New Publications: March 2025

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In March 2025, 10 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Kananen, K., Veseli, I., Quiles Pérez, C., Miller, S., Eren, A., & Bradley, P. (2025). Adaptive adjustment of profile HMM significance thresholds improves functional and metabolic insights into microbial genomes. Bioinformatics Advances, 5(1), vbaf039. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf039

Zottoli, S. J., Kaczmarek, L. K., & Faber, D. S. (2025). Multiple Neuronal Processes, Including the Mauthner Axon, Form a Multi-Axial Fiber Within a Common Myelin Sheath in the Central Nervous System of Adult Lungfishes, Protopterus annectens, Lepidosiren paradoxa, and Neoceratodus forsteri. Journal of Morphology, 286(4), e70042. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70042

Griffin, C., Coppenrath, K., Khan, D., Lin, Z., Horb, M., & Saint-Jeannet, J.-P. (2025). Deletion of sf3b4 causes splicing defects and gene dysregulation that disrupt craniofacial development and survival. Disease Models & Mechanisms, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052169

Liu, J., Burkart, T., Ziepke, A., Reinhard, J., Chao, Y.-C., Tan, T. H., Swartz, S. Z., Frey, E., & Fakhri, N. (2025). Light-induced cortical excitability reveals programmable shape dynamics in starfish oocytes. Nature Physics, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02807-x

Ribeiro, R., Null, R., & Özpolat, B. (2025). Sex-biased gene expression precedes sexual dimorphism in the agonadal annelid Platynereis dumerilii. Development. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204513

Simon, S., Soares, A., Bornemann, T., Lange, A., Griesdorn, L., Fuentes, A., Dieckmann, M., Krok, B., Ruff, S., Hügler, M., Moraru, C., & Probst, A. (2025). Inferring replication states of bacteria and viruses in enrichment cultures via long-read sequencing. ISME Communications, ycaf041. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf041

Loh, L., DeMarr, K., Tsimba, M., Heryanto, C., Berrio, A., Patel, N., Martin, A., McMillan, W., Wray, G., & Hanly, J. (2025). Lepidopteran scale cells derive from sensory organ precursors through a canonical lineage. Development, 152(5).https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204501

Pedrosa-Pamies, R., Conte, M. H., Weber, J. C., & Andersson, A. J. (2025). Hurricane-driven transport of bermuda reef carbonate platform sediments to the deep ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(3), e2023JC020500.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020500

Damian-Serrano, A., Walton, K., Bishop-Perdue, A., Bagoye, S., Du Clos, K., Gemmell, B., Colin, S., Costello, J., & Sutherland, K. (2025). Colonial architecture modulates the speed and efficiency of multi-jet swimming in salp colonies. Journal of Experimental Biology.https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249465

Martinez, A., Hall, L., Fuentes, M., Putland, R., & Mensinger, A. (2025). The effects on anthropogenic sound on embryonic little skates (Leucoraja erinacea) and chain dogfish (Scyliorhinus rotifer). Journal of Experimental Biology.https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249394

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.