BTI publications: March - May 2026

Publications by BTI faculty
May 12, 2026
  1. Almela, P., & Hamilton, T. L. (2026). Enhancing DNA recovery in low-biomass snow algae samples: a comparative study of extraction methods and their effect on community composition. Appl Environ Microbiol, 92(4), e0003126. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00031-26
  2. Belofsky, G., O'Brien, C., Cordova-Gamez, R., Ragland, N., Hurd, L., Spiegel, P. C.,…Salomon, C. (2026). Antimicrobial activities of new and known flavanoid metabolites of Dalea lanata var. terminalis (Fabaceae). Fitoterapia, 191, 107224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2026.107224
  3. Billmann, M., Costanzo, M., Zhang, X., Hassan, A. Z., Rahman, M., Brown, K. R.,…Boone, C. (2026). Global genetic interaction network of a human cell maps conserved principles and informs functional interpretation of gene co-essentiality profiles. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2026.03.044
  4. Ciemniecki, J. A., Glasser, N. R., Gralnick, J. A., & Newman, D. K. (2026). mGem: Facilitated fermentation-an underappreciated mode of energy conservation. mBio, 17(4), e0249425. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02494-25
  5. Connolly, J. A., Del Carratore, F., Schmidt, K., Bisesi, A. T., Martinson, J. N. V., Chua, J.,…Takano, E. (2026a). Multi-omics analysis of interspecies interactions in a soil Streptomyces community provides functional insights into siderophore ecology. Sci Rep, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45368-6
  6. de Oliveira Andrade, F., Staley, C., Jin, L., Ozgul-Onal, M., McDermott, M., Kenanoglu, S.,…Hilakivi-Clarke, L. (2026). Gut microbiome modulates breast cancer risk in socially isolated mice. Breast Cancer Res. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-026-02292-x
  7. Evangelist, M., Wang, B., Butrynski, J. E., Paschold, J., Ward, P. J., Waterhouse, D. M.,…Johnson, M. L. (2026). Biomarker Testing Rates and Patterns in Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Observational Study in Community Practices. JCO Precis Oncol, 10(4), e2500832. https://doi.org/10.1200/PO-25-00832
  8. Feist, L., Erickson, S. E., Jacob, N., Ameli, I., Malecha, C., Badger, J., & Smanski, M. J. (2026). Identifying Target Genes for Engineered Genetic Incompatibility in Fish. Mar Biotechnol (NY), 28(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-026-10617-2
  9. Fischbach, M. J., Reiter, D. E., Wang, W., Myers, C. L., & Rogers, L. M. (2026). NetCIS: a network-based common insertion site pipeline for case-control Sleeping Beauty screens. Brief Bioinform, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbag146
  10. González-Delgado, A., Bonillo-Lopez, L., Johnson, M. S., Knödlseder, N., Ko, C. C., Lekbach, Y.,…Shipman, S. L. (2026). Genome editing of phylogenetically distinct bacteria using cross-species retron-mediated recombineering. Nat Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03076-6
  11. Harthorn, A., Windsor, H. K., Schmitz, Z., Cheung, N., Agwaramgbo, E., & Hackel, B. J. (2026). Engineered B7-H3 Binding in Modular Gp2 Miniproteins. Biotechnol Bioeng. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.70221
  12. Horecka, I., Ušaj, M., Masinas, M. P. D., Ward, H. N., Zhang, X., Hassan, A. Z.,…Boone, C. (2026). Expanding TheCellMap.org to visualize a genome-scale genetic interaction network for a human cell line. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.16.712129
  13. Hu, J., Chen, Y. X., & Distefano, M. D. (2026). Preparation of K-Ras4B containing synthetic modifications via expressed protein ligation. Methods Enzymol, 728, 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2026.01.007
  14. Jacquet, P., Daudé, D., Bzdrenga, J., Masson, P., Elias, M., & Chabrière, E. (2026). Correction to: Current and emerging strategies for organophosphate decontamination: special focus on hyperstable enzymes. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36226-5
  15. Khoruts, A., Kuchma, N., & Vaughn, B. P. (2026). Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Rapidly Reduces Systemic Inflammation and Resolves Clostridioides difficile Pseudomembranous Colitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2026.03.023
  16. Kuo, T. H., Vunnam, N., Sachs, J. N., & Hackel, B. J. (2026). Engineering Murine Cross-Reactivity Into an Affibody to Human Death Receptor 5. Biotechnol Bioeng. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.70216
  17. Li, C., Braaten, K., Moser, A. B., Fallatah, W., Lorentson, M., Huguenin, S.,…Kartha, R. V. (2026). Nervonic acid supplementation mitigates disease severity biomarkers in adrenoleukodystrophy. Neurotherapeutics, e00890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurot.2026.e00890
  18. Medina-Chávez, N. O., Cecil, R. E., Rodriguez-Cruz, U. E., Travisano, M., & Yoder-Himes, D. R. (2026). Draft genome sequences of clinical and environmental. Microbiol Resour Announc, 15(5), e0135025. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01350-25
  19. Sommer, A. J., Auch, B., Khoruts, A., & Bajaj, J. S. (2026). Proximity-ligation metagenomics reveals disease-specific mobilome dynamics in disrupted gut ecosystems. Res Sq. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9142184/v1
  20. Srinivasan, P., Kuo, H. J., Lin, Y. C., Lu, Y. A., Hu, W. S., & Zhang, Q. (2026). A Mechanistic Model of rAAV Production in Synthetic Cell Lines. Biotechnol Bioeng. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.70208
  21. Sugianto, W., Garenne, D., Noireaux, V., Peralta-Yahya, P., & Carothers, J. M. (2026). Membrane Composition Influences Expression Yield of Plant Cytochrome P450s in. ACS Synth Biol. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.5c00948
  22. Van Kranendonk, M. J., Penrose, L. K., Havig, J., Rowe, M. C., Campbell, K. A., Nakamura, E., & Hamilton, T. (2026). Geochemical Complexity in Terrestrial Hot Spring Fields: Implications for the Origin of Life. Astrobiology, 26(3-4), 170-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/15311074261433305
  23. Woo, H. K., Seo, S., Mahajan, A., Lee, S., Bae, S., Quintana, J. M.,…Lee, H. (2026). Rapid desiccation and on-disc rehydration of extracellular vesicles for non-cryogenic preservation. Lab Chip, 26(9), 2761-2774. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6lc00014b
  24. Wu, E. B., Leung, C., Nagamatsu, W., Mashayekhi, K., Matsuno, S., Harding, S. A.,…Brilakis, E. S. (2026). A Novel 3D Wiring Technique-ZOLUTION Zero Degree OverLap View Universal Three DimensIONal CTO Wiring. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.70575
  25. Zhang, L., Ishii, S., Rothrock, M. J., Oladeinde, A., & Li, X. (2026). Genomic insights into the evolution and adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes in poultry production systems. Food Res Int, 232, 118941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2026.118941
  26. Zhang, Y., Lindner, H., So, B., Chen, Z., Li, H., Xu, J.,…Lin, H. (2026). NEK7 Cys298 is important for NLRP3 inflammasome and targetable by dimethyl fumarate. Cell Chem Biol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2026.03.016