. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. Learn More at CSHProtocols.CSHLP.org

Shii, H., & Tani, T. (2020). Dynamic organization of cortical actin filaments during the ooplasmic segregation of ascidian Ciona eggs. Mol Biol Cell. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-01-0083

Utter, D.R., Borisy, G.G., Eren, A.M., Cavanaugh, C.M., & Mark Welch, J. L.  (2020). Metapangenomics of the oral microbiome provides insights into habitat adaptation and cultivar diversity. Genome Biology. DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02200-2

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Vakhrusheva, O. A., Mnatsakanova, E. A., Galimov, Y. R., Neretina, T. V., Gerasimov, E. S., Naumenko, S. A., Ozerova, S. G., Zalevsky, A. O., Yushenova, I. A., Rodriguez, F., Arkhipova, I. R., Penin, A. A., Logacheva, M. D., Bazykin, G. A., & Kondrashov, A. S. (2020). Genomic signatures of recombination in a natural population of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19614-y