UMass Biology Publications for January 2026

February 5, 2026

The following publications from the Biology Department appeared in PubMed in January 2026. You can find more here.

  1. Gothard H, Hurt C, Rahnama M, Pérez-Moreno JL. In-depth transcriptome analysis of the Hardin crayfish, Faxonius wrighti. Mar Genomics. 2026 Jan 12;85:101232. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2026.101232. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41529379.
  2. Liu X, Wang J, Li J, Kang L, Wang M, Huang Z, Man J, Huang X, Zhang Z, Yang F, Bartlett M, Wu L, Dong Z, Jackson D, Xu F. ERECTA genes and their ligands regulate shoot and inflorescence architecture in maize. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 12;17(1):110. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67634-3. PMID: 41526346; PMCID: PMC12795852.
  3. Walsh E, Laskarzewski T, Maresca TJ, Stephens AD. CTCF maintains centromere function and mitotic fidelity. J Cell Sci. 2026 Jan 5:jcs.264181. doi: 10.1242/jcs.264181. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41486985.
  4. Liu J, Chandler T, Li Y, Agashe A, Wei M, Su Y, Wu Y, Baskin TI, Jaumouillé V, Chen J, Xu P, Ye H, Zhu W, Fischer RS, Swaminathan V, Nain AS, Mehta SB, La Riviere PJ, Shroff H, Liu H, Guo M. Observing biological spatio-angular structures and dynamics with statistical image reconstruction and polarized fluorescence microscopy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Sep 25:2025.09.23.678164. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.23.678164. PMID: 41480145; PMCID: PMC12754719.
  5. Cox BD, Yang H, Moore J, Ahuja N, Amundson K, Aponte-Santiago N, Coomer C, Gong Y, Herbert AL, Manzano C, Martínez-Gómez J, Satterlee J, Brady SM, Rogers CD. Reprogramming our fate: a postdoctoral reflection on current challenges and prospects for developmental biology. Dev Biol. 2026 Feb;530:132-137. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.11.012. Epub 2025 Nov 22. PMID: 41285217.
  6. Bunner S, Huang K, Shah A, Figueroa S, Lang N, Chu C, Eskndir N, Pho M, Manning G, Zheng M, Fritz-Laylin L, Velle KB, Marcus J, Orth J, Stephens AD. Changes in nuclear and actin mechanics from G1 to G2 affect nuclear integrity. J Cell Sci. 2026 Jan 19:jcs.264118. doi: 10.1242/jcs.264118. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41549998.
  7. Medina EM, Elting MW, Fritz-Laylin L. Cellularization in chytrid fungi uses distinct mechanisms from conventional cytokinesis and cellularization in animals and yeast. Curr Biol. 2026 Jan 19;36(2):338-354.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.048. Epub 2025 Dec 15. PMID: 41401808; PMCID: PMC12714308.
  8. Lindsay PL, Xu F, Liu L, Boumpas P, Reyes A, Je BI, Ogawa-Ohnishi M, Man J, Skopelitis T, Matsubayashi Y, Bartlett M, Xu SL, Jackson D. Antagonistic interactions between CLAVATA receptors shape maize ear development. New Phytol. 2026 Jan 25. doi: 10.1111/nph.70950. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41582630.