New Publications: January 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 here.
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. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. DOI: 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: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. Molecular Biology of the Cell. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-01-0083
Learn More: Imaging the First Moments of a Body Plan Emerging in the Embryo
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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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: 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. Scientific Reports. DOI: 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. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144092
Learn More: Season of the Microbiome Over the Amazon Rainforest
Subramanian, S., & Jonas, E. A. (2021). Mitochondria: Powerhouses of Presynaptic Plasticity. The Journal of Physiology. DOI: 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. DOI: 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: 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