Publications

When it comes to interdisciplinary collaboration, the titles of GLBRC publications speak for themselves. Each new year of operation has seen more publications from multiple labs that span our research themes, accelerating the Center's production of the basic research that generates technology to convert cellulosic biomass to advanced biofuels and bioproducts.
Year Publication Keywords
2025
Adhikari, B., Verchot, J., Brandizzi, F. & Ko, D.K. "ER stress and viral defense: advances and future perspectives on plant unfolded protein response in pathogenesis." Journal of Biological Chemistry 301,4, 108354+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108354]
2025
Alvarenga, F.B.M., Barros, K.O., Batista, T.M., Souza, G.F.L., Santos, A.R.O., Abegg, M.A., Sato, T.K., Hittinger, C.T., Lachance, M.-A. & Rosa, C.A. "Vanderwaltozyma urihicola sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood and beetles in a Brazilian Amazonian rainforest biome." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 75,3, 006718+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006718]
2025
Aranguiz, K., Horianopoulos, L.C., Elkin, L., Abá, K.S., Jordahl, D., Overmyer, K.A., Wrobel, R.L., Coon, J.J., Shiu, S.-H., Rokas, A., et al. "Machine learning reveals genes impacting oxidative stress resistance across yeasts." Nature Communications 16,1, 5866+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60189-3]
2025
Baek, D., Abdulghani, A.J.A., Walsh, D.J., Hofsommer, D.T., Gerken, J.B., Shi, C., Chen, E.Y.-X., Hermans, I. & Stahl, S.S. "Can the Hock process be used to produce phenol from polystyrene?" Journal of the American Chemical Society 147,10, 8687-8694+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c18143]
2025
Banta, A.B., Cuellar, R.A., Nadig, N., Davis, B.C. & Peters, J.M. "The promise of CRISPR-associated transposons for bacterial functional genomics." Current Opinion in Microbiology 83, 102563+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102563]
2025
Barten, L.M., Crandall, J.G., Xie, D., Serate, J., Handowski, E., Jen, A., Overmyer, K.A., Coon, J.J., Hittinger, C.T., Landick, R., et al. "pH adjustment increases biofuel production from inhibitory switchgrass hydrolysates." Bioresource Technology 432, 132651+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132651]
2025
Boismier, E.C., Aboulnaga, E.A. & TerAvest, M.A. "Zymomonas mobilis: bringing an ancient human tool into the genomic era." Current Opinion in Biotechnology 92, 103257+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2025.103257]
2025
Bozek, A., Mathis, F., Guillaumat, L., Mussig, J., Boizot, N., Ismael, A., Ralph, J., Lu, F., Sibout, R. & Beaugrand, J. "Determination of a suitable molar absorption coefficient (epsilon) for lignin analysis of fibrous plants using the CASA method." International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 308,Part 1, 142324+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.142324]
2025
Bryson, A.E., Childs, K.L., Schlecht, N., Mathieu, D., Hamilton, J.P., Xin, H., Jiang, J., Buell, R. & Hamberger, B. "A high-quality genome assembly of the tetraploid Teucrium chamaedrys unveils a recent whole genome duplication and a large biosynthetic gene cluster for diterpenoid metabolism." Plant Communications DOI:10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101393, 101393+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101393]
2025
Chakraborty, P., Guber, A. & Kravchenko, A. "Microbial O2 consumption as a function of pore structure in soils of sorghum, switchgrass, and prairie vegetation systems." Vadose Zone Journal 24,1, (2025). [DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.70001]
2025
Clark, N.L., Hittinger, C.T., Li-Byarlay, H., Rokas, A., Sackton, T.B. & Unckless, R.L. "Integrating intermediate traits in phylogenetic genotype-to-phenotype studies." Integrative and Comparative Biology DOI:10.1093/icb/icaf037, (2025). [DOI: 10.1093/icb/icaf037]
2025
Córdova, C., Kravchenko, A.N., Miesel, J.R. & Robertson, P. "Soil carbon change in intensive agriculture after 25 years of conservation management." Geoderma 453, 117133+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117133]
2025
Cresswell, R., Dickson, A., Robertson, M., Gallagher, S., Risani, R., Le Guen, M.J., Temple, H., Liszka, A., Donaldson, L., Kirby, N., et al. "The molecular architecture distinctions between compression, opposite and normal wood of Pinus radiata." Frontiers in Plant Science 16, 1576928+ (2025). [DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1576928]
2025
Cross, M.C.G., Aboulnaga, E. & TerAvest, M.A. "A small number of point mutations confer formate tolerance in Shewanella oneidensis." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 91,5, (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/aem.01968-24]
2025
Cueny, R.R., Voter, A.F., McKenzie, A.M., Morgenstern, M., Myers, K.S., Place, M.M., Peters, J.M., Coon, J.J. & Keck, J.L. "Altering translation allows E. coli to overcome G-quadruplex stabilizers." Nucleic Acids Research 53,6, (2025). [DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf264]
2025
Dai, T., Ellebracht, N.C., Hunter-Sellars, E., Aui, A., Goldstein, H.M., Li, W., Hellwinckel, C.M., Price, L., Wong, A.A., Nico, P., et al. "Land-based resources for engineered carbon dioxide removal in the United States exceed the expected needs." One Earth DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101349, 101349+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101349]
2025
David, K.T., Schraiber, J.G., Crandall, J.G., Labella, A.L., Opulente, D.A., Harrison, M.-C., Wolters, J.F., Zhou, X., Shen, X.-X., Groenewald, M., et al. "Convergent expansions of keystone gene families drive metabolic innovation in Saccharomycotina yeasts." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122,23, (2025). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2500165122]
2025
Falvo, G. & Robertson, P. "Nature-based climate solutions can help mitigate the radiative forcing that follows deforestation." Communications Earth and Environment 6, 425+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02291-4]
2025
Falvo, G., Zhang, Y., Abraha, M., Mosier, S., Su, Y.-J., Lei, C., Chen, J., Cotrufo, F. & Robertson, P. "Combining eddy covariance towers, field measurements, and the MEMS 2 ecosystem model improves confidence in the climate impacts of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 17,3, (2025). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.70023]
2025
Feng, B., Li, Y., Xu, B., Liu, H., Steenwyk, J.L., David, K.T., Tian, X., Goncalves, C., Opulente, D.A., Labella, A.L., et al. "Unique trajectory of gene family evolution from genomic analysis of nearly all known species in an ancient yeast lineage." Molecular Systems Biology DOI:10.1038/s44320-025-00118-0, (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s44320-025-00118-0]
2025
Geissler, C.H., Haan, N.L., Basso, B., Fowler, A., Landis, D.A., Lark, T.J. & Maravelias, C.T. "A multi-objective optimization model for cropland design considering profit, biodiversity, and ecosystem services." Ecological Modelling 500, 110954+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110954]
2025
Hellinger, J., Ralph, J. & Karlen, S.D. "p‐Coumaroylated lignins are natively produced in three rosales families." ACS Omega 10,6, 6220–6227+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c11429]
2025
Hussain, M.Z., Hamilton, S.K., Basso, B. & Robertson, P. "Phosphorus budgets of intensively managed row crops at a long-term agroecosystem research site in the upper US Midwest." Journal of Environmental Quality 54,3, 720-731+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.70000]
2025
Im, J.H., Kim, W.-C., Han, K.-H. & Ko, J.-H. "XERICO as a target for engineering stress-resilient crops: mechanisms, applications, and future directions." Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 225, 110013+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.110013]
2025
Karaca-Bulut, M., Gonzales-Vigil, E., Muchero, W. & Mansfield, S.D. "Elucidating the drought-responsive changes in Poplar cuticular waxes: a GWAS analysis of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis." Tree Physiology DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaf060, (2025). [DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaf060]