Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2024, 7 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.


Bower, D., Senft, S., Hanlon, R., & Deravi, L. (2024). Pigment granule architecture varies across yellow, red, and brown chromatophores in squid Doryteuthis pealeii. Scientific Reports14(1), 31417. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83021-2

Hernandez-Rodriguez, Y., Bullard, A. M., Busch, R. J., Marshall, A., & Vargas-Muñiz, J. M. (2024). Strategies for genetic manipulation of the halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii: Ectopic DNA integration and marker-free CRISPR/Cas9 transformation. Microbiology Spectrum13(1), e02430-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02430-24 

Arkhipova, I., Burns, K., & Lesage, P. (2024). Controlling and controlled elements: Highlights of the year in mobile DNA research. Mobile DNA15(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-024-00340-x

Arrington, E., Tarn, J., Kivenson, V., Nunn, B., Liu, R., Paul, B., & Valentine, D. (2024). Hydrocarbon metabolism and petroleum seepage as ecological and evolutionary drivers for Cycloclasticus. The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, wrae247. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae247

Evans, B., Gvozdik, V., Knytl, M., Cauret, C., Herrel, A., Greenbaum, E., Patel, J., Premachandra, T., Papenfuss, T., Parente, J., Horb, M., & Measey, J. (2024). Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution41(12). https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae234

Ruff, S., de Angelis, I., Mullis, M., Payet, J., Magnabosco, C., Lloyd, K., Sheik, C., Steen, A., Shipunova, A., Morozov, A., Reese, B., Bradley, J., Lemonnier, C., Schrenk, M., Joye, S., Huber, J., Probst, A., Morrison, H., Sogin, M., … Colwell, F. (2024). A global comparison of surface and subsurface microbiomes reveals large-scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide. Science Advances10(51). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq0645

Griswold, J. M., Bonilla-Quintana, M., Pepper, R., Lee, C. T., Raychaudhuri, S., Ma, S., Gan, Q., Syed, S., Zhu, C., Bell, M., Suga, M., Yamaguchi, Y., Chereau, R., Valentin Naegerl, U., Knott, G., Rangamani, P., & Watanabe, S. (2024). Membrane mechanics dictate axonal pearls-on-a-string morphology and function. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01813-1 

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.