BTI publications: November 2025 - March 2026

Publications by BTI faculty
March 12, 2026
  1. Almela, P., Elser, J. J., Zmuda, A., Niehaus, T., & Hamilton, T. L. (2026b). Community-driven variations in snow algae color modulate snow albedo reduction. New Phytol, 249(4), 1739-1752. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70775
  2. Armet, A. M., Li, F., Deehan, E. C., Nikolaeva, D. D., Delannoy-Bruno, O., Siegwald, L.,…Walter, J. (2025). Mechanistic insights into microbiome-dependent and personalized responses to dietary fibre in a randomized controlled trial. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.20.25340625
  3. Bajaj, J. S., Fagan, A., Sterling, R. K., Sikaroodi, M., Gallagher, M. L., Lee, H.,…Gillevet, P. M. (2026). The multi-omic basis for hepatic encephalopathy recurrence: Analysis of the THEMATIC trial. JHEP Rep, 8(1), 101634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2025.101634
  4. Baselga-Cervera, B., Medina-Chávez, N. O., Gettle, N., & Travisano, M. (2025a). Stochastic phenotypic switching arises in response to directional selection in experimentally evolved multicellular yeast. Commun Biol, 9(1), 134. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09414-9
  5. Billmann, M., Costanzo, M., Rahman, M., Chan, K., Yan Tong, A. H., Ward, H. N.,…Myers, C. L. (2026). Quantitative analysis of genetic interactions in human cells from genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.30.662330
  6. Biswas, A., Trachtova, K., & Fixen, K. R. (2026). Predicting compatibility between ferredoxins and the Fe protein of nitrogenase using in silico protein modeling. Protein Sci, 35(3), e70509. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.70509
  7. Bruger, E. L., & Bazurto, J. V. (2026). Beneath the surface: expanding the known repertoire of methylotrophic metabolism. Appl Environ Microbiol, e0211625. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02116-25
  8. Camur, B. B., Stolp, L., Mindermann, L., Mancipe, N. C., Moidl, J. B., & Barney, B. M. (2026). A Foundation for Advancing Studies of the Biodegradation of Polyethylene Surrogates by Environmental and Model Laboratory Microbes. Environ Microbiol Rep, 18(2), e70319. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70319
  9. Chen, C. Y., Heger, S., Arrington, D. A., & Hu, B. (2025). Evaluation of Biochar and Iron as Alternative Materials to Improve Performance of Septic Systems-Part 1. Material Selection and Batch Tests. Water Environ Res, 97(12), e70207. https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.70207
  10. Chen, Y., Elbein, K., Venkatachalapathy, S., Lorimer, E. L., Sprague-Getsy, A. M., Auger, S. A.,…Distefano, M. D. (2026). Organotellurium Probes Enable One-step Single-cell Analysis of Post-translational Modification. J Am Chem Soc. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c19824
  11. Clarke, B. C., Ordinola-Zapata, R., Noblett, W. C., Gould, M., & Staley, C. (2026). Taxonomy and Virulence Factors in the Root Canal Microbiome: Metagenomic Insights by Lesion Size and Clinical Factors in Primary Endodontic Infections. J Endod. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2026.02.016
  12. Crawford, P. A., Rhein, J., Chipman, J. G., Beilman, G. J., Cromarty, R., Escandón, K.,…Schacker, T. W. (2026). Ongoing lymphoid HIV production drives pyroptosis and GLP-1 counter-regulation in ART-suppressed infection. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.09.698696
  13. Dupin, A., Vonshak, O., Nir, V., Levanon, M., Avidan, N., Divon, Y.,…Bar-Ziv, R. H. (2026). Cell-free immuno-profiling on a genetically programmed biochip. Nat Nanotechnol, 21(1), 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-02058-0
  14. Ferretti, P., Allert, M., Johnson, K. E., Rossi, M., Heisel, T., Gonia, S.,…Blekhman, R. (2025). Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother's milk. Nat Commun, 16(1), 11536. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66497-y
  15. Hoeg, A. J., Jaques, J., Johnson, R., Kocher, M., Weingarden, A., Vaughn, B.,…Teigen, L. M. (2026). Oral rehydration solution for the management of fluid and electrolyte disturbances in patients with an ileostomy: A scoping review. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.70050
  16. Hu, J., Zhou, Y., Ishii, S., Ahmed, W., Sadowsky, M. J., Xia, X.,…Zhang, Q. (2026). Sources, contamination pathways, and monitoring of pathogens in urban estuaries. Mar Pollut Bull, 226, 119415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119415
  17. Kato, S., Negi, A., Noireaux, V., & Maeda, Y. T. (2026). Wetting-Mediated Remodeling of the Cytoskeletal Cortex by Phase-Separated Condensates in Cell-Free Reactions. Biomacromolecules, 27(1), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.5c01410
  18. Klasek, S. A., Crants, J. E., Frost, K. E., Schroeder, B. K., Rosen, C. J., & Kinkel, L. L. (2026). Organic amendments to potato soils inconsistently enrich yield-associated soil microbiota across growing regions of the continental US. PeerJ, 14, e20595. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20595
  19. Knutson, C. M., & Barney, B. M. (2026). gene fitness following carbon shift from sucrose to acetate, succinate and glycerol. Microbiology (Reading), 172(1). https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001643
  20. Kolas, A., Rusman, Y., Maia, A. C. R. G., Williams, J. M., Xie, J., Katekar, R.,…Salomon, C. E. (2025). Norditerpene Natural Products from Subterranean Fungi with Anti-Parasitic Activity. Microorganisms, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13112527
  21. Levrier, A., Soudier, P., Garenne, D., Izri, Z., Bowden, S., Lindner, A. B., & Noireaux, V. (2025a). A synthetic cell phage cycle. Nat Commun, 17(1), 557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67249-8
  22. Meegoda, C. S., Waak, M. B., Kim, T., Hozalski, R. M., & Hallé, C. (2026). Flushing as a Control Measure for. Environ Sci Technol, 60(5), 3935-3946. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c16399
  23. Mohamed, M. E., Saqr, A., Onyeaghala, G., Remmel, R. P., Staley, C., Dorr, C. R.,…Jacobson, P. A. (2026). A Mycophenolate Pharmacokinetic Study with New Insights into Enterohepatic Recirculation in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin Pharmacokinet, 65(3), 479-495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40262-025-01611-3
  24. One, J., Narayan, J., Cichocki, F., Hu, W. S., & Azarin, S. M. (2026). Dynamics of natural killer cell function upon recurrent stimulation. Biotechnol Prog, e70100. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.70100
  25. Petersen, H. A., Hochbaum, A. I., Bond, D. R., & Wang, F. (2026). Cytochrome nanowires under electron microscopy. Emerg Top Life Sci, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20240008
  26. Rai, S., Zhang, X., Wright, N. C., Arnold, W. A., Novak, P. J., & Guest, J. S. (2026). Cost and Carbon Implications of Industrial Organic Load Reduction across Water Resource Recovery Facility Typologies. Environ Sci Technol, 60(4), 3633-3645. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c11447
  27. Ramnath, K. G., Pierce, C. T., Casadevall, G., Osuna, S., Ide-Pech, J., Zeng, B.,…Gross, R. A. (2026). Engineered Leaf-Branch Compost Cutinase with Enhanced PET Degradation Across a Broad Temperature Range. ChemSusChem, 19(1), e202501789. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202501789
  28. Ruis, B. L., Ward, H., Myers, C. L., Bielinsky, A. K., & Hendrickson, E. A. (2026). SETDB1/ATF7IP regulate the precise genome engineering of HUSH-regulated genes. Epigenetics Chromatin, 19(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-026-00661-6
  29. Shi, M., McQuillan, J., Evans, C., Liu, Y., Lin, X. N., Barney, B., & Pandhal, J. (2026). Characterising complex metabolic responses in an engineered, cross-feeding microbial co-culture using quantitative proteomics. N Biotechnol, 93, 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2026.02.001
  30. Sokolik, C. G., Bar-Dolev, M., Milo, R., Adamala, K. P., & Levy, M. (2025). Synthetic cells by the numbers. iScience, 28(11), 113849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113849
  31. Stark, J. C., Gray, M. A., Ibarlucea-Benitez, I., Lustig, M., Bond, A., Cho, B.,…Bertozzi, C. R. (2025). Antibody-lectin chimeras for glyco-immune checkpoint blockade. Nat Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02884-6
  32. Starwalt-Lee, R., Gralnick, J. A., & Bond, D. R. (2026a). Increased mutation rates and diversity are dominant features of. mBio, 17(3), e0339425. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03394-25
  33. Sundaresan, A. P., Brown, M. E., & Distefano, M. D. (2026). Quantitative analysis of H-Ras localization using confocal microscopy. Methods Enzymol, 726, 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2025.11.009
  34. Velle, K. B., Ramaswamy, M., Hokmabad, B. V., Martín-Pérez, T., Carrasco, T. T., Callahan, W. S.,…Fritz-Laylin, L. K. (2025). amoebae seek confinement and crawl persistently through narrow spaces. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.30.691445
  35. Venero, O. M., Ndeh, R., Pan, A., Patrikainen, P., Eriksson, M., Akhgari, A.,…Kallio, P. (2026). CyanoConstruct: simple platform for cyanobacterial expression construct assembly and translational tuning. BMC Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-025-01098-7
  36. Wackett, L. P. (2026). Molecular biotechnology for the biodegradation of organofluorine compounds. Curr Opin Biotechnol, 98, 103446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2026.103446
  37. Zidar, D. A., Freeman, M. L., Wilson, B. M., Al-Kindi, S., Chung, M. K., Gunzler, D. D.,…Thyagarajan, B. (2026). Specific Deficiency of Naïve CD4+ T Lymphocytes Characterizes Heart Failure and Heightens Mortality Risk in the HRS. J Am Heart Assoc, e042475. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.042475
  38. Ziegert, Z. A., Troester, A., Frebault, J., Goffredo, P., Gaertner, W. B., Jahansouz, C., & Staley, C. (2026). SparCC co-occurrence networking reveals intracommunity dynamics of the microbiome following colorectal surgery. Microbiol Spectr, e0397325. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03973-25
  39. Zmuda, A. J., Toensing, A. J., Wissbroecker, K. B., & Niehaus, T. D. (2026). Bacillus subtilis encodes three N-acetylcysteine deacetylase enzymes that can catalyze the final step in S-(2-succino)cysteine breakdown. J Biol Chem, 302(1), 110954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110954