(Updated March 17, 2021) — Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In January 2021, 17 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.
Our list of recent publications is updated weekly at: mbl.edu/recent-mbl-publications
January 2021
Chan, K. M. C., Arthur, A. L., Morstein, J., Jin, M., Bhat, A., Schlesinger, D., Son, S., Stevens, D. A., Drubin, D. G., & Fletcher, D. A. (2021). Evolutionarily related small viral fusogens hijack distinct but modular actin nucleation pathways to drive cell-cell fusion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 118(1). doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007526118
This study originated in the MBL Physiology course.
de Mendoza, A., Poppe, D., Buckberry, S., Pflueger, J., Albertin, C. B., Daish, T., Bertrand, S., de la Calle-Mustienes, E., Gómez-Skarmeta, J. L., Nery, J. R., Ecker, J. R., Baer, B., Ragsdale, C. W., Grützner, F., Escriva, H., Venkatesh, B., Bogdanovic, O., & Lister, R. (2021). The emergence of the brain non-CpG methylation system in vertebrates. Nat Ecol Evol. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01371-2
de Vogel, F. A., Schlundt, C., Stote, R. E., Ratto, J. A., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2021). Comparative Genomics of Marine Bacteria from a Historically Defined Plastic Biodegradation Consortium with the Capacity to Biodegrade Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microorganisms, 9(1), 186. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010186
Gemmell, B. J., Du Clos, K. T., Colin, S. P., Sutherland, K. R., & Costello, J. H. (2021). The most efficient metazoan swimmer creates a ‘virtual wall’ to enhance performance. Proc Biol Sci, 288(1942), 20202494. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2494
Hu, S., Anastassov, I. A., Kreitzer, M. A., Slaughter, M. M., & Chappell, R. L. (2020). A dark decrement for enhanced dynamic sensitivity of retinal photoreceptors. Vision Res, 180, 80-86. doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2020.12.005
Ishihara, K., Decker, F., Caldas, P., Pelletier, J. F., Loose, M., Brugués, J., & Mitchison, T. J. (2021). Spatial Variation of Microtubule Depolymerization in Large Asters. Molecular Biology of the Cell, mbce20110723.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e20-11-0723
Ishii, 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
Li, S., Raychaudhuri, S., Lee, S. A., Brockmann, M. M., Wang, J., Kusick, G., Prater, C., Syed, S., Falahati, H., Ramos, R., Bartol, T. M., Hosy, E., & Watanabe, S. (2021). Asynchronous release sites align with NMDA receptors in mouse hippocampal synapses. Nature Communications, 12(1), 677. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21004-x
Liu, X. J. A., Pold, G., Domeignoz-Horta, L. A., Geyer, K. M., Caris, H., Nicolson, H., Kemner, K. M., Frey, S. D., Melillo, J. M., & DeAngelis, K. M. (2021). Soil aggregate-mediated microbial responses to long-term warming. Soil Biology & Biogeochemistry, 152(ARTN 108055). doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108055
Morris, S. L., Tsai, M. Y., Aloe, S., Bechberger, K., König, S., Morfini, G., & Brady, S. T. (2020). Defined Tau Phosphospecies Differentially Inhibit Fast Axonal Transport Through Activation of Two Independent Signaling Pathways. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13, 610037. doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2020.610037
Chan, K. M. C., Arthur, A. L., Morstein, J., Jin, M. Y., Bhat, A., Schlesinger, D., Son, S., Stevens, D. A., Drubin, D. G., & Fletcher, D. A. (2021). Evolutionarily related small viral fusogens hijack distinct but modular actin nucleation pathways to drive cell-cell fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 118(1). doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007526118
Richter, N., Russell, J. M., Garfinkel, J., & Huang, Y. S. (2021). Impacts of Norse settlement on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Southwest Iceland. Journal of Paleolimnology. doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00169-3
Sivaguru, M., Todorov, L. G., Fouke, C. E., Munro, C. M. O., Fouke, K. W., Fouke, K. E., Baughman, M. E., & Fouke, B. W. (2021). Corals regulate the distribution and abundance of Symbiodiniaceae and biomolecules in response to changing water depth and sea surface temperature. Sci Rep, 11(1), 2230. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81520-0
Souza, F. F. C., Mathai, P. P., Pauliquevis, T., Balsanelli, E., Pedrosa, F. O., Souza, E. M., Baura, V. A., Monteiro, R. A., Cruz, L. M., Souza, R. A. F., Andreae, M. O., Barbosa, C. G. G., de Angelis, I. H., Sánchez-Parra, B., Pӧhlker, C., Weber, B., Ruff, E., Reis, R. A., Godoi, R. H. M., Sadowsky, M. J., & Huergo, L. F. (2020). Influence of seasonality on the aerosol microbiome of the Amazon rainforest. Sci Total Environ, 760, 144092. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144092
Subramanian, S., & Jonas, E. A. (2021). Mitochondria: Powerhouses of Presynaptic Plasticity. The Journal of Physiology. doi.org/10.1113/jp281040
Vogel, F. A. D., Schlundt, C., Stote, R. E., Ratto, J. A., & Amaral-Zettler, L. A. (2021). Comparative Genomics of Marine Bacteria from a Historically Defined Plastic Biodegradation Consortium with the Capacity to Biodegrade Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microorganisms, 9(1). doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010186
Yu, H., Lu, S., Gasior, K., Singh, D., Vazquez-Sanchez, S., Tapia, O., Toprani, D., Beccari, M. S., Yates, J. R., Da Cruz, S., Newby, J. M., Lafarga, M., Gladfelter, A. S., Villa, E., & Cleveland, D. W. (2020). HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells. Science. doi.org/10.1126/science.abb4309
Are you an MBL scientist with a paper that came out this month and was not included on this list? We apologize for the oversight. Please email comm@mbl.edu