New Publications: May 2023

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In May 2023, 14 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.

May 2023

Afzal, Z., Lange, J. J., Nolte, C., McKinney, S., Wood, C., Paulson, A., De Kumar, B., Unruh, J., Slaughter, B. D., & Krumlauf, R. (2023). Shared retinoic acid responsive enhancers coordinately regulate nascent transcription of Hoxb coding and non-coding RNAs in the developing mouse neural tube. Development. DOI: 10.1242/dev.201259

Bois, S., Neill, C., Whittemore, M., Champlin, L., Beattie, K., Hopping, R., Karberg, J., Lombard, K., Omand, K., Weigand, P., & Wernerehl, R. (2023). Challenges, successes, and recommendations for management of coastal sandplain grasslands as regional biodiversity hotspots in the northeastern United States. Restoration Ecology.DOI: 10.1111/rec.13928

Bos, R. P., Kaul, D., Zettler, E. R., Hoffman, J. M., Dupont, C. L., Amaral-Zettler, L. A., & Mincer, T. J. (2023). Plastics select for distinct early colonizing microbial populations with reproducible traits across environmental gradients. Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16391

Dimitrakopoulou, D., Khwatenge, C. N., James-Zorn, C., Paiola, M., Bellin, E. W., Tian, Y., Sundararaj, N., Polak, E. J., Grayfer, L., Barnard, D., Ohta, Y., Horb, M., Sang, Y., & Robert, J. (2023). Advances in the Xenopus immunome: Diversification, expansion, and contraction. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2023.104734

Hubbard, C. J., Harrison, J. G., McMinn, R., Bennett Ponsford, J. C., Maignien, L., Ewers, B., & Weinig, C. (2023). Rhizosphere microbial community composition shifts diurnally and in response to natural variation in host clock phenotype. mSystems DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01487-21

Jum’ah, H., Shribak, M., Keikhosravi, A., Li, B., Liu, Y., Obaidat, D., Eliceiri, K. W., Loeffler, A., & Ayub, S. (2023). Detection of crystals in joint fluid aspirates with polychromatic polarisation microscopy. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. DOI: 10.1136/ard-2023-224331

Maienschein, J. (2023). The Camouflaged Metaphysics of Embryos. Issues in Science and Technology.DOI: 10.58875/cnst5707

Maxson Jones, K., & Morgan, J. R. (2023). Lampreys and spinal cord regeneration: “A very special claim on the interest of zoologists,” 1830s-present. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1113961

Min, E., Naeem, S., Gough, L., McLaren, J., Rowe, R., Rastetter, E., Boelman, N., & Griffin, K. (2023). Using structure to model function: Incorporating canopy structure improves estimates of ecosystem carbon flux in arctic dry heath tundra. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acceb6

Mincer, T. J., Bos, R. P., Zettler, E. R., Zhao, S., Asbun, A. A., Orsi, W. D., Guzzetta, V. S., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2023). “Sargasso Sea Vibrio bacteria: Underexplored potential pathovars in a perturbed habitat.” Water Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120033

Learn more: A ‘Pathogen’ Storm: Vibrio Bacteria, Sargassum and Plastic Debris

Nichols, R. S., Moynihan, M. A., & Martin, P. (2023). Alkaline phosphatase activity in an equatorial coral reef ecosystem unrelated to seasonal nutrient dynamics. Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-023-02383-7

Perillo, M., Swartz, S. Z., Pieplow, C., & Wessel, G. M. (2023). Molecular mechanisms of tubulogenesis revealed in the sea star hydro-vascular organ. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37947-2

Learn more: Basic ‘Toolkit’ for Organ Development is Illuminated by Sea Star Study

Satterlee, J. W., Evans, L. J., Conlon, B. R., Conklin, P., Martinez-Gomez, J., Yen, J. R., Wu, H., Sylvester, A. W., Specht, C. D., Cheng, J., Johnston, R., Coen, E., & Scanlon, M. J. (2023). A Wox3-patterning module organizes planar growth in grass leaves and ligules. Nature Plants.DOI: 10.1038/s41477-023-01405-0

Tamm, S. (2023). Morphology and dynamic behavior of anal pores during defecation in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus. Invertebrate Biology. DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12397

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