New Publications: January 2021

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In January 2021, 17 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.

January 2021

Chan, K. M. C., Arthur, A. L., Morstein, J., Jin, M., Bhat, A., Schlesinger, D., Son, S., Stevens, D. A., Drubin, D. G., & Fletcher, D. A. (2021). Evolutionarily related small viral fusogens hijack distinct but modular actin nucleation pathways to drive cell-cell fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007526118

This study originated in the MBL Physiology course.

de Mendoza, A., Poppe, D., Buckberry, S., Pflueger, J., Albertin, C. B., Daish, T., Bertrand, S., de la Calle-Mustienes, E., Gómez-Skarmeta, J. L., Nery, J. R., Ecker, J. R., Baer, B., Ragsdale, C. W., Grützner, F., Escriva, H., Venkatesh, B., Bogdanovic, O., & Lister, R. (2021). The emergence of the brain non-CpG methylation system in vertebrates. Nat Ecol Evol. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01371-2

de Vogel, F. A., Schlundt, C., Stote, R. E., Ratto, J. A., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2021). Comparative Genomics of Marine Bacteria from a Historically Defined Plastic Biodegradation Consortium with the Capacity to Biodegrade Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microorganisms. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010186

Gemmell, B. J., Du Clos, K. T., Colin, S. P., Sutherland, K. R., & Costello, J. H. (2021). The most efficient metazoan swimmer creates a 'virtual wall' to enhance performance. Proc Biol Sci. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2494

Hu, S., Anastassov, I. A., Kreitzer, M. A., Slaughter, M. M., & Chappell, R. L. (2020). A dark decrement for enhanced dynamic sensitivity of retinal photoreceptors. Vision Res. DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2020.12.005

Ishihara, K., Decker, F., Caldas, P., Pelletier, J. F., Loose, M., Brugués, J., & Mitchison, T. J. (2021). Spatial Variation of Microtubule Depolymerization in Large Asters. Molecular Biology of the Cell. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-11-0723

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

Learn More: Imaging the First Moments of a Body Plan Emerging in the Embryo

Li, S., Raychaudhuri, S., Lee, S. A., Brockmann, M. M., Wang, J., Kusick, G., Prater, C., Syed, S., Falahati, H., Ramos, R., Bartol, T. M., Hosy, E., & Watanabe, S. (2021). Asynchronous release sites align with NMDA receptors in mouse hippocampal synapses. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21004-x

Liu, X. J. A., Pold, G., Domeignoz-Horta, L. A., Geyer, K. M., Caris, H., Nicolson, H., Kemner, K. M., Frey, S. D., Melillo, J. M., & DeAngelis, K. M. (2021). Soil aggregate-mediated microbial responses to long-term warming. Soil Biology & Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108055

Morris, S. L., Tsai, M. Y., Aloe, S., Bechberger, K., König, S., Morfini, G., & Brady, S. T. (2020). Defined Tau Phosphospecies Differentially Inhibit Fast Axonal Transport Through Activation of Two Independent Signaling Pathways. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.610037

Chan, K. M. C., Arthur, A. L., Morstein, J., Jin, M. Y., Bhat, A., Schlesinger, D., Son, S., Stevens, D. A., Drubin, D. G., & Fletcher, D. A. (2021). Evolutionarily related small viral fusogens hijack distinct but modular actin nucleation pathways to drive cell-cell fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007526118

Richter, N., Russell, J. M., Garfinkel, J., & Huang, Y. S. (2021). Impacts of Norse settlement on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Southwest Iceland. Journal of Paleolimnology. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-020-00169-3

Sivaguru, M., Todorov, L. G., Fouke, C. E., Munro, C. M. O., Fouke, K. W., Fouke, K. E., Baughman, M. E., & Fouke, B. W. (2021). Corals regulate the distribution and abundance of Symbiodiniaceae and biomolecules in response to changing water depth and sea surface temperature. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81520-0

Souza, F. F. C., Mathai, P. P., Pauliquevis, T., Balsanelli, E., Pedrosa, F. O., Souza, E. M., Baura, V. A., Monteiro, R. A., Cruz, L. M., Souza, R. A. F., Andreae, M. O., Barbosa, C. G. G., de Angelis, I. H., Sánchez-Parra, B., Pӧhlker, C., Weber, B., Ruff, E., Reis, R. A., Godoi, R. H. M., Sadowsky, M. J., & Huergo, L. F. (2020). Influence of seasonality on the aerosol microbiome of the Amazon rainforest. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144092

Learn More: Season of the Microbiome Over the Amazon Rainforest

Subramanian, S., & Jonas, E. A. (2021). Mitochondria: Powerhouses of Presynaptic Plasticity. The Journal of Physiology. DOI: 10.1113/jp281040

Vogel, F. A. D., Schlundt, C., Stote, R. E., Ratto, J. A., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2021). Comparative Genomics of Marine Bacteria from a Historically Defined Plastic Biodegradation Consortium with the Capacity to Biodegrade Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microorganisms. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010186

Yu, H., Lu, S., Gasior, K., Singh, D., Vazquez-Sanchez, S., Tapia, O., Toprani, D., Beccari, M. S., Yates, J. R., Da Cruz, S., Newby, J. M., Lafarga, M., Gladfelter, A. S., Villa, E., & Cleveland, D. W. (2020). HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb4309

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