Genomics Resource Lab Publications


Publications and Scholarly Contributions of Genomics Core Facility Staff Co-authorship and Facility Acknowledgment

2025

  • Satbhai, K.M., Marques, E.S., Ranjan, R., & Timme-Laragy, A.R. (2025). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals tissue-specific transcriptomic changes induced by perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 489, 137515. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137515
  • Kennard, A.S., Velle, K.B., Ranjan, R., Schulz, D., & Fritz-Laylin, L.K. (2025). Tubulin sequence divergence is associated with the use of distinct microtubule regulators. Current Biology, 35(2), 233-248.e238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.022
  • Fan, R., Story, G., Kim, J., Li, Z., Bannon, S.T., Cho, H., Ranjan, R., Kim, Y.-C., Layec, G., & Chung, S. (2025). Heat treatment activates futile calcium cycling in brown adipose tissue to modulate energy metabolism and alters gut microbiota in C57BL/6 mice. Acta Physiologica, 241(4), e70025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.70025
  • Sarsani, V., Aldikacti, B., Zhao, T., He, S., Chien, P., & Flaherty, P. (2025). Discovering genetic modulators of the protein homeostasis system through multilevel analysis. PNAS Nexus, 4(1), pgae574. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae574

2024

  • Korkmaz, Ü.R., Cetiner, O.F., Rani, A., Ranjan, R., & Öztürk, A.B. (2024). Respiratory Microbiome. In H. Yüksel, O. Yilmaz, N. Bayar Muluk & C. M. Myer (Eds.), Pediatric Airway Diseases (pp. 97-112). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
  • Ranjan, R. (2024, 10/24/2024). Invited Talk: Streamlined for speed: NEBNext UltraExpress for DNA and RNA library prep. Paper presented at the NEBNext Inspirations User Group Meeting, Kimpton Marlowe, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Mogus, J.P., Marin, M., Arowolo, O., Salemme, V., & Suvorov, A. (2024). Developmental exposures to common environmental pollutants result in long-term Reprogramming of hypothalamic-pituitary axis in mice. Environmental Pollution, 361, 124890. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124890
  • Zeng, M., Sarker, B., Rondthaler, S.N., Vu, V., & Andrews, L.B. (2024). Identifying LasR Quorum Sensors with Improved Signal Specificity by Mapping the Sequence–Function Landscape. ACS Synthetic Biology, 13(2), 568-589. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00543
  • Rondthaler, S.N., Sarker, B., Howitz, N., Shah, I., & Andrews, L.B. (2024). Toolbox of Characterized Genetic Parts for Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Synthetic Biology, 13(1), 103-118. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00325
  • Sarsani, V.A.-O., Aldikacti, B., Zhao, T., He, S., Chien, P., & Flaherty, P.A.-O. (2024). Discovering Genetic Modulators of the Protein Homeostasis System through Multilevel Analysis. LID - 2024.02.26.582154 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2024.02.26.582154 [doi]. (2692-8205 (Electronic)).
  • He, X.D., Taylor, L.F., Miao, X., Shi, Y., Lin, X., Yang, Z., Liu, X., Miao, Y.-L., Alfandari, D., Cui, W., et al. (2024). Overlapping peri-implantation phenotypes of ZNHIT1 and ZNHIT2 despite distinct functions during early mouse development. Biology of Reproduction, ioae128. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioae128
  • Ramirez, M.D., Bui, T.N., & Katz, P.S. (2024). Cellular-resolution gene expression mapping reveals organization in the head ganglia of the gastropod, Berghia stephanieae. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 532(6), e25628. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25628
  • Zintel, T.M., Pizzollo, J., Claypool, C.G., & Babbitt, C.C. (2024). Astrocytes Drive Divergent Metabolic Gene Expression in Humans and Chimpanzees. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(1), evad239. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evad239
  • Rickelton, K., Zintel, T.M., Pizzollo, J., Miller, E., Ely, J.J., Raghanti, M.A., Hopkins, W.D., Hof, P.R., Sherwood, C.C., Bauernfeind, A.L., et al. (2024). Tempo and mode of gene expression evolution in the brain across primates. eLife, 13, e70276. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70276
  • He, X.D., Phillips, S., Hioki, K., Majhi, P.D., Babbitt, C., Tremblay, K.D., Pobezinsky, L.A., & Mager, J. (2024). TATA-binding associated factors have distinct roles during early mammalian development. Developmental Biology, 511, 53-62. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.04.002
  • Satbhai K, Marques E, Ranjan R, Timme-Laragy A. 2024. Single-cell RNA sequencing to evaluate tissue-specific transcriptomic changes induced by perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in the embryonic zebrafish (Danio rerio). The Toxicologist, a Supplement to Toxicological Sciences, Abstract #4087.
  • Pavon, N., Diep, K., Yang, F., Sebastian, R., Martinez-Martin, B., Ranjan, R., Sun, Y., & Pak, C. (2024). Patterning ganglionic eminences in developing human brain organoids using a morphogen-gradient-inducing device. Cell Reports Methods, 4(1), 100689. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100689
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10831957/
  • McCullough AK, Ranjan R. Do kinematic features of human movement correlate with telomere length? A pilot study. Poster No.42, presented at the Translational Science 2024 Conference, April 3 – 5, 2024, Las Vegas, USA, organized by Association for Clinical and Translational Science, Washington, DC.
  • Kennard, A.S., Velle, K.B., Ranjan, R., Schulz, D., & Fritz-Laylin, L.K. (2024). An internally controlled system to study microtubule network diversification links tubulin evolution to the use of distinct microtubule regulators. bioRxiv, 2024.2001.2008.573270. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.08.573270
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10802493/
  • Bechtold Emily, K., Wanek, W., Nuesslein, B., DaCosta, M., & Nüsslein, K. (2024). Successional changes in bacterial phyllosphere communities are plant-host species dependent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90(3), e01750-01723. doi: 10.1128/aem.01750-23
  • Kennard, A.S., Velle, K.B., Ranjan, R., Schulz, D., & Fritz-Laylin, L.K. (2024). An internally controlled system to study microtubule network diversification links tubulin evolution to the use of distinct microtubule regulators. bioRxiv, 2024.2001.2008.573270. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.08.573270
  • Ranjan R. Genomics Resource Laboratory, UMass Amherst Genomics Core Facility: Capabilities and Resources, at UMass Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Conference 2024. Held on 05/30/2024.
  • Ranjan R. User Experience: NEBNext UltraExpress RNA Library Prep Kit, hosted by New England Biolabs, at Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) 2024, General Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA.
  • Srinivasan, S., He, X., Mirza, S., & Mager, J. (2024). Exosome complex components 1 and 2 are vital for early mammalian development. Gene Expression Patterns, 51, 119346. doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2023.119346 
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37940010/

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  • Zhanayeva, A. (2017). Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Wild Tomato Species during Fruit Development. (MASTER OF SCIENCE), University of Massachusetts Amherst.