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Every month, research from MBLscientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In January 2021, 17 new studies were published. ��Ůֱ������-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.

This study originated in the��MBLPhysiology��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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ishii, H., & Tani, T.��(2020).��Dynamic��organization��of��cortical��actin��filaments��during��the��ooplasmic��segregation��of��ascidian��Ciona��eggs. Molecular Biology of the Cell.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Subramanian, S., &��Jonas, E. A.��(2021). Mitochondria: Powerhouses of Presynaptic Plasticity. The Journal of Physiology.

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.

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.

Are you an MBLscientist 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