Recent Scientific Publications | Marine Biological Laboratory

As of August 10, 2026
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Bulseco, A. N., Yang, W., Huber, J. A., & Vallino, J. J. (2026). Growth characteristics of natural microbial populations are skewed toward bacteria with low specific growth rates. Microbiology Spectrum, e0219326. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02193-26

Demir, C., Gomez-Velez, J. D., Guimond, J., McClelland, J. W., Charette, M. A., & Cardenas, M. B. (2026). Time-Varying Hydroclimatic and Oceanic Controls on Arctic Submarine Groundwater Discharge Inferred Using Explainable AI. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(15), e2026GL123641. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL123641

Forbrich, I., & Sturtevant, C. (2026). Drought-driven salinity intrusion drives fast decline and slow recovery of methane fluxes in a brackish tidal wetland. Environmental Research Letters, 21(14). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae867d

Pelletier, J. F., Field, C. M., Coughlin, M., Ryazanova, L., Sonnett, M., Wühr, M., & Mitchison, T. J. (2026). Glycogen-dependent demixing of frog egg cytoplasm at increased crowding. Biophysical Journal, S0006349526004959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2026.07.014

Schwieger, S., Dietrich, J., Bjorkman, M. P., Sarneel, J. M., Li, B., White, J., Althuizen, I. H. J., Biasi, C., Bjork, R. G., Bohner, H., Bremset Hansen, B., Carbognani, M., Chiari, G., Christiansen, C. T., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, H., D’Imperio, L., Dorrepaal, E., Elberling, B., Faubert, P., Fetcher, N., Forte, T. G. W, Gaudard, J., Gavazov, K., Guan, Z.-H., Gudmundsson, J., Haugum, S. V., He, J.-S., Hicks Pries, C., Hovenden, M., Lang, S. I., Jespersen, G., Jonsdottir, I. S., Jung, J. Y., Khitun, O., Kortegaard Danielsen, B., Lamprecht, R., Le Moullec, M., Lee, H., Marushchak, M. E., Michelsen, A., Munir, T., Myrsky, E., Newsham, K. K., Nyberg, M., Oberbauer, S. F., Olivas, P., Olofsson, J., Oskarsson, H., Parker, T. C., Petit Bon, M., Petraglia, A., Pedersen, E. P., Raundrup, K., Ravn, N. R., Rinnan, R., Rodenhizer, H., Ryde, I., Salazar, A., Schmidt, N. M., Schuur, T., Sjogersten, S., Skov Nielsen, C. S., Stark, S., Strack, M., Tang, J., Toet, S., Tolvanen, A., Vaisanen, M., Van Logtestijn, R., Vandvik, V., Voigt, C., Walz, J., Welker, J. M., Yang, Y., Ylanne, H., & Maes, S. L. (2026). TundraFlux: A database of ecosystem respiration with biotic and abiotic metadata from Arctic and alpine tundra warming experiments. Earth System Science Data, 18(7), 4965–4982. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4965-2026

Bullock, E. J., Mason, R., Schaal, I. V., Bristol, E. M., Cardenas, M. B., McClelland, J. W., & Charette, M. A. (2026). Inorganic and Methylmercury Inputs to Arctic Coastal Waters from Submarine Groundwater Discharge. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c05701

Christman, N. R., Kling, G. W., Giblin, A. E., Dobkowski, J. A., & Crump, B. C. (2026). A 25-year record linking bacterial community composition to long-term environmental change and seasonal cycles of stratification in an Arctic lake. Arctic Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2025-0101

Flamholz, Z. N., Mulay, S. A., Leshyk, V., Caporaso, J. G., Eisen, J. A., Kelly, L., Lloyd, K. G., Osburn, M. R., Podar, M., Roux, S., Regberg, S. A. B., Ruff, S. E., Tierney, B., Tighe, S., Trembath-Reichert, E., Venkateswaran, K., Woyke, T., Locken, K. M., Sapers, H. M., & Whiteson, K. (2026). Exploring life’s hidden majority: Microbial dark matter symposium highlights. mSphere, 0(0), e00587-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00587-25

Magozzi, S., Trueman, C. N., Cobain, M. R. D., MacKenzie, K. M., John Glew, K. St., Canseco, J. A., Díaz-Delgado, E., Fanelli, E., Rumolo, P., Cartes, J. E., Espinasse, B., Agnetta, D., Albo-Puigserver, M., Alomar, C., Alvisi, F., Badalamenti, F., Bănaru, D., Berto, D., Bonanno, A., Bonaviri, C., Bongiorni, L., Buyukates, Y., Calafat Frau, A. M., Camatti, E., Cantoni, C., Cardona, L., Carlier, A., Castellano, M., Chaikalis, S., Chiggiato, J., Cibic, T., Conan, P., Conese, I., Coppari, M., Costalago, D., Cresson, P., D’Ambra, I., Dahnke, K., Darnaude, A. M., Deudero, S., Ezgeta-Balic, D., Giani, M., Gogou, A., Gregori, G., Guy-Haim, T., Harmelin-Vivien, M., Jennings, S., Karageorgis, A. P., Koppelmann, R., Lampadariou, N., Langone, L., Lienart, C., Mazzocchi, M. G., Mazzola, A., Meador, T. B., Merquiol, L., Metzke, M., Miserocchi, S., Mobius, J., Mostajir, B., Mousseau, L., Navarro, J., Ogrinc, N., Pansera, M., Pantoja-Gutierrez, S., Papiol, V., Parinos, C., Pasqual, C., Pavlidou, A., Pedrosa-Pamies, R., Pinnegar, J., Polunin, N. V. C., Protopapa, M., Repeta, D. J., Sabatino, N., Sachs, J. P., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Sara, G., Savoye, N., Schroeder, A., Skyalki, E., Sigman, D. M., Signa, G., Sisma-Ventura, G., Stavrakaki, I., Struck, U., Tesan-Onrubia, J. A., Tesi, T., Uzundumlu, S., Valls, M., Vizzini, S., Zervoudaki, S., Zgozi, S. W., Zoppini, A., Zorica, B., & Willis, T. J. (2026). Spatial models cannot compensate for sampling designs unstructured relative to isotopic variation: Implications for baseline isoscape development in the Mediterranean Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 103794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103794

Lewis, P. A., Horowitz, Z., Shribak, M., & Echeverri, K. (2026). A shining starlet: Nematostella vectensis as a model for developmental, regenerative, and comparative biology. Developmental Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.70173

Rangachar, C. C., Moran, D. D., & Emerson, M. M. (2026). Developmental analysis of the cone photoreceptor-less little skate retina reveals distinct Onecut1 isoforms. Developmental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2026.06.010

Marc, T. K., Rodger, A., & Perillo, M. (2026). Comparative analysis of Asterias forbesi development reveals distinct mechanisms of hydro-vascular organ formation across sea stars. Discover Developmental Biology, 236, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-026-00731-5

Coppenrath, K., Shaidani, N.-I., Naert, T., Majumdar, H. D., Horb, M., Lienkamp, S. S., Klein, S. L., & Moody, S. A. (2026). SIX1 BOR variants have different effects on embryonic craniofacial gene expression and cartilage formation. Development, dev.205428. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.205428

Jinson, S. T., Maienschein, J., & Laubichler, M. (2026). A computational case study of Günter Blobel’s idea of protein topogenesis and its influence. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 48(2), 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-026-00732-7

Paganos, P., Naigles, B., Wolff, C., Voronov, D., & Swartz, S. Z. (2026). Molecular evidence for early deuterostome origins of ovarian cell types and neuroendocrine control of reproduction. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74401-5

Connolly, C. T., Spencer, R. G. M., & McClelland, J. W. (2026). Elucidating the Reactivity and Fate of Dissolved Organic Matter in Groundwater Entering the Alaska Beaufort Sea Coast Using 14C Ramped Oxidation. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(11), e2025GL121357. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121357

Tamm, S. L. (2026). Novel Cell Motility of Protozoa Living in the Hindgut of Termites. Journal of Trial and Error. https://doi.org/10.36850/94da-4482

Peredo, E. L., Kulp, R., Rodriguez, F., Weintraub, M. N., Anand, M., Bixler, S., Koller, J., Lee, C., Mathai, D., Tuytschaevers, S., & Kumar, G. (2026). Metagenome-assembled genomes from biological soil crusts in sandy sediments of Kitty Todd Nature Preserve, OH, USA. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e00380-26. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00380-26

Torres-Morales, J., Giacomini, J. J., Chen, T., Voorhis, A., Kauffman, K. M., Dewhirst, F. E., Borisy, G. G., & Mark Welch, J. L. (2026). Pangenomes of the human oral microbiome. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e00261-26. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00261-26

Liang, Q., Deng, L., Xie, R., Liu, X., Xiao, X., Hou, J., Wang, J., Sui, W., Lu, N., Tong, Z., Huang, D., Wang, Y., Han, Y., Zhao, J., Guo, B., Zhang, W., Geng, M., Ren, T., Ye, W., Xiong, Z., Dong, L., Ruff, S. E., Meile, C., Tao, J., Dong, X., & Wang, F. (2026). Rapid de novo assembly of animal-microbe biofilter to mitigate seabed methane leakage. National Science Review, nwag266. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag266

Liguori, A., Korm, S., Profetto, A., Richters, E., & Gribble, K. (2026). Transgenerational and intergenerational maternal age effects exhibit genotype-specific, complex patterns of inheritance. The American Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/742104

Pandey, A., Cousin, H., Kumar, S., Taylor, L., Chander, A., Coppenrath, K., Shaidani, N.-I., Horb, M., & Alfandari, D. (2026). Adam13 interacts with large protein complexes to regulate histone modification and gene expression. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2026.1824619

Demir, C., Guimond, J., Bristol, E., Bullock, E., McClelland, J., Charette, M., & Cardenas, M. (2026). Hydrological and Thermal Dynamics of a Supra‐Permafrost Subterranean Estuary. Water Resources Research, 62(5), e2025WR041790. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025wr041790

Giacomini, J. J., Torres-Morales, J., Dewhirst, F. E., Borisy, G. G., & Mark Welch, J. L. (2026). Spatial ecology of the Capnocytophaga genus in the human oral cavity. Microbiology Spectrum, e03626-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03626-25

Velloso, I., Araujo, R., Horb, M., & Abreu, J. G. (2026). Cell division during Xenopus gastrulation influences neuroectoderm patterning. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2026.1798565

Gravinese, P. M., Craft, H. E., Douwes, A., Faraci, G. S., Jarrett, M. L., Perry, S. A., Potts, C. E., Rosser, E. C., Smith, A. L., Trevillian, A. R., Moore, C., & Yates, K. K. (2026). Variable pH habitats could help prepare stone crabs for coastal acidification. Marine Biology, 173(5), 83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-026-04846-1

Gumnit, E., Gattoni, G., Woych, J., Deryckere, A., Bhattarai, P., Gillis, J. A., Kizil, C., & Tosches, M. A. (2026). Evolutionary origins and transcriptomic innovations of vertebrate Cajal-Retzius cells. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.082

Jung, A., Bartnick, R., Thomas, D. C., Lehndorff, E., & Lueders, T. (2026). Conventional and biodegradable microplastics elicit contrasting taxon-level responses in rhizosphere microbiomes of maize and strawberry. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, fiag040. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiag040

López-Yllescas, M., Vázquez-Delfín, E. F., Fagundo-Mollineda, A., Freile-Pelegrín, Y., Muñiz-Salazar, R., Roberson, L. M., & Robledo, D. (2026). Cultivation potential of the tropical carrageenophyte Eucheumatopsis isiformis (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Yucatán, Mexico. PLOS ONE, 21(4), e0346826. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346826

Zhang, M., Cai, X., Weston, N. B., Wu, Z., Giblin, A. E., Hunt, C. W., Tsao, S. S., Zhang, N. H., & Raymond, P. A. (2026). Spatiotemporal Modulation of Alkalinity and DIC Outwelling From Saltmarsh Porewater in New England’s Largest Marsh Complex. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 131(4), e2026JG009711. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026JG009711

Dong, G., Mitchell, D., & Moss, A. (2026). Organization of the ctenophore tentacular apparatus: Adult Mnemiopsis leidyi lacks a canonical principal tentacle. iScience, 29(4), 115508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115508

Tian, S., Li, D., Zhang, T., McClelland, J. W., Overeem, I., Lane, S. N., Spencer, R. G. M., Wohl, E., Sha, A., Zhao, Y., Miao, C., Ning, M., Yuan, L., & Ni, J. (2026). Increasing river sediment concentration and flux across the pan-Arctic. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01960-z

Luo, E., Pham, N. D., Rogers, T. J., Sheam, M. M., Benner, B. E., Vallino, J. J., Trubl, G., & Huber, J. A. (2026). Quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP)-informed metagenomics identifies viruses infecting chemoautotrophs. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71833-x

San Román, A. X., Frey, S. D., Knorr, M. A., Tong, H., Melillo, J. M., & Simpson, M. J. (2026). Three decades of continuous warming in temperate forests destabilizes persistent forms of soil organic matter. Science of The Total Environment, 1029, 181777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181777

von Montfort, G., Sutherland, K., Colin, S., Costello, J., & Nagata, R. (2026). Small jellyfish, large consequences: The overlooked predatory role of hydromedusae in subtropical estuarine ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography, 71(4), e70360. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70360

Rawlins, M. A., Connolly, C. T., & McClelland, J. W. (2026). Hydrological Cycle Intensification and Permafrost Thaw Drive Increased Freshwater and Organic Carbon Inputs to Northern Alaska Estuaries. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 40(4), e2025GB008822. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GB008822

Yang, Z., Vanzin, G. F., Vega, M. A. P., Brady, A. R., Paredes, L. M., Ranville, J. F., & Sharp, J. O. (2026). Photosynthetic Diel Cycling Influences Inverse Zinc and Copper Solubility Dynamics within a Constructed Wetland. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c12039

Nandi, S., Stephens, T. G., Garcia, R., Sánchez-García, M., Roberson, L. M., Avalos, J. L., Chundawat, S. P. S., & Bhattacharya, D. (2026). Rafts of change: Microbial and functional dynamics in simulated Sargassum strandings. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, e02357-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02357-25

Polunina-Proulx, I. A., Holdren, K., Lubofsky, L. A., Munier, R. S. C., Speer, P. E., Pitts, A., McGee, L.-A. S., Famely, J. J., & Barrett, M. J. (2026). ResilientWoodsHole: A private–public model for coastal resilience in a low-lying community. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1783124

Wang, Y., Valiela, I., Chenoweth, K., & Lloret, J. (2026). Competitive interactions between invasive Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora: Mechanisms and management implications for marsh migration. Environmental Challenges, 23, 101453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2026.101453

Grabb, K. C., Herrera, S., Roberson, L. M., Sánchez-García, M., Page, H. N., & Hansel, C. M. (2026). Extracellular superoxide production by Porites species provides insight into controls on coral physiology. PNAS Nexus, pgag075. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag075

Hug, L. A., Hatzenpichler, R., Moraru, C., Soares, A. R., Meyer, F., Heyder, A., The Data Reuse Consortium & Probst, A. J. (2025). A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data. Nature Microbiology, 10, 2384–2395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02116-2 *E. Ruff & A. Z. Worden part of the Data Reuse Consortium*

Wittmers, F., Poirier, C., Bachy, C., Eckmann, C., Matantseva, O., Carlson, C. A., Giovannoni, S. J., Goodenough, U., & Worden, A. Z. (2025). Symbionts of predatory protists are widespread in the oceans and related to animal pathogens. Cell Host & Microbe, 33(2), 182-199.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2025.01.009

Zhu, Y., Anderson, H. S., Salcedo, E., Miller, S. E., Longnecker, K., Soule, M. C. K., Haley, S. T., Swarr, G. J., Braakman, R., Dyhrman, S. T., & Kujawinski, E. B. (2026). Characterization of phytoplankton-excreted metabolites mediating carbon flux through the surface ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(12), e2531765123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2531765123

Fröbius, A. C., Mark Welch, D. B., & Herlyn, H. (2026). ParaHox Genes Revisited: From Gut Patterning to Integrated Axial and Neural Organization in Rotifera. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.70019

Ruff, S. E., Murali, R., Rubin-Blum, M., & Teske, A. P. (2026). Editorial: Rising stars in geomicrobiology: microbial life in subsurface, seep and hydrothermal ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1808625

Wen, M. T. C., Prince, V. E., & Gillis, J. A. (2026). Shared competence forms the basis of gill arch and paired fin serial homology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(12), e2529365123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2529365123

Faure, E., Pommellec, J., Noel, C., Cormier, A., Delpech, L.-M., Eren, A. M., Fernandez-Guerra, A., Vanni, C., Fourquez, M., Houssais, M.-N., Guyet, U., Da Silva, C., Gavory, F., Perdereau, A., Labadie, K., Wincker, P., Poulain, J., Hassler, C., Lin, Y., Cassar, N., & Maignien, L. (2026). Water mass specific genes dominate the Southern Ocean microbiome. Nature Communications, 17, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69584-w

Evans, L. J., Zhang, R., Medina, M. C., Fitzgerald, E. A., Sylvester, A. W., Chuck, G., Leiboff, S., & Scanlon, M. J. (2026). Cell fate acquisition at a de novo developmental boundary in the maize leaf. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(9), e2533591123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2533591123

Rajan, D. H., Lee, B., Albright, A., Tang, E., Ressler, K., Maravillas, A., Vargas, C., Marshall, W. F., & Cortes, D. B. (2026). Stentor stipatus is a new unicellular species that demonstrates habituation and unique phototaxis. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-40277-0

Eddings, C. R., Fan, M., Imoto, Y., Itoh, K., McDonald, X., Eilers, J., Anderson, W. S., Worley, P. F., Lippmann, K., Nauen, D. W., & Watanabe, S. (2026). Ultrastructural membrane dynamics of mouse and human cortical synapses. Neuron, 114(3), 408-421.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.10.030

Jokura, K., Jasek, S., Niederhaus, L., Burkhardt, P., & Jékely, G. (2026). Neural connectome of the ctenophore statocyst. eLife, 14, RP108420. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108420