Marine Biological Laboratory

Near-atomistic simulations reveal the molecular principles that control chromatin structure and phase separation

Abstract Understanding how chromatin’s physicochemical properties shape its emergent organization is central to deciphering genome function. To address this, we present OpenCGChromatin, a high-performance coarse-grained model that achieves near-atomistic simulations of chromatin...

Alaska North Slope HYDRATE 02 Geo Data Well (GDW) Downhole Logging, Pressure Coring, and Completion Operations and Data

Abstract The “Collaborative Gas Hydrate R&D Project in Alaska,” led by the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Geological Survey, aims to examine and assess gas hydrate reservoir systems, their production b...

Transplanted bivalves record subseasonal shifts in isotopic and elemental proxies for salinity in subtropical estuaries

Context Geochemical proxies in bivalve shells can reconstruct past environmental conditions in dynamic estuaries, yet field-based validation of how quickly these proxies respond to ambient water fluctuations remains limited. Aims This study evaluated eastern oyster (Crassostrea v...

Nutrient stress reduces the extent but increases the intensity of root-driven destabilization of mineral-associated organic matter

Abstract Mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) constitutes a vast terrestrial carbon reservoir, yet its vulnerability to plant root activity remains poorly constrained. Here, we show that MAOM destabilization by plant roots is governed by two distinct factors: the overall exte...

Patterns of Autonomous and Conditional Neural Specification for the Brain and Ventral Nerve Cord in Annelida

ABSTRACT Evolution of central nervous systems is a long‐debated topic. Similar mechanisms of conditional neural specification linked to dorsal‐ventral (D–V) axis formation have been used to support homology across several taxa. We tested for autonomous versus conditional neural s...