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Long-term reliability of the figaro TGS 2600 solid-state methane sensor under low-Arctic conditions at Toolik Lake, Alaska
(European Geosciences Union, 2020-05-27)The TGS 2600 was the first low-cost solid-state sensor that shows a response to ambient levels of CH4 (e.g., range ≈1.8–2.7 µmol mol−1). Here we present an empirical function to correct the TGS 2600 signal for temperature ... -
Decreased soil organic matter in a long-term soil warming experiment lowers soil water holding capacity and affects soil thermal and hydrological buffering
(American Geophysical Union, 2020-04-04)Long‐term soil warming can decrease soil organic matter (SOM), resulting in self‐reinforcing feedback to the global climate system. We investigated additional consequences of SOM reduction for soil water holding capacity ... -
Comparative transcriptomics of an arctic foundation species, tussock cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), during an extreme heat event
(Nature Research, 2020-06-02)Tussock cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) is a foundation species for much of the arctic moist acidic tundra, which is currently experiencing extreme effects of climate change. The Arctic is facing higher summer temperatures ... -
The effect of bacteria on planula-larvae settlement and metamorphosis in the octocoral Rhytisma fulvum fulvum
(Public Library of Science, 2019-09-30)While increasing evidence supports a key role of bacteria in coral larvae settlement and development, the relative importance of environmentally-acquired versus vertically-transferred bacterial population is not clear. ... -
Intron and gene size expansion during nervous system evolution
(BMC, 2020-05-14)Background The evolutionary radiation of animals was accompanied by extensive expansion of gene and genome sizes, increased isoform diversity, and complexity of regulation. Results Here we show that the longest genes ... -
Adult chondrogenesis and spontaneous cartilage repair in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea
(eLife Sciences Publications, 2020-05-12)Mammalian articular cartilage is an avascular tissue with poor capacity for spontaneous repair. Here, we show that embryonic development of cartilage in the skate (Leucoraja erinacea) mirrors that of mammals, with developing ... -
Dynamics and functional diversity of the smallest phytoplankton on the Northeast US shelf
(National Academy of Sciences, 2020-05-15)Picophytoplankton are the most abundant primary producers in the ocean. Knowledge of their community dynamics is key to understanding their role in marine food webs and global biogeochemical cycles. To this end, we analyzed ... -
Wound healing across the animal kingdom: Crosstalk between the immune system and the extracellular matrix
(Wiley, 2020-04-20)Tissue regeneration is widespread in the animal kingdom. To date, key roles for different molecular and cellular programs in regeneration have been described, but the ultimate blueprint for this talent remains elusive. In ... -
Differences in intrinsic tubulin dynamic properties contribute to spindle length control in Xenopus species
(Elsevier, 2020-06-08)The function of cellular organelles relates not only to their molecular composition but also to their size. However, how the size of dynamic mesoscale structures is established and maintained remains poorly understood [1, ... -
Contribution of increasing plasma membrane to the energetic cost of early zebrafish embryogenesis
(American Society for Cell Biology, 2020-03-19)How do early embryos allocate the resources stored in the sperm and egg? Recently, we established isothermal calorimetry to measure heat dissipation by living zebrafish embryos and to estimate the energetics of specific ... -
Hydrocarbon seepage in the deep seabed links subsurface and seafloor biospheres
(National Academy of Sciences, 2020-04-30)Marine cold seeps transmit fluids between the subseafloor and seafloor biospheres through upward migration of hydrocarbons that originate in deep sediment layers. It remains unclear how geofluids influence the composition ... -
Buzzards Bay Water Quality Data from the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Baywatchers Program 1992-2018
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2020-05-04)The Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Baywatchers Monitoring Program collected summertime water quality information at more than 150 stations around Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts from 1992 to 2018. Baywatchers monitoring data document ... -
An approach to modeling resource optimization for substitutable and interdependent resources
(Elsevier, 2020-03-31)We develop a hierarchical approach to modeling organism acclimation to changing availability of and requirements for substitutable and interdependent resources. Substitutable resources are resources that fill the same ... -
Radial alignment of microtubules through tubulin polymerization in an evaporating droplet
(Public Library of Science, 2020-04-10)We report the formation of spherulites from droplets of highly concentrated tubulin solution via nucleation and subsequent polymerization to microtubules (MTs) under water evaporation by heating. Radial alignment of MTs ... -
Electrophysiological and motor responses to chemosensory stimuli in isolated cephalopod arms
(University of Chicago Press, 2020-02-17)While there is behavioral and anatomical evidence that coleoid cephalopods use their arms to “taste” substances in the environment, the neurophysiology of chemosensation has been largely unexamined. The range and sensitivity ... -
Spatially regulated editing of genetic information within a neuron
(Oxford University Press, 2020-03-23)In eukaryotic cells, with the exception of the specialized genomes of mitochondria and plastids, all genetic information is sequestered within the nucleus. This arrangement imposes constraints on how the information can ... -
FXR1 splicing is important for muscle development and biomolecular condensates in muscle cells
(Rockefeller University Press, 2020-03-13)Fragile-X mental retardation autosomal homologue-1 (FXR1) is a muscle-enriched RNA-binding protein. FXR1 depletion is perinatally lethal in mice, Xenopus, and zebrafish; however, the mechanisms driving these phenotypes ... -
Evaluation of simulated soil carbon dynamics in Arctic-Boreal ecosystems
(IOP Publishing, 2020-02-07)Given the magnitude of soil carbon stocks in northern ecosystems, and the vulnerability of these stocks to climate warming, land surface models must accurately represent soil carbon dynamics in these regions. We evaluate ... -
Resegmentation is an ancestral feature of the gnathostome vertebral skeleton
(eLife Sciences Publications, 2020-02-24)The vertebral skeleton is a defining feature of vertebrate animals. However, the mode of vertebral segmentation varies considerably between major lineages. In tetrapods, adjacent somite halves recombine to form a single ... -
Extraction of high-quality, high-molecular-weight DNA depends heavily on cell homogenization methods in green microalgae
(Wiley Open Access, 2020-03-10)Premise New sequencing technologies have facilitated genomic studies in green microalgae; however, extracting high‐quality DNA is often a bottleneck for long‐read sequencing. Methods and Results Here, we present ...
