New Publications: December 2025 | Marine Biological Laboratory

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2025, 11 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

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

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

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

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

Are you an MBL scientist with a paper that came out this month, which was not included on this list? We apologize for the oversight. Please email comm@mbl.edu.