Recent Scientific Publications
As of June 30, 2025
Gendreau, A. J., Boucaud, C., Buresch, K. C., Rooney, A. S., Morris, H., & Hanlon, R. T. (2025). How octopuses use and recruit additional arms to find and manipulate visually hidden items. Biology Open, bio.062011. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062011
McCarthy-Taylor, J. B., Krug, P. J., Muro, S., Vendetti, J., Maestrati, P., Wong, N. L. W. S., Gosliner, T. M., & Valdes, A. (2025). The slug within the bivalve: Molecular and morphological systematics of the family Juliidae (Gastropoda: Panpulmonata: Sacoglossa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf056
Narayanasamy, N., Bingham, E., Fadero, T., Bozdag, G. O., Ratcliff, W. C., Yunker, P., & Thutupalli, S. (2025). Metabolically driven flows enable exponential growth in macroscopic multicellular yeast. Science Advances, 11(25), eadr6399. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6399 *Physiology course*
Paul, B. G., & DiSalvo, B. (2025). Retracing a tangled tree of archaeal evolution. Nature Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02040-5
Woods, P. H., Speth, D. R., Laso-Pérez, R., Utter, D. R., Ruff, S. E., & Orphan, V. J. (2025). Identification of key steps in the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in Candidatus Methanovorans (ANME-3) archaea. Science Advances, 11(25), eadq5232. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq5232
Schoenle, A., Francis, O., Archibald, J. M., Burki, F., de Vries, J., Dumack, K., Eme, L., Florent, I., Hehenberger, E., Hoffmeyer, T. T., Irisarri, I., Lara, E., Leger, M. M., Lukeš, J., Massana, R., Mathur, V., Nitsche, F., Strassert, J. F. H., Worden, A. Z., Yurchenko, V., del Campo, J., & Waldvogel, A.-M. (2025). Protist genomics: Key to understanding eukaryotic evolution. Trends in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2025.05.004
Bergauer, K., Suffridge, C. P., Wittmers, F., Sudek, S., Giovannoni, S. J., & Worden, A. Z. (2025). Dark ocean archaeal and bacterial chemoautotrophs drive vitamin B1 production in oxygen minimum zones. ISME Communications, ycaf077. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf077
Van Itallie, E., Sonnett, M., Kalocsay, M., Wühr, M., Peshkin, L., & Kirschner, M. W. (2025). Transitions in the proteome and phospho-proteome during Xenopus laevis development. Developmental Biology, 525, 155–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.05.022
Wei, J., Wood, T. W. P., Flaherty, K., Fitch, O. E., Ali, S., Enny, A., Andrescavage, A., Brazer, D., Navon, D., Cohen, H. E., Gordon, D., Shanabag, A., Kuroda, S., Stewart, T. A., Braasch, I., & Nakamura, T. (2025). Distinct ossification trade-offs illuminate the shoulder girdle reconfiguration at the water-to-land transition. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4983. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60236-z
Brock, M. T., Nozue, K., Kliebenstein, D. J., Ewers, B. E., Mackay, D. S., Maignien, L., Wang, D. R., Weinig, C., & Maloof, J. N. (2025). Characterization of transcriptional and metabolic responses to a complex plant growth-promoting soil inoculum. Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70034
Hashim, M. S., Conte, M. H., Salter, M. A., Pedrosa-Pamies, R., Weber, J. C., Hayden, M. G., Wilson, R. W., Perry, C. T., Crowley, S. F., Dennis, P. F., Bish, D., & Subhas, A. V. (2025). Fish Carbonates in the North Atlantic and Their Potential Role in the Carbon Cycle. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39(6), e2024GB008387. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008387
Johnson, M. D., Hammar, K., Beaudoin, D., Jiang, H., & Vďačný, P. (2025). High Grazing Rates of Marine Askenasia cf. stellaris on Mesodinium rubrum and Insights Into Its Taxonomic Status. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 72(4), e70014. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.70014
Joern, G. M., Pedrosa-Pàmies, R., Jiang, X., Liu, Z., & Bochdansky, A. B. (2025). Characterization of microbial biofilms on marine plastics: Community development and density implications for vertical transport dynamics. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1581727
Stewart, R. G., Marquis, M. J., Jo, S., Harris, B. J., Aberra, A. S., Cook, V., Whiddon, Z., Yarov-Yarovoy, V., Ferns, M., & Sack, J. T. (2025). A Kv2 inhibitor combination reveals native neuronal conductances consistent with Kv2/KvS heteromers. eLife, 13, RP99410. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.99410
Budy, P., Pennock, Casey. A., Messenger, S., Pehrson, H., Adler, E., Thiede, G. P., Christman, N. R., Crump, B. C., Giblin, A. E., & Kling, G. W. (2025). Rapid recovery of an arctic lake ecosystem from a pulse disturbance caused by thermokarst failure. Oecologia, 207(6), 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05681-9
Tolentino, M., Walker, S. E., Spencer, G. E., & Carlone, R. (2025). The endocannabinoid system regulates both ependymoglial and neuronal cell responses to a tail amputation in the axolotl. Developmental Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.70035
Hopkinson, C., Weston, N., Vallino, J., Garritt, R., & Forbrich, I. (2025). Comparative Metabolism and Blue Carbon Sequestration of Two Wetland-Dominated Estuaries. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 0091. https://doi.org/10.34133/olar.0091
Irvine, T., Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Sutherland, K. R., Corrales-Ugalde, M., Townsend, J. P., & Colin, S. P. (2025). Ctenophores are a highly impactful predatory guild in open oceanic ecosystems. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.029
Qian, G., Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Shribak, M., Eliceiri, K. W., & Provenzano, P. P. (2025). Computationally Enabled Polychromatic Polarized Imaging Enables Mapping of Matrix Architectures that Promote Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Dissemination. The American Journal of Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2025.04.017
Tucker, S. J., Rii, Y. M., Freel, K. C., Kotubetey, K., Kawelo, A. H., Winter, K. B., & Rappe, M. S. (2025). Seasonal and spatial transitions in phytoplankton assemblages spanning estuarine to open ocean waters of the tropical Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70075
Walker, S. E., Yu, K., Burgess, S., & Echeverri, K. (2025). Neuronal activation in the axolotl brain promotes tail regeneration. npj Regenerative Medicine, 10, 22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-025-00413-2
Yoshino, J., Mali, S. S., Williams, C. R., Morita, T., Emerson, C. E., Arp, C. J., Miller, S. E., Yin, C., Thé, L., Hemmi, C., Motoyoshi, M., Ishii, K., Emoto, K., Bautista, D. M., & Parrish, J. Z. (2025). Drosophila epidermal cells are intrinsically mechanosensitive and modulate nociceptive behavioral outputs. eLife, 13, RP95379. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.95379
Liu, J., Costello, J., & Kanso, E. (2025). Flow physics of nutrient transport drives functional design of ciliates. Nature Communications, 16, 4154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59413-x
Boudreau, V., Albright, A. R., Larson, B. T., Gerbich, T. M., Fadero, T., Yan, V., Lucas-DeMott, A., Yung, J., Moulin, S. L. Y., Descovich, C. P., Slabodnick, M. M., Burlacot, A., Wang, J. R., Niyogi, K. K., & Marshall, W. F. (2025). The cell biology and genome of Stentor pyriformis, a giant cell that embeds symbiotic algae in a microtubule meshwork. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 36(4). https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E24-12-0571
Chitsaz, M., Yang, L., Rayes-Danan, R., Savari, O., Li, B., Shribak, M., Eliceiri, K., & Loeffler, A. (2025). Polychromatic Polarization Microscopy Differentiates Collagen Fiber Signatures in Benign Pancreatic Tissue and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Modern Pathology, 100768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.modpat.2025.100768
Stekoll, M., Lindell, S., Goudey, C. A., Kite-Powell, H. L., Bailey, D., Barbery, K., Roberson, L., Peeples, T., Mangini, N., Pryor, A., Meyer, A., & Yarish, C. (2025). Development of scalable coastal and offshore kelp farming for marine biomass production. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 56(2), e70017. https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.70017
Vargas, K. J., Wallace, J. N., Mooney, I., Owen, D. J., & Morgan, J. R. (2025). α-Synuclein interacts directly with AP2 and regulates its binding to synaptic membranes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 108502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108502
Giacomini, J. J., Torres-Morales, J., Dewhirst, F. E., Borisy, G. G., & Mark Welch, J. L. (2025). Spatial ecology of the Neisseriaceae family in the human oral cavity. Microbiology Spectrum, e03275-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03275-24
Henthorn, D., Wilson, S., Tank, R. K., Mallard, W., Fadero, T., Gao, R., & Garner, E. C. (2025). Bacillus subtilis twisting arises from torsional stress established by cell wall insertion and released by hydrolase-mediated cell wall cleavage. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 36(5), ar56. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E24-09-0396
Sebastian, H., Robador, A., Ray, D., Angermeyer, A., D’Hondt, S., Huber, J. A., & Finkel, S. E. (2025). Identifying potential nutrient acquisition mechanisms for long-term survival: Adaptive evolution of Halomonas isolated from subseafloor crustal fluids. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, 1511421. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1511421
Shekhar, S., Guo, H., Colin, S. P., Marshall, W., Kanso, E., & Costello, J. H. (2025). Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular ciliate Stentor. Nature Physics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02787-y
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
Valiela, I., Chenoweth, K., & Day, J. (2025). Meta-analysis of vegetation responses to experimental nitrogen enrichments done in salt marshes under different sea level rise regimes reveal interaction of N supply and sea level rise. Science of The Total Environment, 975, 179198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179198
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
Stegen, J., Burgin, A., Busch, M., Fisher, J., Ladau, J., Abrahamson, J., Kinsman-Costello, L., Li, L., Chen, X., Datry, T., McDowell, N., Tatariw, C., Braswell, A., Deines, J., Guimond, J., Regier, P., Rod, K., Bam, E., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Forbrich, I., … Patel, K. (2025). Reviews and syntheses: Variable inundation across Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems. Biogeosciences, 22(4), 995–1034.https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-995-2025
Conte, M., Pedrosa-Pamies, R., Weber, J., & Johnson, R. (2025). The climatology of the deep particle flux in the oligotrophic western North Atlantic gyre, 1978–2022. Progress In Oceanography, 103433.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103433
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
Hoffmann, C., Ruff, K., Edu, I., Shinn, M., Tromm, J., King, M., Pant, A., Ausserwöger, H., Morgan, J., Knowles, T., Pappu, R., & Milovanovic, D. (2025). Synapsin condensation is governed by sequence-encoded molecular grammars. Journal of Molecular Biology, 168987.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2025.168987
Hoffmann, C., Ruff, K., Edu, I., Shinn, M., Tromm, J., Pant, A., Ausserwöger, H., Morgan, J., Knowles, T., Pappu, R., & Milovanovic, D. (2025). BPS2025—Sequence-encoded molecular grammar governs the formation of synaptic condensates. Biophysical Journal, 124(3), 562a.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.11.2925
Jiang, Q., Cao, L., Han, Y., Li, S., Zhao, R., Zhang, X., Ruff, S., Zhao, Z., Peng, J., Liao, J., Zhu, B., Wang, M., Lin, X., & Dong, X. (2025). Cold seeps are potential hotspots of deep-sea nitrogen loss driven by microorganisms across 21 phyla. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1646.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56774-1
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
Sullivan, H. L., Holtzer, J., Deegan, L. A., & Bowen, J. L. (2025). The Effect of runnels on salt marsh sediment dynamics, vegetation, and nitrogen cycling. Estuaries and Coasts, 48(3), 73.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01511-6
Guimond, J., Grande, E., Michael, H., Pratt, D., Herndon, E., Noyce, G., Ward, N., Forbrich, I., Regier, P., Berens, M., & Arora, B. (2025). The hidden influence of terrestrial groundwater on salt marsh function and resilience. Nature Water, 1–10.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00384-6
Martens, K., de Almeida, N. M., Shribak, M., Higuti, J., & Schön, I. (2025). On Cytheridella whitmani sp. Nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA), with a reappraisal of the taxonomy of the genus. ZooKeys, 1224, 317–348.https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1224.135458
Sow, S. L. S., van de Poll, W. H., Eveleth, R., Rich, J. J., Ducklow, H. W., Rozema, P. D., Luria, C. M., Bolhuis, H., Meredith, M. P., Amaral-Zettler, L. A., & Engelmann, J. C. (2025). Spatial and temporal variation of Antarctic microbial interactions: A study around the west Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Microbiome, 20(1), 21.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00663-z
McCoy, D. E., Burns, D. H., Klopfer, E., Herndon, L. K., Ogunlade, B., Dionne, J. A., & Johnsen, S. (2024). Heart cockle shells transmit sunlight to photosymbiotic algae using bundled fiber optic cables and condensing lenses. Nature Communications, 15(1), 9445.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53110-x
Zhao, Y., Zhou, R., Xie, B., Liu, C., Kalski, M., Cham, C., Jiang, Z., Koval, J., Weber, C., Rubin, D., Sogin, M., Crosson, S., Chen, M., Huang, J., Fiebig, A., Dalal, S., Chang, E., Basu, A., & Pott, S. (2025). Multiomic analysis reveals cellular, transcriptomic and epigenetic changes in intestinal pouches of ulcerative colitis patients. Nature Communications, 16(1), 904.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56212-2
MacCord, K. (2025). Let’s talk about sex…cell lineages. Biological Theory, 1–14.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-024-00488-y
Thiruppathy, M., Teubner, L., Roberts, R., Lasser, M., Moscatello, A., Chen, Y.-W., Hochstim, C., Ruffins, S., Sarkar, A., Tassey, J., Evseenko, D., Lozito, T., Willsey, H., Gillis, J., & Crump, J. (2025). Repurposing of a gill gene regulatory program for outer ear evolution. Nature, 1–3.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08577-5