Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In July 2021, 13 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.


July 2021

Brandt, P. D., Varvayanis, S. S., Baas, T., Bolgioni, A. F., Alder, J., Petrie, K. A., Dominguez, I., Brown, A. M., Stayart, C. A., Singh, H., Van Wart, A., Chow, C. S., Mathur, A., Schreiber, B. M., Fruman, D. A., Bowden, B., Wiesen, C. A., Golightly, Y. M., Holmquist, C. E., Arneman, D., Hall, J. D., Hyman, L. E., Gould, K. L., Chalkley, R., Brennwald, P. J., & Layton, R. L. (2021). A cross-institutional analysis of the effects of broadening trainee professional development on research productivity. PLOS Biology. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000956

Craig, R. J., Yushenova, I. A., Rodriguez, F., & Arkhipova, I. R. (2021). An ancient clade of Penelope-like retroelements with permuted domains is present in the green lineage and protists, and dominates many invertebrate genomes. Molecular Biology and EvolutionDOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab225

Dibner, R. R., Weaver, A. M., Brock, M. T., Custer, G. F., Morrison, H. G., Maignien, L., & Weinig, C. (2021). Time outweighs the effect of host developmental stage on microbial community composition. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab102

Gomez, D., Pinna, C., Pairraire, J., Arias, M., Barbut, J., Pomerantz, A., de Marcillac, W. D., Berthier, S., Patel, N., Andraud, C., & Elias, M. (2021). Wing transparency in butterflies and moths: structural diversity, optical properties, and ecological relevance. Ecological MonographsDOI: 10.1002/ecm.1475

Haspel, G., Severi, K. E., Fauci, L. J., Cohen, N., Tytell, E. D., & Morgan, J. R. (2021). Resilience of neural networks for locomotion. The Journal of Physiology. DOI: 10.1113/jp279214

Hunter-Cevera, K. R., Hamilton, B. R., Neubert, M. G., & Sosik, H. M. (2021). Seasonal environmental variability drives microdiversity within a coastal Synechococcus population. Environmental MicrobiologyDOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15666

Kanso, E. A., Lopes, R. M., Strickler, J. R., Dabiri, J. O., & Costello, J. H. (2021). Teamwork in the viscous oceanic microscale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018193118

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Lebeaux, R. M., Coker, M. O., Dade, E. F., Palys, T. J., Morrison, H. G., Ross, B. D., Baker, E. R., Karagas, M. R., Madan, J. C., & Hoen, A. G. (2021). The infant gut resistome is associated with E. coli and early-life exposures. BMC MicrobiologyDOI: 10.1186/s12866-021-02129-x

Liu, X., Tian, Y., Wu, Y., Caratenuto, A., Chen, F., Cui, S., DeGiorgis, J. A., Wan, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2021). Seawater desalination derived entirely from ocean biomass. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. DOI: 10.1039/d1ta05068k

Lovas, J. R., & Yuste, R. (2021). Ensemble synchronization in the reassembly of Hydra’s nervous system. Current BiologyDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.047

Quince, C., Nurk, S., Raguideau, S., James, R., Soyer, O. S., Summers, J. K., Limasset, A., Eren, A. M., Chikhi, R., & Darling, A. E. (2021). STRONG: metagenomics strain resolution on assembly graphs. Genome BiologyDOI: 10.1186/s13059-021-02419-7

Vera, J., & Lippmann, K. (2021). Post-stroke epileptogenesis is associated with altered intrinsic properties of hippocampal pyramidal neurons leading to increased theta resonance. Neurobiology of Disease. DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105425

Woods, B. L., Cannon, K. S., Vogt, E. J. D., Crutchley, J. M., & Gladfelter, A. S. (2021). Interplay of septin amphipathic helices in sensing membrane-curvature and filament bundling. Molecular Biology of the Cell. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-05-0303


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