BMB Weekly #32: September 11, 2026

 

Last, Vermaas honored at national Plant Biology gathering

At this year's meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Rob Last received the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award for his decades-long exploration of specialized plant metabolism, as well as his enduring impact as a mentor (having founded MSU's Plant Genomics Summer REU Program as well as an NIH-funded T32 Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability program).

Josh Vermaas meanwhile was honored with the Robert Rabson Award, which recognizes stellar early career scientists, and in particular his pioneering work in molecular modeling that's reshaping our understanding of photosynthetic organisms with an eye on next-generation bioenergy.

Read the full article here.

 

 

 

Aditya Kunjapur from the University of Delaware will be presenting the lecture titled “Bringing new chemistry to life through genome sculpting”.

To join us on Zoom, click this link. Password: bmbseminar

The Fall BMB Seminar Series will run through December 10, 2026. The complete schedule is available on the BMB Fall Seminar Series website. If you are interested in meeting with any of these speakers please email Leslie Williams, glady@msu.edu. Many speakers are planning to visit in-person. A Zoom option will continue to be offered for all seminars.

 

Living under constant pressure can decrease your effectiveness and life satisfaction. This workshop will explore how small, intentional habits can lead to meaningful progress and a sustainable approach to work and life. Learn more and register here.

You're invited to join the Graduate School and COGS as we gather for some fun in our neighborhood! Grab some lunch, play some games and hang out with us! Learn more here.

Join us for Spartan CoreFest, a celebration of Michigan State University's Shared Research Resources (SRRs) and Core Facilities. Whether you're new to MSU research or looking to expand your current projects, CoreFest is an opportunity to discover tools, services, expertise, and partnerships that can help advance your work. Learn more here.

The navigating Ph.D. workshops are interactive writing workshops, given at least once a semester, are designed to help you develop an individualized plan for graduate writing, especially comprehensive exams, dissertation proposals, and dissertations. Session 1 is designed for students in the early years of their Ph.D. study. Session 2 is designed for students in the latter years of their Ph.D. study. Learn more and register here.

COGS invites you to come on out and explore with your graduate and professional student peers as we tour one of MSU’s points of pride! Join us for a fun and informative look at Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). Event is free. Learn more and register here.

There’s still time to register for the 2nd Annual Miles for Medicine 5K, taking place on Saturday, September 19th in East Lansing at 9am! This student-led event is a collaboration between MSU College of Human Medicine SNMA, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine SNMA, & Spartan Street Medicine bringing together students, healthcare professionals, and members of the greater Lansing community for a day centered aroundhealth, wellness, service, and community.

Proceeds from the event will support SNMA programming at both medical colleges, Spartan Street Medicine, and the Care Free Medical Clinic in Lansing. A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to WeCanWearWhite, a nonprofit organization that promotes fibroid awareness. Whether you’re an experienced runner or simply want to walk with friends and classmates,everyone is welcome! We would love to see students from across MSU’s graduate and professional programs come out and support the event. Learn more and register here.

The navigating Ph.D. workshops are interactive writing workshops, given at least once a semester, are designed to help you develop an individualized plan for graduate writing, especially comprehensive exams, dissertation proposals, and dissertations. Session 1 is designed for students in the early years of their Ph.D. study. Session 2 is designed for students in the latter years of their Ph.D. study. Learn more and register here.

 

MSU IT’s Educational Technology Department is excited to announce that applications are now open for the AT&T Excellence in Teaching with Technology Awards. These annual awards highlight successful uses of instructional technology to support student success in any courses at MSU and celebrate the educators responsible for implementing them. For application details and information about past winners, visit the AT&T Awards website.

This fellowship is intended to support doctoral students in the natural sciences and mathematics in recognition of academic achievements, research goals, contributions to a diverse educational community, and a record of overcoming obstacles whose progress in their chosen scientific discipline enhances educational diversity at MSU as may be evidenced by personal history and experience, research goals, and/or promotion of understanding among persons of different backgrounds and ideas, or by having demonstrated significant academic achievement in spite of barriers such as economic, social, and/or educational disadvantage. Learn more and apply here.

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) is excited to announce the fall 2026 round of the PRI Seed Grant Program to support innovative, trainee-led research in the area of plant resilience! PRI invites proposals from any MSU graduate student or postdoctoral researcher. We encourage proposals to be synergistic across MSU laboratories and focus on projects that are both high-risk and high-reward. Proposals are required to focus on plant resilience, broadly defined, and should be distinct from current research programs. The proposed research must not already be funded by an existing grant, and funds cannot be used for graduate student or postdoctoral scholar salary/stipend support. More information, including proposal preparation and submission instructions, details on the selection process, and the list of previous awardees can be found here.

 

Football season is here, and MSU is creating a dedicated substance-free tailgate space for students at every home football game. Starting with this Saturday’s game against Eastern Michigan, students can attend the Substance-Free Tailgate Zone, a place to connect with fellow Spartans, celebrate game day traditions, and enjoy the excitement of football in an substance-free environment. Come enjoy the game day atmosphere and celebrate the start of the season in a supportive, substance-free environment. Feel free to bring a friend or ally. 

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Graduate Student Council is asking graduate students to fill out their Survey. It is open for graduate students across US Universities to weigh in on their thoughts about the impact of current funding and immigration policies on their education. They will use the results to inform how to communicate with government policymakers about the importance of supporting graduate & professional students. Take the survey here.

You can’t predict every challenge that life will bring, but you can build the skills to face them. Our Spartan Resilience courses empower MSU students and employees to strengthen their responses to life’s challenges. Courses are virtual and free. Learn more and register here.

You can find the latest department news over on LinkedIn and BlueSky. Give us a follow and be sure to tag us with research updates, publications, and lab updates to help spread the word!

The MSU Food Bank is a resource available to Spartans who may be experiencing food insecurity. The Food Bank provides free food and other essential items to those in need within our MSU community. Learn more here.

 

The Balbach lab seeks a professional aide to support ongoing lab research. Responsibilities will include overseeing the daily operations of the laboratory, maintaining the mouse colony, performing metabolomics experiments, and assisting/executing other routine experiments in the lab. The ideal candidate should be eager to learn, highly motivated, reliable, possess good communication skills, and be able to work independently and as part of a team. Learn more and apply here.

The Lundquist Laboratory Group is seeking a Researcher & Laboratory Manager to play a pivotal role in advancing our research on plastoglobule lipid droplets and their involvement in photosynthetic and phospho-regulation. In this dual-capacity role, you will dedicate approximately 20% of your time to operational leadership, ensuring seamless daily lab function through budget management, chemical/supply inventory control, safety protocol adherence, and digital outreach. The other 80% of your time will be dedicated to active scientific investigation, where you will integrate wet-lab techniques (e.g., immunoblotting, protein phosphorylation assays, cellular ultrastructure investigation, lipidomics, proteomics, etc.) with computational approaches (e.g., protein-protein interaction and structural modeling) to drive impactful discoveries. Learn more and apply here.

The Feldbrügge Lab at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is recruiting two PhD researchers within the international doctoral network nEXt-RNA. Our lab pioneered the study of vesicle-coupled mRNA transport in infectious hyphae of the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis. This work revealed fundamental principles of intracellular RNA transport that are conserved from fungi to human neurons (Vázquez-Carrada et al., 2026). We are now investigating how fungal mRNAs enter extracellular vesicles and whether they mediate communication with host cells during infection (Sankaranarayanan et al., 2023). The projects combine RNA biology, fungal cell biology, advanced live-cell imaging, membrane trafficking and extracellular-vesicle research. Both doctoral researchers will join the interdisciplinary and international training environment of nEXt-RNA. Learn more apply here.

 

 

Recent Publications

Amaro, R. E., Batista, V., Blumberger, J., Choong, Y. S., Corminboeuf, C., Cournia, Z., Cui, Q., De Vivo, M., Evangelista, F. A., Gao, Y. Q., Ghosh, D., He, X., Isayev, O., Khalid, S., Kirchmair, J., Kitchin, J. R., Liu, H., Naidoo, K. J., Nguyen, D., Nunes Alves, A., … Gagliardi, L. (2026). Advancing Reproducibility and Open Data in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. Journal of chemical theory and computation, 22(9), 4199–4200. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.6c00733

Arriaza, R. H., Khatri, K., Abiskaroon, B., O'Malley, A., Chouhan, V., Godziashvili, D., Camini, A. M., Walshe-Roussel, B., Zhurov, V., Rebroš, M., Grbic, M., Grbic, V., Saraiva Macedo Timmers, L. F., & Chruszcz, M. (2026). Investigation of Molecular and Structural Properties of Two Mu-class GSTs From Tetranychus urticae. Journal of molecular biology, 438(10), 169742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169742

Asante-Asamani, E., Bonacci, R. E., Hove, T., Sewwandi de Silva, S. H. D., Liss, M. A., Leach, R., & Ogunwobi, O. O. (2026). Combining Serum PVT1 Exon 4A and Exon 9 with Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Shows Potential for Improving Identification and Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer. Cancer management and research, 18, 604901. https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S604901

Atik, S. B., & Dickson, A. (2026). Assessing the Stability of Molecular Glues with Weighted Ensemble Simulations. Journal of chemical theory and computation, 22(15), 7801–7810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.6c00319

Bellucci, M., Mostofa, M. G., Benucci, G. M. N., Kabir, A. H., Khan, I., Lombardi, M., Locato, V., Bonito, G., Loreto, F., & Sharkey, T. D. (2026). Isoprene-Emitting Transgenic Tobacco Shapes Root Microbiome and Enhances Growth of Co-Cultivated Non-Emitting Plants. Plant, cell & environment, 10.1111/pce.70698. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70698

Boismier, E. C., Felczak, M. M., Myers, K. S., & TerAvest, M. A. (2026). OxyR regulates the oxidative stress response in Zymomonas mobilis during oxic growth and anoxic biofuel fermentation. Applied and environmental microbiology, e0104426. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01044-26

Carroll-Deaton, J. A., Bohovych, I., Emetu, F. T., Dietz, J. V., Rivett, E. D., Stanley, E., Hegg, E. L., Fox, J. L., & Khalimonchuk, O. (2026). Molecular analysis of a new patient COX15 mutation provides insight into the etiology of fatal infantile cardioencephalopathy. The Journal of biological chemistry, 302(6), 111475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111475

Chen, D., Liu, J., Chen, C. L., & Wei, G. W. (2026). Interaction topology theory deciphers multiscale codes of MOF-like materials. Science advances, 12(34), eaee8016. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee8016

Clews, A. C., Jesionowska, M. W., Yates, K. E., Benning, C., Mullen, R. T., & Xu, Y. (2026). Mapping of the local proteome of the Arabidopsis chloroplast intermembrane space by proximity labelling. Journal of experimental botany, erag348. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag348

Coate, J. E., Doyle, J. J., Farmer, A., Huang, S. C., Kajala, K., Kenchanmane Raju, S. K., Kumari, S., Palfalvi, G., Radin, I., Singh, P., Stata, M., Ware, D., Yao, Q., & Nikolov, L. A. (2026). A single-cell blueprint for cellular diversity in the Green Lineage. Current biology : CB, 36(11), R577–R589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.04.003

Deans, N. C., Cody, J., Reist, L., Hamilton, J. P., Starker, C., Prichard, L., Wood, J. C., Vaillancourt, B., Hamberger, B. R., Voytas, D. F., & Buell, C. R. (2026). Engineering carotenoid and steroidal glycoalkaloid depleted tomato fruit for heterologous production of high value terpenes. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026.05.13.724861. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.13.724861

Dunham, S. J. B., Willkeen, G. A., Darby, B., Corley, J. M., Hahn, A., Klapper, I., Bean, H. D., Caverly, L. J., Thornton, C. S., Martin, C., Quinn, R. A., Widder, S., Bailey, B. A., Wagner, B. D., Garg, N., Planet, P. J., Hunter, R. C., LiPuma, J. J., Rohwer, F., & Whiteson, K. L. (2026). The Guild Model of CF Airway Microbial Ecology. mBio, 17(6), e0366825. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03668-25

Emerson, M. D., Damaraju, S. N. S., Short, A. H., Alvord, Z. B., Palmer, Z. A., Mehra, H. S., Brininger, C. M., Vermaas, J. V., Utschig, L. M., & Gisriel, C. J. (2026). Molecular Design Principles for Photosystem I-Based Biohybrid Solar Fuel Catalysts. ACS nano, 20(34), 23893–23906. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6c07948

Figueiredo da Costa, V. H., Karunarathne, P., Borelli, T. C., Amatto, I. V. D. S., Ortega, M. L., Quinn, R. A., & da Silva, R. R. (2026). ClusterApp to visualize, organize, and navigate metabolomics data. PLoS computational biology, 22(7), e1014586. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014586

Finkel, J. M., Williams, M. G., Nirmal, M. B., Pandey, S., Howe, E. D., Liu, C. T., Lohman, J. R., Sharma, N., & Vo, T. V. (2026). Humanization of the rpb9 Locus in Fission Yeast Reveals Conserved and Divergent Roles of rpb9 and Human POLR2I. Genes, 17(6), 606. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes17060606

Guo, Q., Gong, H., Kleven, B. J., Yao, J., Wang, J., Childs, K. L., Takahashi, H., & Howe, G. A. (2026). CDK8 coordinates jasmonate-induced immunity with sulfur-responsive defense in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(29), e2609022123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2609022123

Hozumi, Y., Wang, R., & Wei, G. W. (2026). Correlated clustering and projection for dimensionality reduction. Machine learning: science and technology, 7(3), 035062. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ae72eb

Jafari, M., Zhao, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, T., Merz, K. M., Jr, & Hu, J. (2026). An N-terminal amphipathic helix governs activity and conformational dynamics of Nramp metal transporters. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026.05.17.725737. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.17.725737

Jafari, M., Zhao, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, T., Merz, K. M., Jr, & Hu, J. (2026). An N-terminal amphipathic helix governs activity and conformational dynamics of Nramp metal transporters. The Journal of biological chemistry, 302(8), 113243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2026.113243

Jiang, J., Wang, G., Li, D., Hayes, N., Jones, B., Shi, Y., Qiu, H., Zhang, B., Zhou, T., & Wei, G. W. (2026). Unexpected Applications of AlphaFold in Molecular Sciences. Annual review of biochemistry, 95(1), 55–80. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biochem-051424-071952

Jojoa-Cruz, S., Kanwal, S., Jacob, N. P., Tang, W., Murakoso, M., Zhang, M., Li, J., Domecillo, M., Polizzi, N. F., Yates, J. R., 3rd, Kratochvil, H. T., Gomes, F. P., Hong, H., & Mravic, M. (2026). De novo design of transmembrane accessory subunits for fold stabilization and expansion. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026.05.14.725059. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.14.725059

Jung, S., de Oliveira, M. V. V., Collier, R., Yobi, A., Angelovici, R., Kaeppler, S. M., & Maeda, H. A. (2026). Chassis selection and metabolic fine-tuning enable efficient in planta betalain production. Plant physiology, 201(3), kiag337. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag337

Kang, J., Sokolowska, E. M., Zillmer, H., Karasov, T., Walther, D., & Skirycz, A. (2026). Discovery of regulatory complexes in Arabidopsis via protein-metabolite mapping during Pseudomonas infection. Plant physiology, 201(2), kiag349. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag349

Kawai-Harada, Y., You, S., Scarborough, T., Siraj, N., Yedla, J., Rennells, T., Walton, S. P., Chan, C., & Harada, M. (2026). Generation of Cellular Biofactories for the Scalable Production of Surface-Engineered Extracellular Vesicles via CRISPR Genome Editing. ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 12(7), 3821–3831. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6c00782

Keller, J. M., Dinc, F., Kaiser, E., Zupok, A., Morris, B. A., von Bismarck, T., Correa Galvis, V., Thiele, W., Kramer, D. M., Jahns, P., Schöttler, M. A., & Armbruster, U. (2026). Two proteins co-expressed with photosynthetic regulators affect photosynthetic dynamics linked to changes in thylakoid pigment content and composition. Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany), 10.1111/plb.70266. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70266

Khatri, K., O'Malley, A., Wright, E. M., Kitlas, P., Mias, G. I., Kowal, K., & Chruszcz, M. (2026). Molecular sensitization patterns to mammalian allergens - possible impact on diagnostics and therapy. Molecular immunology, 194, 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2026.04.001

Kianian, S., Nejad, M., & Hegg, E. L. (2026). Structure-bioactivity relationships in lignins: A multivariate analysis. International journal of biological macromolecules, 373, 153074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.153074

Kim, S. H., Quinn, M. A., Ananyev, J., McPeek, A. C., Leszczynski, E. C., & Ferguson, D. P. (2026). The Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Neuroplasticity-Related Proteins in the Cerebrum of Postnatally Growth-Restricted Mice. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 58(7), 1413–1423. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000003964

Kusi-Appiah, G., Schmollinger, S., Mamo, A., Stainbrook, S. C., O'Halloran, T. V., & Strenkert, D. (2026). CIA5 and its interacting metal-binding GTPase ZNG3 are degraded by the proteasome in Zn deficiency. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 127(1), e71035. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71035

Lambries, R., Shen, Z., Mias, G. I., & He, J. (2026). Histone demethylase KDM6B promotes postnatal oligodendrocyte maturation and cortical myelination. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 20, 1832157. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2026.1832157

Lyu, T., Han, L., Jin, J., Wang, J., Zhou, H., Xu, X., Feng, S., Yu, J., Last, R. L., & Fan, P. (2026). The plasma membrane ABC transporter Sl-ABCB5 mediates acylsugar secretion from tomato trichomes to confer insect resistance. Plant communications, 7(7), 101780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2026.101780

MacCready, J. S., Boren, D. M., Santos-Merino, M., Sharpe, L. A., Lechno-Yossef, S., Vermaas, J. V., & Ducat, D. C. (2026). A peripheral carboxysome component regulates cyanobacterial glycogen deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(34), e2607702123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2607702123

Mallard de La Varende, A. L., Tian, A. L., Thomas, S., Lahmar, I., Messaoudene, M., Li, S., Motiño, O., Guillaume-Dit-Taunière, H., Iebba, V., Hurtado, Y., Pham, T. N., Thélémaque, C., Araujo-Voces, M., Suissa, D., Ly, P., Reich, E., Vitali, G., Arlunno, B. T., Durand, S., Aprahamian, F., … Zitvogel, L. (2026). Subclinical cholestasis is a hallmark of gut dysbiosis causing resistance to cancer immunotherapy. Cancer cell, 44(8), 1653–1671.e16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2026.06.022

McFall-Boegeman, H., Talbot, C., Montalbano, M., Puangmalai, N., Wang, K. W., Kannan, M., Shi, J., Linning-Duffy, K., Nick, S., Yan, L., Kuo, M. H., Kayed, R., & Huang, X. (2026). A Virus-Like-Particle-Based Conjugate Vaccine Targeting the Microtubule Binding Region of Tau Protein. ACS omega, 11(29), 43242–43254. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6c00852

Mikhova, M., Kapanka, M., Han, L., Ungor, G., Schmidt, J. C., & Yu, K. (2026). A dynamic RNA hub facilitates activation-induced cytidine deaminase recruitment to the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus. Molecular cell, 86(13), 2509–2520.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.06.012

Moghe, G. D., Zimić-Sheen, A., Chen, D., Yadav, G., Cao, G., Tufan, H., Williams, J., Szymański, J., Kim, J., Busta, L., Mutwil, M., Verdú, M., Zimić, M., Provart, N. J., Makunga, N., Wilkins, O., Sun, Q., VanBuren, R., Marks, R. A., Rhee, S. Y., … Xie, Y. (2026). Reimagining plant science training in the era of generative artificial intelligence: a global perspective. The Plant cell, 38(6), koag140. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koag140

Mugume, Y., Froehlich, J. E., & Benning, C. (2026). Chloroplast glycerolipid metabolism during maintenance and under stress. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 126(5), e70969. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70969

Mugume, Y., Cook, R., Hagerty, B., Liu, J., Alvord, Z. B., Danhof, L., Froehlich, J. E., Vermaas, J. V., & Benning, C. (2026). A Lipoxygenase 3 mutation reverses growth phenotypes in an Arabidopsis Plastid Lipase 3 overexpression line. PloS one, 21(6), e0350738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0350738

Nikolovski, M., Wang, T., Sue, A., MacRenaris, K., Zhao, H., O'Halloran, T. V., & Hu, J. (2026). Functional screening of ZIP8 naturally occurring variants identifies pathogenic mutations and trafficking defects. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026.05.11.724455. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.11.724455

O'Malley, A., Borders, B. T., Wilson, J. M., Smith, S. A., & Chruszcz, M. (2026). Structural Determination of a Human IgE Epitope on Major Birch Allergen Bet v 1. Allergy, 81(6), 2201–2203. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70240

Orlando, M. A., Shah, T., Faber, M. W., Bose, S., & Orlando, B. J. (2026). Structure and conformational dynamics of the Pseudomonas CbrA transceptor. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 35(9), e70775. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.70775

Ray, R., Wei, W. Z., & Jacob, J. (2026). Dissociation of Murine Mammary Gland and Tumor Tissues to Create Highly Viable Single-Cell Suspensions. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (234), 10.3791/72844. https://doi.org/10.3791/72844

Ren, Y., Wee, J., Chen, X., Qian, G., & Wei, G. W. (2026). Persistent sheaf Laplacian analysis of protein stability and solubility changes upon mutation. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 35(8), e70700. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.70700

Saldivar, E. V., Gershon, J., Artier, J., Tolleter, D., Shih, P. M., Rhee, S. Y., & Burlacot, A. (2026). CO2 fixation mediated by the carbon concentrating mechanism enables a rapid response to nitrogen deprivation in cyanobacteria. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026.05.20.726413. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.20.726413

Saleh, N. A., Shafiq, R., Cicerone, A. P., Kilangodi, S., Hartwig, H., Mias, G. I., Lu, G., Huh, J. R., Li, W., Deng, C. X., & Kanada, M. (2026). Engineering Piezo1-Mediated Calcium Signalling for Enhanced Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis and Cargo Loading. Journal of extracellular biology, 5(9), e70182. https://doi.org/10.1002/jex2.70182

Shivaiah, K. K., Kithan-Lundquist, R., Kaneshiro, A. K., Boren, D. M., Susanto, F. A., Herrera-Tequia, A., Vermaas, J. V., & Lundquist, P. K. (2026). A conserved sequence insert of fibrillins is involved in plastoglobule association and lipid binding. Plant & cell physiology, 67(7), 1181–1199. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcag047

Tefft, N. M., Yadav, N. S., Gruenberg Cross, M. C., Swiggett, C. D., Parent, K. N., Vermaas, J. V., & TerAvest, M. A. (2026). Encapsulation in a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Improves Thermal Stability of a Glycolytic Enzyme. ACS synthetic biology, 15(5), 1980–1992. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.6c00074

Thompson, R., & Chan, C. (2026). NRSF regulation of OPRM1 through histone acetylation. Clinical epigenetics, 18(1), 140. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-026-02146-5

Versteeg, S. A., Akkerdaas, J. H., Pařenicová, L., Morisset, M., Dijk, W., O'Malley, A., Dommels, Y., & van Ree, R. (2026). In silico prediction and IgE serum screening for potential allergenicity of novel foods-a case of fungal biomass Fermotein®. Frontiers in allergy, 7, 1746353. https://doi.org/10.3389/falgy.2026.1746353

von Steimker, J., Rey, E. L., Stanschewski, C., Wendenburg, R., Klemmer, A., Macho, M., Thirumalaikumar, V. P., Saber, N. O., Skirycz, A., Fernie, A. R., Tester, M., & Alseekh, S. (2026). Multi-tissue Metabolic GWAS and Drought-Responsive Multi-omics Reveal the Genetic Basis of the Quinoa Metabolome. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), e76426. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.76426

Wang, J., Jin, J., Feng, X., Li, J., Han, L., Lyu, T., Zhang, W., Pan, J., Xu, X., Feng, S., Hu, Z., Zhou, W., Zhou, J., Xia, X., Yu, J., Last, R. L., & Fan, P. (2026). Evolutionary hijacking of fatty acid biosynthesis drives insecticidal acylsugar diversity in tomato. Nature communications, 17(1), 9215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76062-w

Wang, T., Zhang, C., Zhang, Y., Jafari, M., Merz, K. M., & Hu, J. (2026). Zinc-induced exposure of an LxL motif drives clathrin-mediated endocytosis of the zinc transceptor ZIP4. The Journal of biological chemistry, 302(6), 111472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111472

Wolfe, R., Turmo, A., Velasquez-Rivertte, S., Sui, D., Granados-Villanueva, D., Desguin, B., Hu, J., Hausinger, R. P., & Kim, K. H. (2026). Structural and functional analysis of LarC, a CTP-dependent cyclometallase required for nickel-pincer nucleotide cofactor biosynthesis. Science advances, 12(35), eaeh6867. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeh6867

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