The following publications from the Biology Department appeared in PubMed in March 2026. You can find more here.
- Stager M, Benham PM, Senner NR, Fitak RR, Denmead K, Andringa RK, Grace JK, Dittmann DL, Siegrist J, Forsman AM. Storm-induced mass mortality results in both immediate and long-term consequences for a migratory songbird. Nat Ecol Evol. 2026 Mar 6. doi: 10.1038/s41559-026-03005-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41792447.
- Walsh W, Figueroa LL. Data deficiency, taxonomic bias, and economic interests curtail insect and arachnid conservation in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Mar 10;123(10):e2522779123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2522779123. Epub 2026 Mar 2. PMID: 41770926.
- Gothard H, Hurt C, Rahnama M, Pérez-Moreno JL. In-depth transcriptome analysis of the Hardin crayfish, Faxonius wrighti. Mar Genomics. 2026 Mar 30;85:101232. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2026.101232. Epub 2026 Jan 12. PMID: 41529379.
- Barnett JR, Tieman DM, Caicedo AL. Variation in ripe fruit volatiles across the tomato clade: An evolutionary framework for studying fruit scent diversity in a crop wild relative. Am J Bot. 2023 Sep;110(9):e16223. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.16223. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMID: 37551422.
- Amundson KR, Hendelman A, Ciren D, Yang H, de Neve AE, Tal S, Sulema A, Jackson D, Bartlett ME, Lippman ZB, Efroni I. A deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolution. Science. 2026 Mar 12:eadt8983. doi: 10.1126/science.adt8983. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41818342.
- Stebbins K, Jalil M, Khaksar P, Webster AN, Campbell J, Fox MA. A High-Resolution Transcriptomic Atlas of Cell Types in the Ventral Visual Thalamus. J Neurochem. 2026 Mar;170(3):e70406. doi: 10.1111/jnc.70406. PMID: 41814933; PMCID: PMC12980112.
- Revka O, Belculfine SJ, Fitts L, Nippert KE, Teves CAF, Reis PM, Tenney S, Packer BE, Garcia Alvarez I, Milstein O, Coutinho da Silva M, Moorman DE, Vazey EM. Impact of chronic alcohol and stress on midlife cognition and locus coeruleus integrity in mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2026 Mar;50(3):e70273. doi: 10.1111/acer.70273. PMID: 41802869.
- Ofosuhene B, Ding H, Tatere HY, Vigeant TW, Li S, Bennett A, Lin H. Association between electrocardiographic age and cognitive function: findings from the UK biobank and Framingham Heart Study. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2026 Feb 18;7(3):ztag034. doi: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztag034. PMID: 41799659; PMCID: PMC12966501.
- 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 Jun 15;139(12):jcs264118. doi: 10.1242/jcs.264118. Epub 2026 Mar 4. PMID: 41549998.
- Eiting TP, Smith TD, Forger NG, Dumont ER. Neuronal scaling in the olfactory system of bats. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2023 Nov;306(11):2781-2790. doi: 10.1002/ar.25311. Epub 2023 Sep 2. PMID: 37658819.