(Updated Feb. 6, 2022) — Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2022, five new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.


December 2022

Maan, R., Reese, L., Volkov, V. A., King, M. R., van der Sluis, E. O., Andrea, N., Evers, W. H., Jakobi, A. J., & Dogterom, M. (2023). Multivalent interactions facilitate motor-dependent protein accumulation at growing microtubule plus-ends. Nature Cell Biology. doi.org/10.1038/s41556-022-01037-0

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Matute, J., Duan, J., Flak, M., Griebel, P., Tascon-Arcila, J., Doms, S., Hanley, T., Antanaviciute, A., Gundrum, J., Mark Welch, J. L., Sit, B., Abtahi, S., Fuhler, G., Grootjans, J., Tran, F., Stengel, S., White, J., Krupka, N., Haller, D., Clare, S., Lawley, T. D., Kaser, A., Simmons, A., Glickman, J. N., Bry, L., Rosenstiel, P., Borisy, G., Waldor, M. K., Baines, J. F., Turner, J. R., & Blumberg, R. (2022). Intelectin-1 binds and alters the localization of the mucus barrier–modifying bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila. Journal of Experimental Medicine. doi.org/10.1084/jem.20211938

Rodriguez, F., & Arkhipova, I. (2022). An Overview of Best Practices for Transposable Element Identification, Classification, and Annotation in Eukaryotic Genomes. In Transposable Elements (Vol. 2607, pp. 1–23). Humana Press. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2883-6_1

Spurrell, M., Oulhen, N., Foster, S., Perillo, M., & Wessel, G. (2023). Gene regulatory divergence amongst echinoderms underlies appearance of pigment cells in sea urchin development. Developmental Biology. doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.11.008

Truchado-García, M., Perry, K., Cavodeassi, F., Kenny, N., Henry, J., & Grande, C. (2022). A small change with a twist ending—A single residue in EGF-CFC drives Bilaterian asymmetry. Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac270


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