Publications

Metacaspases contribute to the cellular response to heat stress in a marine diatom

Sadeh M., Schatz D., Ben-Dor S., Mizrachi A., Graff van Creveld S., Zafrin A. & Vardi A. (2026) New Phytologist.

Combinatorial Assembly of Biomimetic Janus Membrane with Multiscale Architectures for Guided Bone Regeneration

Li Y. Y., Mao L. B., Feng Y. H. Z., Wang H. C., Meng Y. F., Yu S. H. & Wang Z. L. (2026) Advanced Materials.

Bringing marine microbiome research into the classroom is an essential step toward a climate literate society

Shemi A., Vardi A. & Yarden A. (2026) Npj Climate Action.

Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement

Sutherland W. J., Burgess N. D., Edwards S. V., Jones J. P., Soltis P. S., Tilman D., Allen J. M., Andrianandrasana H. T., Armour C. J., August T., Bawa K. S., Bailey S., Birch T., Boersch-Supan P. H., Cavender-Bares J., Blaxter M., Chaplin-Kramer R., Daru B. H., De Palma A., Eisenberg C., Elphick C. S., Freckleton R. P., Frick W. F., Gonzalez A., Goetz S. J., Greenspoon L., Grozingeree C. M., Hankins D. L., Hazell J., Isaac N. J., Lambertini M., Lewin H. A., Aodha O. M., Madhavapeddy A., Milner-Gulland E. J., Milo R., ODwyer J., Purvis A., Salafsky N., Tallis H., Tanshi I., Vijay V., Wikelski M., Williams D. R., Woodard S. H. & Robinson G. E. (2026) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS.

Metabolic thermodynamics: pertinent reference state and energy potentials

Westerhoff H. V., Bakker B. M., Bommarius A. S., Cárdenas M. L., Cornish-Bowden A., Fitzpatrick P., Halling P. J., Hatzimanikatis V., Kettner C., Liu Y., McDonald A. G., Noor E., Pleiss J., Raushel F. M., Rohwer J. M., Schnell S., Tipton K. F., Tsai M. D., von Stockar U., Wittig U., Wohlgemuth R. & Woodley J. M. (2026) FEBS Journal.

Carbonate Chemistry Regulates Ion Transport from PolymerCalcium Condensates for Bioinspired Calcification

Paul D., Jeske O., Yanshyna O., Avram L., Gebauer D. & Gal A. (2026) Chemistry of Materials.

Mapping of the viral shunt across widespread coccolithophore blooms using metabolic biomarkers

Kuhlisch C., Schleyer G., Flores J. M., Vincent F., Labadie K., Vallet M., Schatz D. & Vardi A. (2026) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Non-Vessel Water Flow in Angiosperm Trees Enables Bypassing of Partially Blocked Xylem

Müllers Y., Hochberg U., Perri G. & Klein T. (2026) Physiologia Plantarum.

Hormone-centric multi-omics atlas of flower and early fruit development in tomato

Vainer A., Panda S., Kazachkova Y., Panizel I., Breitenbach S., Ludwig-Müller J., Fartyal D., Faigenboim A., Almekias-Siegl E., Aharoni A. & Yasuor H. (2026) Plant Communications.

Persistent increase in understory vegetation following thinning and grazing exclusion in a semiarid pine forest

Livne-Luzon S., Grunwald Y., Pozner E., Rotenberg E., Yakir D. & Klein T. (2026) Forestry.

Complex engineering of Solanum alkaloids structural diversity in Nicotiana benthamiana

Gharat S. A., Jozwiak A., Rogachev I., Sharon E. A., Meir S., Giri A. P. & Aharoni A. (2026) Plant Biotechnology Journal.

Single-cell transcriptome imaging reveals conserved and virulence-linked phenotypic states in bacteria

Persky Z., Ciolli Mattioli C., Garcia K. Z., Azran O., Avraham R. & Dar D. (2026) BioRxiv.

Macromolecular Condensates as Tunable Scaffolds for Bio-Inspired Silica Hybrids

Biswas P., Aram L., Livni N., Kamyshinsky R., Elad N., Leskes M. & Gal A. (2026) Angewandte Chemie - International Edition.

Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling

Tal N., Hadary R., Chang R. B., Osterman I., Jacobson R., Yirmiya E., Bechon N., Hochhauser D., López Rivera M., Madhala B., Garb J., Goldsmith M., Wein T., Kranzusch P. J., Amitai G. & Sorek R. (2026) Science.

Global functional shifts in trees driven by alien naturalization and native extinction

Guo W. Y., Serra-Diaz J. M., Guo K., Boonman C. C., Schrodt F., Maitner B. S., Merow C., Violle C., Anand M., Bruun H. H. K., Byun C., Catford J. A., Cerabolini B. E., Chacón-Madrigal E., Ciccarelli D., Dang-Le A. T., Dias A. S., Giroldo A. B., Gutiérrez A. G., Jansen S., Kattge J., Kindt R., Klein T., Kramer K., Lusk C. H., Martin A. R., Michaletz S. T., Minden V., Mori A. S., Niinemets Ü., Onoda Y., Peñuelas J., Pisek J., Robroek B. J., Schamp B., Soudzilovskaia N. A., Thiffault N., van der Plas F., Enquist B. J. & Svenning J. C. (2026) Nature Plants.

The soil microbiome as an indicator of ecosystem multifunctionality in European soils

Romero F., Labouyrie M., Orgiazzi A., Ballabio C., Panagos P., Jones A., Tedersoo L., Bahram M., Eisenhauer N., Sünnemann M., Guerra C. A., Tao D., Rog I., Jiao S., Mocali S., Rillig M. C., Lehmann A., Delgado-Baquerizo M. & van der Heijden M. G. (2026) Nature Communications.

Cell biology for a sustainable future a call to action from early-career scientists

Costa C., Flaum E., Hlashwayo D., Jacobovitz M., Kubaczka M. G., Lovat S. J., Milshtein E., Szafranska H. M. & Zwahlen S. M. (2026) Journal of Cell Science.

A transpupillary approach for crosslinking Guinea pig sclera using WST11 and near-infrared light

Vogels D. H., Abdulla Y., Myles W., Cummings S., Agemy L., Yechezkel T., Marcovich A. L., Scherz A., LaPointe V. L., McFadden S. A. & Dickman M. M. (2026) Scientific Reports.

Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined

Rosenberg Y., Wiedenhofer D., Virág D., Bar-Sella G., Greenspoon L., Herrnstadt B., Akenji L., Phillips R. & Milo R. (2025) Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Proteomics Reveals Mechanisms of Delayed Keratoconus Progression: A Study of Corneas Following Two Light-Activated Crosslinking Treatments

Vogels D. H., Brekelmans J., Mohren R., Vos N. R., Brandis A., Marcovich A. L., Cillero-Pastor B., Scherz A., LaPointe V. L. & Dickman M. M. (2025) Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.

A compact model of Escherichia coli core and biosynthetic metabolism

Corrao M., He H., Liebermeister W., Noor E. & Bar-Even A. (2025) PLoS Computational Biology.

Osmotic stress in roots drives lipoxygenase-dependent plastid remodeling through singlet oxygen production

Cohen-Hoch D., Chen T., Sharabi L., Dezorella N., Itkin M., Feiguelman G., Malitsky S. & Fluhr R. (2025) Plant Physiology.

Pine seedlings select a consistent ectomycorrhizal community regardless of water availability and inoculum origin

Herol L., Klein T., Livne-Luzon S. & Shemesh H. (2025) Fungal Ecology.

DmdA-independent lag phase shortening in Phaeobacter inhibens bacteria under stress conditions

Narvaez-Barragan D. A., Sperfeld M. & Segev E. (2025) FEBS Journal.

Diurnal Emissions of Sea Spray Aerosols in Algal Blooms

Flores J. M., Trainic M., Schatz D., Koren I. & Vardi A. (2025) Environmental Science and Technology.

An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem

Durham B. P., Johnson W. M., Bannon C. C., Bertrand E. M., Ingalls A. E., Edwards B. R., Apprill A., Boysen A. K., Bundy R. M., Chen H., Ferrer-González F. X., Fiore C., Heal K. R., Kuhlisch C., Liu S., Lu K., Meke L. E., Pontrelli S., Vaiyapuri Ramalingam P., Reigel A. M., Sacks J. S., Schreier J. E., Sekar J., Uchimiya M. & Kujawinski E. B. (2025) Limnology And Oceanography Letters.

Triple labeling of metabolites for metabolome analysis (TLEMMA): a stable isotope labeling approach for metabolite identification and network reconstruction

Dong Y., Feldberg L., Wang Y., Heinig U., Rogachev I. & Aharoni A. (2025) Plant Journal.

Leaf Water Potential in a Mixed Mediterranean Forest from Machine Learning and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Hyperspectral Imaging

Fishman N., Yungstein Y., Yaakobi A., Obersteiner S., Rez L., Mulero G., Michael Y., Klein T. & Helman D. (2025) Remote Sensing.

Single-Cell Phenotypic Heterogeneity Shapes Quorum Signaling Dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Gabi-Lange D., Litvinov V. & Dar D. (2025) BioRxiv.

Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress

Mizrachi A., Sadeh M., Ben-Dor S., Dym O., Ku C., Feldmesser E., Zarfin A., Brunson J. K., Allen A. E., Jinkerson R. E., Schatz D. & Vardi A. (2025) Current Biology.

Wood Anatomical and Hydraulic Traits of Tamarix Species Across a Large Eurasian Gradient Show a Stronger Climatic Than Phylogenetic Signal

Akhmedov A., Bobokandov N., Krehenwinkel H., Rzepecki A., Klein T., Villar J. L. & Thomas F. M. (2025) Journal of Biogeography.

Structural organization of the organic sheath that delineates extracellular seta silicification in diatoms

Safadi R., Aram L., de Haan D., Avrahami E. M. & Gal A. (2025) Journal of Structural Biology.

A nacre-inspired structural material with thermochromic properties and mechanical robustness by atomic-level design

Pang J., Wang Z. Y., Song T., Zhang Z. B., Meng Y. F., Zhang S. C., Zhang L., Xing W. Y. & Yu S. H. (2025) National Science Review.

Structure-guided discovery of viral proteins that inhibit host immunity

Yirmiya E., Hobbs S. J., Leavitt A., Osterman I., Avraham C., Hochhauser D., Madhala B., Skovorodka M., Tan J. M., Toyoda H. C., Chebotar I., Itkin M., Malitsky S., Amitai G., Kranzusch P. J. & Sorek R. (2025) Cell.

Cryptic variation fuels plant phenotypic change through hierarchical epistasis

Zebell S. G., Marti-Gomez C., Fitzgerald B., Cunha C. P., Lach M., Seman B. M., Hendelman A., Sretenovic S., Qi Y., Bartlett M., Eshed Y., McCandlish D. M. & Lippman Z. B. (2025) Nature.

The impact of tropodithietic acid on microbial physiology under varying culture complexities

Shlakhter O., Malitsky S. & Segev E. (2025) mSphere.

A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle

Lee T. A., Illouz-Eliaz N., Nobori T., Xu J., Jow B., Nery J. R. & Ecker J. R. (2025) Nature Plants.

Quarter- and half-filled quantum Hall states and their topological orders revealed by daughter states in bilayer graphene

Kumar R., Haug A., Kim J., Yutushui M., Khudiakov K., Bhardwaj V., Ilin A., Watanabe K., Taniguchi T., Mross D. F. & Ronen Y. (2025) Nature Communications.

Demonstration of bioplastic production from CO₂ and formate using the reductive glycine pathway in E. coli

Fedorova D., Ben-Nissan R., Milshtein E., Reyes C., Jona G., Dezorella N., Feiguelman G., Fedorov R., Gomaa A., Lindner A. B., Noor E. & Milo R. (2025) PLoS ONE.

The future-focused Proactive Conservation Index highlights unrecognized global priorities for vertebrate conservation

de Oliveira Caetano G. H., Murali G., Pincheira-Donoso D., Vardi R., Greenspoon L., Meiri S. & Roll U. (2025) PLoS Biology.

The global biomass of mammals since 1850

Greenspoon L., Ramot N., Moran U., Roll U., Phillips R., Noor E. & Milo R. (2025) Nature Communications.

Dr. Autar Krishen Mattoo (19432024): an outstanding plant biologist with a focus on photosynthesis

Handa A. K., Edelman M., Adams W. W. & Govindjee G. (2025) Photosynthetica.

Emergent patterns of patchiness differ between physical and planktonic properties in the ocean

Gray P. C., Boss E., Bourdin G., Linkowski T., Pesant S., Sanchez S., Troublé R., Laxenaire R., Wincker P., Moll M., Guidi L., Schramm J., Lombard F., Mayeux E., Vardi A., Trainic M., Koren I., Lang-Yona N., Flores J. M. & Lehahn Y. (2025) Nature Communications.

Bud to fruithormonal interactions governing early fruit development

Baral R., Vainer A., Melzer S., Hause B. & Panda S. (2025) Journal of Experimental Botany.

Proteomics reveals mechanisms of delayed keratoconus progression: A study of corneas following two light-activated crosslinking treatments

Vogels D. H. J., Brekelmans J., Mohren R., Vos N. R. N., Brandis A., Marcovich A. L., Cillero-Pastor B., Scherz A., LaPointe V. L. S. & Dickman M. M. (2025) Acta Ophthalmologica.

Physiological responses to ultra-high CO₂levels in an evergreen tree species

Levy B. E., Ben-Eliyahu Y., Grunstein Y. B., Halevy I. & Klein T. (2025) Biogeosciences.

Glycosylated cannabinoids in Cannabis sativa and enzyme design to modulate their synthesis

Pinkas Z., Khersonsky O., Berman P., Kuzmich N., Rogachev I., Fleishman S. J. & Aharoni A. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS.

Uncertain fate of pelagic calcifying protists: a cellular perspective on a changing ocean

Shemi A., Gal A. & Vardi A. (2025) ISME Journal.

Navigating the challenges of engineering composite specialized metabolite pathways in plants

Gharat S. A., Tamhane V. A., Giri A. P. & Aharoni A. (2025) Plant Journal.

Cell-autonomous innate immunity by proteasome-derived defence peptides

Goldberg K., Lobov A., Antonello P., Shmueli M. D., Yakir I., Weizman T., Ulman A., Sheban D., Laser E., Kramer M. P., Shteinvil R., Chen G., Ibraheem A., Sysoeva V., Fishbain-Yoskovitz V., Mohapatra G., Abramov A., Shimshi S., Ogneva K., Nandy M., Amidror S., Bootz-Maoz H., Kuo S. H., Dezorella N., Kacen A., Javitt A., Lau G. W., Yissachar N., Hayouka Z. & Merbl Y. (2025) Nature.

Electro-microbial production techno-economic viability and environmental implications

Lovat S. J., Ben-Nissan R., Milshtein E., Tzachor A., Flamholz A., Leger D., Noor E. & Milo R. (2025) Nature biotechnology.

A single-cell perspective on hostvirus dynamics in the ocean

Fromm A., Shaler T. S., Aylward F. O. & Vardi A. (2025) Trends in Microbiology.

Phage therapy with nebulized cocktail BX004-A for chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis: a randomized first-in-human trial

Weiner I., Kahan-Hanum M., Buchstab N., Zelcbuch L., Navok S., Sherman I., Nicenboim J., Axelrod T., Berko-Ashur D., Olshina M., Mordoch R., Jablonska J., Gera-Inbar T., Vainberg-Slutskin I., Blumenfeld B., Sberro-Livnat H., Moses A., Nevenzel H., Levy-Saar I., Gold J., Goldberg M., Tchernorudsky N., Ben-Yishay N., Cohen T., Kario E., Levovich I., Safonov R., Tzur Y., Zarchin Y., Lev V., Elharar Y., Safyon-Gartman E., Gahali-Sass I., Puttagunta S., Ussery X., Vilchez R., Rappo U., Zak N., Golembo M., Cohen A., Koff J., Kerem E., Sorek R. & Bassan M. (2025) Nature Communications.

Detection limits of calcium by EELS, TEM-EDX and X-ray absorption spectroscopy for biomineralization studies

Rez P., Houben L., Meng Y. F., Gal A., Kochovski Z. & Haas B. (2025) Faraday Discussions.

Tree Mediators: Digital Narration of Arboreal Heritage

Asaf O., Mann E., Ashkenazi E., Klein T. & Sprecher A. (2025) .

Synergistic Efficacy of WST11-VTP and P-Selectin-Targeted Nanotherapy in a Preclinical Prostate Cancer Model

Nogueira L., Alvim R., Baker H., Nagar K., Thomas J., Alvim L., Kim K., Heller D. A., Reis A., Scherz A. & Coleman J. (2025) Cancers.

Mapping the transcriptional landscape of algal resistance to viral infection reveals a core expression program

Shaler T. S., Fromm A., Schatz D., Ben-Dor S., Feldmesser E. & Vardi A. (2025) New Phytologist.

Dust storm-driven dispersal of potential pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in the Eastern Mediterranean

Erkorkmaz B. A., Zeevi D. & Rudich Y. (2025) Science of the Total Environment.

Molecular mechanisms driving the unusual pigmentation shift during eggplant fruit development

Panda S., Chappell-Maor L., Alejandro de Haro L., Jozwiak A., Gharat S. A., Kazachkova Y., Cai J., Vainer A., Toppino L., Sehrawat U., Wizler G., Pliner M., Meir S., Rotino G. L., Yasuor H., Rogachev I. & Aharoni A. (2025) Plant Communications.

Early detection of drought-stressed stands in Mediterranean forests using remote sensing and machine learning classification models in a rainfall exclusion experiment

Yungstein Y., Fishman N., Lerner G., Mulero G., Michael Y., Yaakobi A., Obersteiner S., Rez L., Klein T. & Helman D. (2025) Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Vertical farming limitations and potential demonstrated by back-of-the-envelope calculations

Lovat S. J., Noor E. & Milo R. (2025) Plant Physiology.

Rubisco is slow across the tree of life

de Pins B., Malbranke C., Jabłońska J., Shmuel A., Sharon I., Bitbol A. F., Mueller-Cajar O., Noor E. & Milo R. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS.

Reply to Apanovich and Weeks: Exceptions exist, as recognized in the paper, but are too rare to challenge the original findings

Eshel G., Flamholz A. I., Shepon A. & Milo R. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS.

A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape

Prywes N., Phillips N. R., Oltrogge L. M., Lindner S., Taylor-Kearney L. J., Tsai Y. C. C., de Pins B., Cowan A. E., Chang H. A., Wang R. Z., Hall L. N., Bellieny-Rabelo D., Nisonoff H. M., Weissman R. F., Flamholz A. I., Ding D., Bhatt A. Y., Mueller-Cajar O., Shih P. M., Milo R. & Savage D. F. (2025) Nature.

Polyphosphocholination of liposomic vehicles extends blood circulation, enhances cellular uptake, and lowers immunogenicity relative to PEGylation

Kluzek M., Hamad M., Lin W., Mitsou E., Porat Z., Kuznetsov Y., Oppenheimer-Shaanan Y. & Klein J. (2025) Journal of Controlled Release.

k-mer-based GWAS in a wheat collection reveals novel and diverse sources of powdery mildew resistance

Jaegle B., Voichek Y., Haupt M., Sotiropoulos A. G., Gauthier K., Heuberger M., Jung E., Herren G., Widrig V., Leber R., Li Y., Schierscher B., Serex S., Boczkowska M., Jasińska M. P., Bolc P., Chalhoub B., Stein N., Keller B. & Sánchez-Martín J. (2025) GENOME BIOLOGY.

ENLIGHTED phase 3 study: Interim results of efficacy and safety of padeliporfin vascular targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) in the treatment of low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (LG UTUC).

Margulis V., Kaufman R. P., Marcq G., Shvero A., Shore N. D., Psutka S. P., Uchio E. M., Djaladat H., Raman J. D., Shabsigh A., Colombel M., Aller M., Rausch S., Grubb R., Mroz A., Kudinova N., Cohen Y., Alpert G., Scherz A. J. & Coleman J. (2025) Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Cross-Activity Analysis of CRISPR/Cas9 Editing in Gene Families of Solanum lycopersicum Detected by Long-Read Sequencing

Kutchinsky O., Li D., Assa G., Aharoni A. & Yakhini Z. (2025) Current Issues in Molecular Biology.

The Increased Environmental Niche of Dual-Mycorrhizal Woody Species

Rog I., Lerner D., Bender S. F. & van der Heijden M. G. (2025) Ecology Letters.

The thylakoid lumen Deg1 protease affects non-photochemical quenching via the levels of violaxanthin de-epoxidase and PsbS

Aviv-Sharon E., Sultan L. D., Naveh L., Kupervaser M., Reich Z., Charuvi D. & Adam Z. (2025) Plant Journal.

Computation-aided designs enable developing auxotrophic metabolic sensors for wide-range glyoxylate and glycolate detection

Orsi E., Schulz-Mirbach H., Cotton C. A., Satanowski A., Petri H. M., Arnold S. L., Grabarczyk N., Verbakel R., Jensen K. S., Donati S., Paczia N., Glatter T., Küffner A. M., Chotel T., Schillmüller F., De Maria A., He H., Lindner S. N., Noor E., Bar-Even A., Erb T. J. & Nikel P. I. (2025) Nature Communications.

Resolving misconceptions and constraints in growth-coupled bioproduction

Hümmler L. M., Hristov S., Hille L., Noor E. & Lindner S. N. (2025) Current Opinion in Biotechnology.

Context-dependent effects of below-ground carbon transfer: Limited benefits from sunlit pines to shaded oaks

Livne-Luzon S., Fox H., Cahanovitc R., Rapaport A. & Klein T. (2025) Functional Ecology.

Enzymatic twists evolved stereo-divergent alkaloids in the Solanaceae family

Jozwiak A., Almaria M., Cai J., Panda S., Price H., Vunsh R., Pliner M., Meir S., Rogachev I. & Aharoni A. (2025) Nature Communications.

Iron-rich diet enhances the damage resistance of bamboo rat tooth enamel

Meng Y. F., Zhu Y. B., Yang B., Zhou L. C., Zhang S. C., Wang Y. R., Meng X. S., Ge B., Mao L. B. & Yu S. H. (2025) Matter.

Updated values for Table 1 of fastest rubisco carboxylation rates in Davidi et al 2020

Tsai Y. C. C., Guo Z., Milo R. & Mueller-Cajar O. (2025) EMBO Journal.

Systematic identification of allosteric effectors in Escherichia coli metabolism

Gruber C. H., Noor E., Buffing M. F. & Sauer U. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Increased Nutrient Levels Enhance Bacterial Exopolysaccharides Production in the Context of Algae

Lipsman V. & Segev E. (2025) Environmental Microbiology Reports.

Solving the Crystal Architecture of Coccoliths Using 4D-STEM

Leghziel R. C., Addadi L., Gal A. & Houben L. (2025) Microscopy and Microanalysis.

"Bud to bloom"-hormonal coordination in floral initiation

Baral R., Vainer A., Melzer S., Hause B. & Panda S. (2025) Plant Biology.

Tree carbon allocation to root exudates: implications for carbon budgets, soil sequestration and drought response

Brunn M., Mueller C. W., Chari N. R., Meier I. C., Obersteiner S., Phillips R. P., Taylor B., Tumber-Dávila S. J., Ullah S. & Klein T. (2025) Tree Physiology.

Jasmonate Responsive SlnsLTP Confers Resistance Against Botrytis cinerea and Verticillium dahliae in Tomato

Panda S., Singh N. C., Sonawane P. D., Meir S. & Kamble A. C. (2025) Journal of Plant Growth Regulation.

Mycorrhizal inoculation success depends on soil health and crop productivity

Rog I., van der Heijden M. G., Bender F., Boussageon R., Lambach A., Schlaeppi K., Bodenhausen N. & Lutz S. (2025) FEMS Microbiology Letters.

Breaching planetary boundaries: Over half of global land area suffers critical losses in functional biosphere integrity

Stenzel F., Ben Uri L., Braun J., Breier J., Erb K., Gerten D., Haberl H., Matej S., Milo R., Ostberg S., Rockström J., Roux N., Schaphoff S. & Lucht W. (2025) One Earth.

Ectopic expression of pectate lyase PtxtPL1-27 in aspen affects leaf cuticle development

Biswal A. K., Banasiak A., Fernández-Moreno J. P., Mitra M., Harholt J., Derba-Maceluch M., Majda M., Kushwah S., Kumar V., Abreu I., Sivan P., Pattathil S., Immerzeel P., Gorzsás A., Moritz T., Hahn M. G., Scheller H. V., Aharoni A. & Mellerowicz E. J. (2025) iScience.

Algal Betaine Triggers Bacterial Hydrogen Peroxide Production that Promotes Algal Demise

Narvaez-Barragan D. A., Yuda L., Lipsman V., Yahalomi D., Malitsky S. & Segev E. (2025) BioRxiv.

Selectivity and anti-tumor immune elevation by vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy of mouse orthotopic bladder cancer model

Chen J., Kudinova N., Dubrovsky R., Thomas J., Nagar K., Nogueira L., Scherz A., Kim K. & Coleman J. (2025) Photochemistry and Photobiology.

Selenium protects Emiliania huxleyi algae from a bacterial pathogen by modulating oxidative stress

Beiralas R., Ben-Asher S. & Segev E. (2025) BioRxiv.

Mycorrhizal networks: Understanding hidden complexity

Frew A., Varga S. & Klein T. (2025) Functional Ecology.

Metagenomic co-assembly uncovers mobile antibiotic resistance genes in airborne microbiomes

Erkorkmaz B. A., Zeevi D. & Rudich Y. (2025) Communications Earth and Environment.

Non-Stoichiometric Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Forms in Macromolecular Condensates via Interphase Diffusion

Paul D., Varsano N., Biswas P., Kaplan-Ashiri I., Aram L. & Gal A. (2025) Small.

Plasmids, prophages, and defense systems are depleted from plant microbiota genomes

Bograd A., Oppenheimer-Shaanan Y. & Levy A. (2025) GENOME BIOLOGY.

Protein massively parallel binding assay reveals transcription factor binding determinants

Lupo O., Brodsky S., Jana Lang T., Manadre W., Valinsky G., Navon Y., Mindel V. & Barkai N. (2025) BioRxiv.

Morphological Profiling of Imaging Flow Cytometry Data Uncovers Heterogeneity in Infected Gephyrocapsa huxleyi Cultures

Lippeveld M., Peralta D., Vardi A., Vincent F. & Saeys Y. (2025) Cytometry Part A.

Synthetic cells by the numbers

Sokolik C. G., Bar-Dolev M., Milo R., Adamala K. P. & Levy M. (2025) iScience.

What is the main bottleneck in deriving biological understanding from spatial transcriptomic profiling?

Moffitt J. R., Li M., Nie Q., Kanemaru K., Teichmann S. A., Dar D., Kagohara L. T., Itzkovitz S., Vento-Tormo R., Yanai I., Fertig E. J. & Theis F. J. (2025) Cell Systems.

A novel Liesegang-patterned mineralized hydrogel drives bone regeneration with microstructure control

Wang Y., Fang C., Mao L. B., Feng Y. H. Z., Meng Y. F., Wang H. C., Yu S. H. & Wang Z. L. (2025) Materials Today Bio.

Feasibility and Pathologic Outcomes of Peripheral Lung Vascular Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in a Normal Porcine Lung Model

Beattie J., Ghosn M., Kim K., Parrish R., Chen J., Solomon S. B., Monette S., Cheleuitte-Nieves C., Bergemann R., Chawla M., Husta B. C., Kalchiem-Dekel O., Cohen Y., Preise D., Sacks Z., Scherz A., Yarmus L., Coleman J. A. & Lee R. P. (2025) CHEST Pulmonary.

Resistance mechanism of HRT1, a novel tomato mutant, to acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS)-inhibiting herbicides

Galili S., Hershenhorn J., Edelman M., Sobolev V., Hacham Y., Bellalou A. & Dor E. (2025) Weed Science.

Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis

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