(Updated: March 17, 2021) – Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2020, 13 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.
Our list of recent publications is updated weekly at: mbl.edu/recent-mbl-publications
December 2020
Banks, S. L., Medeiros, A., Sousa, R., Lafer, E, & Morgan, J.. (2021). Chaperone proteins as ameliorators of α-synuclein-induced synaptic pathologies: insights into Parkinson’s disease. Neural Regen Res, 16(6), 1198-1198. doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.300431
Bruce, H. S., & Patel, N. H. (2020). Knockout of crustacean leg patterning genes suggests that insect wings and body walls evolved from ancient leg segments. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(12), 1703-1712. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01349-0
Eren, A. M., Kiefl, E., Shaiber, A., Veseli, I., Miller, S. E., Schechter, M. S., Fink, I., Pan, J. N., Yousef, M., Fogarty, E. C., Trigodet, F., Watson, A. R., Esen, Ö. C., Moore, R. M., Clayssen, Q., Lee, M. D., Kivenson, V., Graham, E. D., Merrill, B. D., Karkman, A., Blankenberg, D., Eppley, J. M., Sjödin, A., Scott, J. J., Vázquez-Campos, X., McKay, L. J., McDaniel, E. A., Stevens, S. L. R., Anderson, R. E., Fuessel, J., Fernandez-Guerra, A., Maignien, L., Delmont, T. O., & Willis, A. D. (2021). Community-led, integrated, reproducible multi-omics with anvi’o. Nat Microbiol, 6(1), 3-6. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-00834-3
Geisterfer, Z. M., Oakey, J., & Gatlin, J. C. (2020). Microfluidic encapsulation of Xenopus laevis cell-free extracts using hydrogel photolithography. STAR Protoc, 1(3), 100221. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100221
Hirst, W. G., Kiefer, C., Abdosamadi, M. K., Schäffer, E., & Reber, S. (2020). In Vitro Reconstitution and Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by Fluorescence and Label-free Microscopy. STAR Protoc, 1(3), 100177. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100177
Lu, X., Liu, Z., Zhao, F., & Tang, J. (2020). Comparison of total emitted solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and top-of-canopy (TOC) SIF in estimating photosynthesis. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 251(ARTN 112083). doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112083
Pelletier, J. F., Field, C. M., Furthauer, S., Sonnett, M., & Mitchison, T. J. (2020). Co-movement of astral microtubules, organelles and F-actin by dynein and actomyosin forces in frog egg cytoplasm. Elife, 9(ARTN e60047). http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60047
Shaiber, A., Willis, A. D., Delmont, T. O., Roux, S., Chen, L. X., Schmid, A. C., Yousef, M., Watson, A. R., Lolans, K., Esen, Ö. C., Lee, S. T. M., Downey, N., Morrison, H. G., Dewhirst, F. E., Mark Welch, J. L., & Eren, A. M. (2020). Functional and genetic markers of niche partitioning among enigmatic members of the human oral microbiome. Genome Biology, 21(1). doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02195-w
Shaidani, N. I., McNamara, S., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. E. (2020). Obtaining Xenopus laevis Eggs. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/early/2020/12/03/pdb.prot106203
Shaidani, N. I., McNamara, S., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. E. (2020). Obtaining Xenopus laevis Embryos. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/early/2020/12/03/pdb.prot106211
Shii, H., & Tani, T. (2020). Dynamic organization of cortical actin filaments during the ooplasmic segregation of ascidian Ciona eggs. Mol Biol Cell, mbcE20010083. doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-01-0083
Utter, D.R., Borisy, G.G., Eren, A.M., Cavanaugh, C.M., & Mark Welch, J. L. (2020). Metapangenomics of the oral microbiome provides insights into habitat adaptation and cultivar diversity. Genome Biology 21 (293) doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02200-2
Vakhrusheva, O. A., Mnatsakanova, E. A., Galimov, Y. R., Neretina, T. V., Gerasimov, E. S., Naumenko, S. A., Ozerova, S. G., Zalevsky, A. O., Yushenova, I. A., Rodriguez, F., Arkhipova, I. R., Penin, A. A., Logacheva, M. D., Bazykin, G. A., & Kondrashov, A. S. (2020). Genomic signatures of recombination in a natural population of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga. Nat Commun, 11(1), 6421. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19614-y