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(Updated May 6, 2024) — Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In March 2024, 14 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here.

March 2024

Buresch, K. C., Huget, N. D., Brister, W. C., Zhou, E. Y., Lineaweaver, A. S., Rifai, C., Hu, J., Stevenson, Z. E., Boal, J. G., & Hanlon, R. T. (2024). Evidence for tactile 3D shape discrimination by octopus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. :

Deng, H., He, C., Worden, A. Z., & Gong, J. (2024). Employing a triple metabarcoding approach to differentiate active, dormant and dead microeukaryotes in sediments. Environmental Microbiology. Diaz Soria, C. L., Attenborough, T., Lu, Z., Fontenla, S., Graham, J., Hall, C., Thompson, S., Andrews, T. G. R., Rawlinson, K. A., Berriman, M., & Rinaldi, G. (2024). Single-cell transcriptomics of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni first intra-molluscan stage reveals tentative tegumental and stem-cell regulators. Scientific Reports.

Giacomini, J. J., Torres-Morales, J., Tang, J., Dewhirst, F. E., Borisy, G. G., & Mark Welch, J. L. (2024). Spatial ecology of Haemophilus and Aggregatibacter in the human oral cavity. Microbiology Spectrum.

Grone, J., Poirier, C., Abbott, K., Wittmers, F., Jaeger, G. S., Mahadevan, A., & Worden, A. Z. (2024). A single Prochlorococcus ecotype dominates the tropical Bay of Bengal with ultradian growth. Environmental Microbiology.

Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, C., & Wylie, D. R. (2024). Investigation of central pattern generators in the spinal cord of chicken embryos. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.

Jarriel, S., Formel, N., Ferguson, S., Jensen, F., Apprill, A., & Mooney, T. (2024). Unidentified fish sounds as indicators of coral reef health and comparison to other acoustic methods. Frontiers in Remote Sensing.

MacCord, K., & Maienschein, J. (2024). Studying Regeneration Through History as a Way of Looking Forward. Journal of the History of Biology.

McAllister, C. T., & Remsen, D. (2024). A New State Record for the Milliped, Howellaria infesta (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Entomological News.

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Minařík, M., Modrell, M. S., Gillis, J. A., Campbell, A. S., Fuller, I., Lyne, R., Micklem, G., Gela, D., Pšenička, M., & Baker, C. V. H. (2024). Identification of multiple transcription factor genes potentially involved in the development of electrosensory versus mechanosensory lateral line organs. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. DOI:

Roberson, L., Grebe, G., Arzeno-Soltero, I., Bailey, D., Chan, S., Davis, K., Goudey, C., Kite-Powell, H., Lindell, S., Manganelli, D., Marty-Rivera, M., Ng, C., Rollano, F., Saenz, B., Van Cise, A., Waters, T., Yang, Z., & Yarish, C. (2024). Developing Cultivation Systems and Better Management Practices for Caribbean Tropical Seaweeds in US Waters. In Tropical Phyconomy Coalition Development. Springer Nature.

Sackville, M. A., Gillis, J. A., & Brauner, C. J. (2024). The origins of gas exchange and ion regulation in fish gills: Evidence from structure and function. Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Wang, T., Du, B., Forbrich, I., Zhou, J., Polen, J., Sunderland, E., Balcom, P., Chen, C., & Obrist, D. (2024). Above- and belowground plant mercury dynamics in a salt marsh estuary in Massachusetts, USA. Biogeosciences.

Yu, M., Fogarty, E., & Eren, A. M. (2024). Diverse plasmid systems and their ecology across human gut metagenomes revealed by PlasX and MobMess. Nature Microbiology.

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