New Publications: May 2020 | Marine Biological Laboratory

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In May 2020, 12 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.

May

Chakraborty, A., Ruff, S. E., Dong, X., Ellefson, E. D., Li, C., Brooks, J. M., McBee, J., Bernard, B. B., & Hubert, C. R. J. (2020). Hydrocarbon seepage in the deep seabed links subsurface and seafloor biospheres. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2002289117

Learn More: Window to Another World: Life is Bubbling Up to Seafloor with Petroleum from Deep Below

Fowler, B. L., Neubert, M. G., Hunter-Cevera, K. R., Olson, R. J., Shalapyonok, A., Solow, A. R., & Sosik, H. M. (2020). Dynamics and functional diversity of the smallest phytoplankton on the Northeast US Shelf. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1918439117

Gerbich, T. M., McLaughlin, G. A., Cassidy, K., Gerber, S., Adalsteinsson, D., & Gladfelter, A. S. (2020). Phosphoregulation provides specificity to biomolecular condensates in the cell cycle and cell polarity. J Cell Biol. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201910021

Helbig, M., Waddington, J. M., Alekseychik, P., Amiro, B. D., Aurela, M., Barr, A. G., Black, T. A., Blanken, P. D., Carey, S. K., Chen, J., Chi, J., Desai, A. R., Dunn, A., Euskirchen, E. S., Flanagan, L. B., Forbrich, I., et al. (2020). Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0763-7

Learn More: Gauging Water Loss from Northern Peatlands, a Likely Accelerant of Climate Change

Marconi, A., Hancock-Ronemus, A., & Gillis, J. A. (2020). Adult chondrogenesis and spontaneous cartilage repair in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Elife. DOI: 10.7554/elife.53414

Learn More: Little Skates Could Hold the Key to Cartilage Therapy in Humans

McCoy, M. J., & Fire, A. Z. (2020). Intron and gene size expansion during nervous system evolution. BMC GENOMICS. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6760-4

McLaughlin, G. A., Langdon, E. M., Crutchley, J. M., Holt, L. J., Forest, M. G., Newby, J. M., & Gladfelter, A. S. (2020). Spatial heterogeneity of the cytosol revealed by machine learning-based 3D particle tracking. Mol Biol Cell. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-03-0210

Scheff, D. R., Weirich, K. L., Dasbiswas, K., Patel, A., Vaikuntanathan, S., & Gardel, M. L. (2020). Tuning shape and internal structure of protein droplets via biopolymer filaments. Soft Matter. DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02462j

Shaidani, N. I., McNamara, S., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. E. (2020). Animal Maintenance Systems: Xenopus laevis. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot106138v1

Shaidani, N. I., McNamara, S., Wlizla, M., & Horb, M. E. (2020). Animal Maintenance Systems: Xenopus tropicalis. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot106146

Soll, L. G., Eisen, J. N., Vargas, K. J., Medeiros, A. T., Hammar, K. M., & Morgan, J. R. α-Synuclein-112 Impairs Synaptic Vesicle Recycling Consistent With Its Enhanced Membrane Binding Properties (Vol. 8): Frontiers Media SA. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00405

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