Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In October 2025, 11 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Aparicio, N. L., Dryburgh, M., McMaken, C. M., Liguori, A., & Gribble, K. E. (2025). Impact of histone post-translational modification inhibitors on lifespan, reproduction, and stress response in the rotifer Brachionus manjavacasPLOS One20(10), e0324769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324769

Fitzpatrick, S., & Maienschein, J. (2025). Saving science by the sea. Science390(6772), 425. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aed1909

Koonce, N., Emerson, S., Bhaskar, D., Kuchroo, M., Moyle, M., Arroyo-Morales, P., Vázquez-Martínez, N., Emerson, J., Krishnaswamy, S., Mohler, W., & Colón-Ramos, D. (2025). Exploring neurodevelopment via spatiotemporal collation of anatomical networks with NeuroSC. eLife13https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.103977.3

Woo, E., Datta, D., Bathla, S., Beatty, H., Caglayan, P., Albizu, A., Lam, T., Kanyo, J., Joyce, M., Leslie, S., Uchendu, S., DeLong, J., Guan, Q., Li, J., Abramson, E., Herman, A., Cooper, D., Licznerski, P., Horvath, T., Jonas, E. A., Nairn, A. C., Arnsten, A. FT., & Sansing, L. (2025). Ryanodine receptor 2-mediated calcium leak is associated with increased glyoxalase I in the aging brain. JCI Insighthttps://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.184041

Elkassas, S. M., Fortunato, C. S., Grim, S. L., Butterfield, D. A., Holden, J. F., Vallino, J. J., Algar, C. K., Zeigler Allen, L., Larson, B. T., Proskurowski, G., Reddington, E., Stewart, L. C., Topcuoglu, B., & Huber, J. A. (2025). Metabolic and population profiles of active subseafloor autotrophs in young oceanic crust at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Applied and Environmental Microbiologyhttps://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01868-25

Kee, H. L. (2025). Spontaneous and heritable change in iridescent properties of bacterium Tenacibaculum discolor str. IMLK18microPublication Biologyhttps://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.001792 

Koonce, N. L., Emerson, S. E., Bhaskar, D., Kuchroo, M., Moyle, M. W., Arroyo-Morales, P., Vázquez-Martínez, N., Emerson, J. I., Krishnaswamy, S., Mohler, W. A., & Colón-Ramos, D. A. (2025). Exploring neurodevelopment via spatiotemporal collation of anatomical networks with NeuroSC. eLife13, RP103977. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103977

Scott, W., Ivorra-Molla, E., Akhuli, D., Massam-Wu, T., Lysyganicz, P. K., Walsh, R., Parent, M., Cook, J., Song, L., Kumar, A., Schneider, F., Mishima, M., Crow, A., & Balasubramanian, M. K. (2025). StayRose: A photostable StayGold derivative red-shifted by genetic code expansion. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 110832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110832

Paul, B. G., & Mekalanos, J. J. (2025). Natural directed evolution in gut microbiota. Science390(6769), 129–130. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb8597

Tucker, S. J., Freel, K. C., Eren, A. M., & Rappé, M. S. (2025). Habitat-specificity in SAR11 is associated with a few genes under high selection. The ISME Journal, wraf216. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf216

Tyler, C., Koganti, L., Liu, J., Ngo, A., Wong, T. W., Zeng, X. (Tina), Seyfarth, E.-A., & Zottoli, S. J. (2025). Supramedullary Neurons in Teleost Fishes: Distribution and Putative Functions. Journal of Morphology286(10), e70090. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70090

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.