Recent Scientific Publications | Marine Biological Laboratory

As of March 9, 2026
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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

Liu, J., Man, Y., Costello, J., & Kanso, E. (2026). Feeding rates in sessile versus motile ciliates are hydrodynamically equivalent. eLife, 13. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.99003.3

Jiang, X., Schaeffer, L., Patni, D., Russo, T., Lee, C.-Z., Aguilar, C., Marques, C., Jansen-West, K., Hruska-Plochan, M., Ray-Soni, A., Lim, S. M., Held, A., Yue, M., Castellanos Otero, P., Aryal, S., Beaussant, H. D. A. M., Basu, H., Takakuwa, H., Daughrity, L. M., Ramesh, N., Da Costa, P., Quadros, A. R. A. A., Nolan, M., Reyes, C. J. F., Wheeler, H., Moran, L. C., Griesman, G., Wymann, B., Trombetta, B. A., Lopez-de-Silanes, E. S., Canori, M., Krishnan, G., Da Silva, Y. V. S., Eriani, G., Albers, M. W., Arnold, S. E., Song, Y., Jain, A., Chiu, I. M., Zhang, Y.-J., Gao, F.-B., Wainger, B. J., Polymenidou, M., Petrucelli, L., Martin, F., & Lagier-Tourenne, C. (2026). Blocking RAN translation without altering repeat RNAs rescues C9ORF72-related ALS and FTD phenotypes. Science, 391(6785), eadv2600. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv2600

Klementz, B., Neu, S., Laumer, E., Hinne, I., Setton, E., Verma, N., Hämmerle, M., Rallis, J., Barnett, A., Brenneis, G., Gulia-Nuss, M., Pavlopoulos, A., & Sharma, P. (2026). Developmental system drift in the patterning of the arthropod tarsus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2064), 20252557. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2557

Wang, Y., Yang, Q., Chen, J., Chen, Q., Chen, N., He, C., Shi, Q., Lin, T.-H., Cong, Y., Jiao, N., Worden, A. Z., & Zheng, Q. (2026). Warming and River Discharge Accelerate Coastal Heterotrophy and Increase Dissolved Organic Matter Recalcitrance. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c17340

Liu, J., Man, Y., Costello, J., & Kanso, E. (2026). Feeding rates in sessile versus motile ciliates are hydrodynamically equivalent. Elife, 13. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.99003

Savage, K., Natali, S., Minions, C., Rastetter, E., Schuur, E., Watts, J., & Sistla, S. (2026). Inclusion of Explicit Soil Freeze‐Thaw Dynamics in an Arctic Ecosystem Model Constrains Winter Warming Driven Carbon Loss. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, 131(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025jg008877

Schnepper, C., Pedrosa-Pàmies, R., Conte, M. H., Weber, J. C., Gruber, N., Haghipour, N., & Eglinton, T. I. (2026). Radiocarbon constraints on the sources and fluxes of sinking particulate organic carbon to the deep Sargasso Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 228, 104663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2026.104663

Kendall, O., Hoang, O. T., Wort, J. L., Hamzeh, H., Körschen, H. G., Pascal, R., Korsching, K., Wu-Lu, M., Bönigk, W., Kambach, C., Alvarez, L., Seifert, R., Strünker, T., Mroginski, M. A., & Kaupp, U. B. (2026). Soluble adenylyl cyclase in nonmammalian sperm is directly controlled by pH, not by HCO3− or Ca2+. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(5), e2505026123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505026123

Vidal, E., Cario, A., Jouvin, M., Abadie, M., Nguyen, O., Erriguible, A., Ranchou-Peyruse, A., & Marre, S. (2026). Real time monitoring of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis under deep saline aquifers conditions. Journal of Biological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-025-00584-y

Bristol, E. M., Behnke, M. I., Spencer, R. G. M., McKenna, A. M., Charette, M. A., Cardenas, M. B., & McClelland, J. W. (2026). Supra-Permafrost Groundwater is a Source of Highly Biodegradable Dissolved Organic Matter to the Arctic Ocean. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c08206

Kukoly, L. M., Porter, S. R., Jordan, D. C., Murphy, H. A., Knytl, M., Shaidani, N., Thomas, W. R., Anderson, C., Dworkin, I., Horb, M. E., & Evans, B. J. (2026). Sex-specific functional evolution of Dmrt1 in African clawed frogs (Xenopus), and the importance of genetic tipping points in developmental biology. PLOS Genetics, 22(1), e1011992. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011992

Premachandra, T., Gvoždík, V., Anele, E. U., Kučka, M., Chan, Y. F., Horb, M. E., Chifundera, Z. K., Badjedjea, G., Measey, J., & Evans, B. J. (2026). Persistence of an unusual triple sex chromosome system through allopolyploidization in African clawed frogs (Xenopus, subgenus Silurana). Evolution, qpaf246. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf246

Trigodet, F., Sachdeva, R., Banfield, J. F., & Eren, A. M. (2026). Troubleshooting common errors in assemblies of long-read metagenomes. Nature Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02971-8

McParland, E. L., Wittmers, F., Bolaños, L. M., Carlson, C. A., Curry, R., Giovannoni, S. J., Michelsen, M., Parsons, R. J., Kido Soule, M. C., Swarr, G. J., Temperton, B., Vergin, K., Worden, A. Z., Longnecker, K., & Kujawinski, E. B. (2025). Seasonal patterns of DOM molecules are linked to microbial functions in the oligotrophic ocean. mSystems, e01540-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01540-25

Anuszczyk, S., Yoder, N., Costello, J., Dabiri, J., Gemmell, B., Rutledge, K., & Colin, S. (2025). Increasing the Reliability and Versatility of Jellyfish Biohybrid Vehicles via Species Selection and Rhopalia Removal. Biomimetics, 10(12), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10120810

Gattoni, G., Lin, C.-Y., York, J. R., Shew, C., Keitley, D., LaBonne, C., Yu, J.-K., Gillis, J. A., & Benito-Gutiérrez, E. (2025). Evolutionary dynamics of FoxQ2 transcription factors across metazoans reveals three ancient paralogs. Communications Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09368-y

Stevens, B. L. F., Van Daalen, S. F., Blomquist, T. J., Gribble, K. E., & Neubert, M. G. (2025). Timing the initiation of sex: Delay mechanisms alter fitness outcomes in a rotifer population model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 620, 112333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2025.112333

Vallino, J., Ahern, O., & Huber, J. (2025). Deriving microbial food web structure by maximizing entropy production over variable timescales. Interface Focus, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2025.0023

Vidal, E., Lindsay, M. R., Bradley, J. A., Osburn, M. R., & Ruff, S. E. (2025). Subsurface Life on Earth as a Key to Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries. Microbial Biotechnology, 18(12), e70286. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70286

Freel, K. C., Tucker, S. J., Freel, E. B., Stingl, U., Giovannoni, S. J., Eren, A. M., & Rappé, M. S. (2025). New SAR11 isolate genomes and global marine metagenomes resolve ecologically relevant units within the Pelagibacterales. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67043-6

Peredo, E. L., Thomas, S., & Cardon, Z. G. (2025). Establishment and micropropagation of axenic in vitro cultures of salt marsh grasses within the genus Sporobolus. Applications in Plant Sciences, e70033. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.70033

Villanueva, R., Darmaillacq, A.-S., Kuba, M. J., Roumbedakis, K., Nabhitabhata, J., Almansa, E., Caamal-Monsreal, C., Court, M., Dickel, L., Durante, E. D., Elagoz, A. M., Escolar, O., Fernandez-Alvarez, F. A., Galindo-Sanchez, C. E., Ganias, K., Gibbons, C. J., Goerger, A., Gouveneaux, A., Grasse, B., Guerra, A., Jozet-Alves, C., Lacoue-Labarthe, T., Martinez-Yebra, L., Masucci, G. D., Medeiros, S. L. S., Minet, A., Nakajima, R., Nichols, O. C., Ortiz, N., Peyla, J. F., Rockner, J. L., Rodriguez-Guentes, G., Rosa, R., Rosas, C., Tomano, S., Trueblood, L. A., Vidal, E. A. G., Vilarnau, D. G., & Voss, G. (2025). Collection, handling and care of cephalopod eggs. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-025-10017-0

Hayn, M., Marino, R., Ganju, N., Howarth, R., & Foreman, K. (2026). Using Multiple Lines of Evidence to Evaluate Spatio-Temporal Trends in Nitrogen Loading to a Eutrophic Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 49, 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01630-0

Tucker, S. J., Füssel, J., Freel, K. C., Kiefl, E., Freel, E. B., Ramfelt, O., Sullivan, C. E. S., Gajigan, A. P., Mochimaru, H., de Souza, M. R., Quinn, M., Ratum, C., Tran, L. L., Sobczyk, M., Miller, S. E., Trigodet, F., Lolans, K., Morrison, H. G., Fallon, B., Huettel, B., Pan, T., Rappe, M. S., & Eren, A. M. (2025). A high-resolution diel survey of surface ocean metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and transfer RNA transcripts. Scientific Data, 12, 1913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06166-3

Zhou, H., Huertas, J., Maristany, M. J., Russell, K., Hwang, J. H., Yao, R.-W., Samanta, N., Hutchings, J., Billur, R., Shiozaki, M., Zhao, X., Doolittle, L. K., Gibson, B. A., Soranno, A., Riggi, M., Espinosa, J. R., Yu, Z., Villa, E., Collepardo-Guevara, R., & Rosen, M. K. (2025). Multiscale structure of chromatin condensates explains phase separation and material properties. Science, 390(6777), eadv6588. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv6588

DiSalvo, B., Paul, B. G., & Cardon, Z. G. (2025). Complete genome sequence of Thioclava strain BDS19, isolated from coastal marsh sediment. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e00855-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00855-25

Liu, S., Longnecker, K., Vergin, K., Bolaños, L. M., Giovannoni, S., Opalk, K., Halewood, E., Kido Soule, M. C., Swarr, G. J., Parsons, R., Maas, A. E., Gossner, H., Blanco-Bercial, L., Wittmers, F., Worden, A. Z., Kujawinski, E. B., Curry, R., Johnson, R., & Carlson, C. A. (2025). Diel study reveals increased nighttime bacterial activity and its connection to organic compounds in the ocean. Communications Biology, 8, 1688. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09085-6

Pedrosa-Pamies, R., Conte, M. H., Honda, M., & Herndl, G. J. (2025). Editorial: The oceanic particle flux and its cycling within the deep water column, volume II. Frontiers in Earth Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1716510

Yung, C. C. M., Kelly, R. L., Kauffman, K. M., Cunningham, B. R., Zimmerman, A. E., Worden, A. Z., & John, S. G. (2025). Iron limitation differentially affects viral replication in key marine microbes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(42), e2512910122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512910122

Choi, D., Lee, W., Choi, S., Roberson, L. M., Avalos, J. L., & Moment, A. J. (2025). Waste Sargassum Seaweed as a Sustainable Resource for Rare Earth Element Recovery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(47), 20476–20485. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c08832

Spera, A. C., McClelland, J. W., Demir, C., Cardenas, M. B., & Guimond, J. A. (2025). Saltwater inundation’s concurrent effects on below-ground thermal hydrology and above-ground properties of Arctic coastal tundra. The Science of the Total Environment, 1008, 180906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180906

Hill, K., Griffing, A. H., Palmer, M. A., Lemma, B., Lupo, A. S., Gamble, T., Shylo, N. A., Košmrlj, A., Trainor, P. A., & Nelson, C. M. (2025). Biophysical processes of morphogenesis in lizard lungs. Developmental Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.70097

Kennedy, S. J., Risser, D. D., & Paul, B. G. (2025). Diel expression dynamics in filamentous cyanobacteria. mBio, e03779-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03779-24

Schön, I., Chimileski, S., Mark Welch, J., & Martens, K. (2025). Vertical transmission of Cardinium bacteria in parthenogenetic non-marine ostracods (Crustacea). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2058), 20251193. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1193

Sures, K., Esser, S. P., Bornemann, T. L. V., Moore, C. J., Soares, A. R., Plewka, J., Figueroa-Gonzalez, P. A., Ruff, S. E., Moraru, C., & Probst, A. J. (2025). Acquisition of Spacers from Foreign Prokaryotic Genomes by CRISPR-Cas Systems in Natural Environments. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(11), evaf201. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf201

Yarger, A. M., Maeda, M., Siwanowicz, I., Kajiyama, H., Walker, S. M., Bomphrey, R. J., & Lin, H.-T. (2025). Structural dynamics and neural representation of wing deformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(46), e2518032122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518032122

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 manjavacas. PLOS One, 20(10), e0324769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324769

Fitzpatrick, S., & Maienschein, J. (2025). Saving science by the sea. Science, 390(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. eLife, 13. https://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 Insight. https://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 Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01868-25

Kee, H. L. (2025). Spontaneous and heritable change in iridescent properties of bacterium Tenacibaculum discolor str. IMLK18. microPublication Biology. https://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. eLife, 13, 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. Science, 390(6769), 129–130. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb8597