Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In the first two months of 2022, 18 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.


February 2022

Aguado, M. T., Ponz-Segrelles, G., Glasby, C. J., Ribeiro, R. P., Nakamura, M., Oguchi, K., Omori, A., Kohtsuka, H., Fischer, C., Ise, Y., Jimi, N., & Miura, T. (2022). Ramisyllis kingghidorahi n. Sp., a new branching annelid from Japan. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00545-z

Dellaert, Z., Vargas, P. A., La Riviere, P. J., & Roberson, L. M. (2022). Uncovering the Effects of Symbiosis and Temperature on Coral Calcification. Biological Bulletin. doi.org/10.1086/716711

Espino, C. M., Lewis, C., Wells, K., O’Neil, D., & Griffith, T. (2022). Na(v)1.1 plays a temperature dependent role in proprioceptor excitability. Biophysical Journal, 121(3), 95–95.  doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.2250 

Gillis, J.A., Bennett, S., Criswell, K.E., Rees, J., Sleight, V.A., Hirschberger, C., Calzarette, D., Kerr, S., Dasen, J. (2022). Big insight from the little skate: Leucoraja erinacea as a developmental model system. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2021.12.016

Learn More: Big Insight from the Little Skate — and from MBL Marine Resources

Molines, A. T., Lemière, J., Gazzola, M., Steinmark, I. E., Edrington, C. H., Hsu, C.-T., Real-Calderon, P., Suhling, K., Goshima, G., Holt, L. J., Thery, M., Brouhard, G. J., & Chang, F. (2022). Physical properties of the cytoplasm modulate the rates of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization. Developmental Cell. doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2022.02.001

Mäthger, L. M., Bok, M. J., Liebich, J., Sicius, L., & Nilsson, D.-E. (2022). Pupil dilation and constriction in the skate Leucoraja erinacea in a simulated natural light field. The Journal of Experimental Biology. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243221

Parent, M. T., Mautino, A. R., & Kumar, A. (2022). A multi-view line scanning confocal microscope for fast imaging of extended samples. Biophysical Journal, 121(3), 411A-411A.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.710 

Paul, B., & Eren, A. (2022). Eco-evolutionary significance of domesticated retroelements in microbial genomes. Mobile DNA. doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00262-6

Rodriguez, F., Yushenova, I. A., DiCorpo, D., & Arkhipova, I. R. (2022). Bacterial N4-methylcytosine as an epigenetic mark in eukaryotic DNA. Nature Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28471-w

Learn More: MBL Team Discovers New DNA Modification System in Animals, Captured from Bacteria

Sanchez Trivino, C. A., Landinez, M. P., Duran, S., Gomez, M. del P., & Nasi, E. (2022). Modulation of G(q)/PLC-mediated signaling by acute lithium exposure. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2022.838939 

Wallace, J., Chang, C., Kegawa, Y., Feigen, E., Ralowicz, A., Humphrey, G., Petersen, J., Blank, P., & Zimmerberg, J. (2022). Identification of endogenous amyloid-like bodies in the CNS of Doryteuthis pealeii. Biophysical Journal. doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.1002 

Wallace, J., Parent, M., Raut, P., Waters, H., Zimmerberg, J., & Hess, S. (2022). The primary structure of the cytoplasmic tail domain of influenza hemagglutinin regulates its co-clustering with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Biophysical Journal. doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.2301 

Walker, S. E., Sabin, K. Z., Gearhart, M. D., Yamamoto, K., & Echeverri, K. (2022). Regulation of stem cell identity by miR-200a during spinal cord regeneration. Development. doi.org/10.1242/dev.200033

January 2022

Haviland, K. A., Howarth, R. W., Marino, R., & Hayn, M. (2022). Variation in sediment and seagrass characteristics reflect multiple stressors along a nitrogen-enrichment gradient in a New England lagoon. Limnology and Oceanography. doi.org/10.1002/lno.12025

Ruff, S. E. (2021). Editorial: Microbial Communities and Metabolisms Involved in the Degradation of Cellular and Extracellular Organic Biopolymers. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.802619

Upreti, K., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Maiti, K., Giblin, A. E., & Castañeda-Moya, E. (2022). Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) is marginal relative to denitrification in emerging-eroding wetlands in a subtropical oligohaline and eutrophic coastal delta. The Science of The Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.152942

Zhang, W., Foo, M., Eren, A. M., & Pan, T. (2022). tRNA modification dynamics from individual organisms to metaepitranscriptomics of microbiomes. Molecular Cell. doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2021.12.007

Zhao, S., Zettler, E. R., Bos, R. P., Lin, P., Amaral-Zettler, L. A., & Mincer, T. J. (2022). Large quantities of small microplastics permeate the surface ocean to abyssal depths in the South Atlantic Gyre. Global Change Biology. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16089


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