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
2026
Askenasy, I., Myers, K.S. & Kiley, P.J. "Transcriptomic data sets examining several stress responses in Zymomonas mobilis strains." Microbiology Resource Announcements DOI:10.1128/mra.01279-25, (2026). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.01279-25]
2026
Basyal, B., Li, X., Pargulski, V., Fu, X., Nightingale, N.M., Overmyer, K.A., Coon, J.J., Zhang, Y., Benucci, G.M.N., Last, R.L., et al. "Developmentally-specific physiological and metabolic responses support drought resilience in switchgrass and constrains biofuel yield." Journal of Experimental Botany 77,6, 1888–1902+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf533]
2026
Bouille, A., Villard, C., Galati, G., Roumani, M., Fauvet, A., Grosjean, J., Hoengenaert, L., Boerjan, W., Ralph, J., Hilliou, F., et al. "Introducing furanocoumarin biosynthetic genes in tomato results in coumarins accumulation and impacts growth." Plant Science 367, 113106+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2026.113106]
2026
Chavez, C.M., Harrison, M.-C., Danis, T., Groenewald, M., Hittinger, C.T. & Rokas, A. "The macroevolution of filamentation morphology across the Saccharomycotina yeast subphylum." FEMS Yeast Research 26, foag001+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foag001]
2026
Dai, J., Chen, J., Lei, C., Falvo, G. & Robertson, P. "Estimating fine resolution shortwave broadband albedo of croplands from Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 data." Journal of Applied Meterology and Climatology DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-25-0081.1, (2026). [DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-25-0081.1]
2026
David, K.T., Horianopoulos, L., Goncalves, C., Steenwyk, J.L., Pontes, A., Goncalves, P., Hittinger, C.T., Pennell, M. & Rokas, A. "Discovery of additional ancient genome duplications in yeasts." Current Biology 36,4, P1067–1075.E3+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.053]
2026
Dietrich, J.J., Dziedzic, M., Sun, J., Adusumilli, S.H., Goncalves, C., Hittinger, C.T. & Pfleger, B.F. "Engineering of 2-ketoacid decarboxylases for production of isobutanol and other fusel alcohols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Biotechnology and Bioengineering 123,4, 1036–1049+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1002/bit.70150]
2026
Eckmann, J.B., Steinberger, A.L.E., Davies, M., Whelan, E., Myers, K.S., Robinson, M.L., Banta, A.B., Lal, P.B., Coon, J.J., Sato, T.K., et al. "Orthogonal chemical genomics approaches reveal genomic targets for increasing anaerobic chemical tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis." mSystems 11,1, e01001–25+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01001-25]
2026
Enuh, B.M., Myers, K.S., Ackman, P., Weiland, T., Beach, N., Young, M., Donohue, T.J. & Noguera, D.R. "Metagenomes and metagenome-assembled genomes from a nutrient removal plant at Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) that transitioned from high to low dissolved oxygen." Microbiology Resource Announcements 15,3, e01494–25+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.01494-25]
2026
Geers-Lucas, M., Guber, A. & Kravchenko, A. "Root-pore interactions, the underestimated driver for rhizosphere structure and rhizosheath development." Plant, Cell & Environment 49,1, 295–308+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1111/pce.70215]
2026
Haase, M.A.B., Lazar-Stefanita, L., Baudry, L., Wudzinska, A., Zhou, X., Rokas, A., Hittinger, C.T., Pfander, B., Musacchio, A. & Boeke, J.D. "Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres." Nature DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-10092-0, (2026). [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-10092-0]
2026
Harrison, M.-C., Rinker, D.C., LaBella, A.L., Opulente, D.A., Wolters, J.F., Zhou, X., Shen, X.-X., Groenewald, M., Hittinger, C.T. & Rokas, A. "Machine learning identifies novel signatures of antifungal drug resistance in Saccharomycotina yeasts." PLOS Genetics 22,3, e1012091+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012091]
2026
Heckman, R.W., John, G.P., Bonnette, J.E., Campitelli, B.E., Fritschi, F.B., Lowry, D.B., Fay, P.A. & Juenger, T.E. "Correlational selection and genetic architecture shape the evolution of the leaf economics spectrum in a perennial grass." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123,8, e2515134123+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2515134123]
2026
Kim, B., Hall, B.W., Haak, D.V., Coplien, J., Karlen, S.D., Donohue, T.J. & Noguera, D.R. "Using Novosphingobium aromaticivorans for concurrent production of intracellular and extracellular products from aromatics extracted from poplar biomass." ACS Environmental Science & Technology 6,3, 1106–1117+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.5c00956]
2026
Morris, G.P., Harder, A.M., L., H.A., McLaughlin, C.M., Rifkin, J.L., Cruet-Burgos, C., Jenkins, J.W., Shu, S., Spiekerman, J.J., VanGessel, C.J., et al. "A sorghum pangenome reference improves global crop trait discovery." Nature DOI:10.1038/s41586-026-10229-9, (2026). [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10229-9]
2026
Myers, N., Navaratna, T., Kim, B., Myers, K.S., Noguera, D.R., Donohue, T.J. & Bardwell, J.C.A. "Genome sequences of nicotine-degrading Pseudomonas and Stutzerimonas strains isolated from nicotine-enriched activated sludge." Microbiology Resource Announcements DOI: 10.1128/mra.01355-25, e0135525+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.01355-25]
2026
Omolabake, S., Hofsommer, D.T., Mains, K.M., Palumbo, C.T., Rigo, D., Werner, A.Z., Beckham, G.T. & Stahl, S.S. "Cu-catalyzed aerobic oxidative C─C cleavage in lignin-derived oligomers and biological funneling of the monomeric products." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 65,2, e15588+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202515588]
2026
Peng, M., Li, J., Liu, X., Liu, A., De Meester, B., Brouckaert, M., Goeminne, G., Morreel, K., Li, Y., Timokhin, V.I., et al. "A biosynthetic gene cluster for three post-chorismate pathways in Arabidopisis." Nature Plants 12,1, 205–216+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-02185-5]
2026
Ployet, R.A., Abeyratne, C.R., Clark, R.J., Chhetri, H.B., Hyatt, D., , Jawdy, S., Xie, D., Taylor, K., Davies, M., et al. "Higher wood density lowers feedstock cost and has minimal impact on biomass conversion to biofuels." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c10590, (2026). [DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c10590]
2026
Qabar, C.M., Marshall, B.A., Landick, R. & Cox, J.S. "Harnessing evolution: leveraging bacterial isoprenoid pathway diversity toward improved bioengineering strategies." Journal of Bacteriology 208,3, e00441–25+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1128/jb.00441-25]
2026
Quintrel, P., Muñoz-Guzmán, F., Villarreal, P., Peña, T.A., Garate, N.I., Muñoz-Tapia, C., Oporto, C.I., Crandall, J.G., Larrondo, L.F., Hittinger, C.T., et al. "MAL33 drives natural variation in maltose metabolism in Saccharomyces eubayanus." Genetics DOI:10.1093/genetics/iyag032, (2026). [DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyag032]
2026
Robertson, P. "Soil greenhouse gas emissions and their mitigation." in Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems (Third Edition). vol. 1 38–53+ (Academic Press, 2026). [DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15976-3.00025-8]
2026
Sener, C., Aboagye, E.A., Karlen, S.D., Perez, J.M., Umana, G.E., Zhang, Y., Serate, J., Donohue, T.J., Noguera, D.R. & Maravelias, C.T. "Integrating catalytic fractionation and microbial funneling to produce 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid and ethanol." Green Chemistry 28,1, 186–198+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1039/d5gc03986j]
2026
Sharma, P., Basso, B., Manuraj, A., Murillo, M.S., Millar, N., Tadiello, T., Sharma, M., Delandmeter, M. & Robertson, P. "Coupled machine learning-ecosystem ensemble models substantially improve predictions of nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from US croplands." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123,10, e2524808123+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2524808123]
2026
Singh, N.K. & Vermaas, J.V. "Quantifying membrane structure and dynamics during bioproduct production in Zymomonas mobilis by molecular simulation." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 130,9, 2539–2553+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c06231]