J. Jackson

Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a recovering calcareous grassland

This study shows that experimental drought reduces productivity and stability of a recovering calcareous grassland but not community composition or long-term recovery.

Experimentally induced drought and growing season stage modulate community-level functional traits in a temperate grassland

The paper examines how drought and growing season timing affect functional traits in a temperate grassland, finding significant trait changes in drought conditions post-cutting.

A meta-analysis of operational interactions between pinnipeds and fisheries

This study quantifies the impact of pinniped-fishery interactions, finding that small-scale fisheries experience higher rates of lost catch and interactions than large-scale fisheries.

Broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies through epitope-based selection from convalescent patients

This paper isolates broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from convalescent patients and shows they neutralize emerging variants more effectively than existing monoclonal antibodies.

Staphylococcus aureus SigS induces expression of a regulatory protein pair that modulate its mRNA stability

This study identifies a regulatory protein pair, SroA and SroB, controlled by SigS in S. aureus, which modulate mRNA stability and virulence.

Biological misinterpretation of transcriptional signatures in tumour samples can unknowingly undermine mechanistic understanding and faithful alignment with preclinical data

The paper shows that transcriptional signatures in tumour samples can be misinterpreted due to stromal influences, affecting alignment with preclinical data.

MOSAIC: A Unified Trait Database to Complement Structured Population Models

MOSAIC is an open-access trait database that integrates data from COMADRE, COMPADRE, and PADRINO to improve interoperability between trait databases and structured population models.

Flexible estimation of biodiversity with short-range multispectral imaging in a temperate grassland

This study uses multispectral imaging from drones to estimate biodiversity metrics in a grassland, finding that spectral radiance variation correlates with biodiversity indices.

Habitat Suitability Modeling and Ecological Forecasting of Northern Goshawk Nesting Habitat

This study models habitat suitability for Northern Goshawks in dry forests and forecasts impacts of climate change, mountain pine beetle, and fire on nesting habitat.

A-type lamins are critical for the recruitment of RPA and RAD51 to stalled replication forks to maintain fork stability

This study shows A-type lamins are essential for recruiting RPA and RAD51 to stalled replication forks, preventing replication fork instability during replication stress.

Rcompadre and Rage - two R packages to facilitate the use of the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases and calculation of life history traits from matrix population models

The paper introduces two R packages, Rcompadre and Rage, to simplify access to and analysis of matrix population model data from the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases.

Life-history predicts global population responses to the weather in the terrestrial mammals

The paper examines how life-history traits influence population responses to weather anomalies in terrestrial mammals using Bayesian meta-regression.

IL-7 is essential for accumulation of antigen-specific CD8 T cells and to generate clonotype-specific effector responses during airway influenza/A infection.

Potent SARS-CoV-2 binding and neutralization through maturation of iconic SARS-CoV-1 antibodies

This paper explores antibody maturation strategies to enhance the neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 using SARS-CoV-1 antibodies, finding that some variants show potent neutralization with IC50 of 160 ng/ml.

Comparative profiling of N-respirasomes predicts aberrant mitochondrial bioenergetics at single-cell resolution

The paper develops a method to profile N-respirasomes at single-cell resolution and identifies CHCHD3's role in regulating them, revealing mitochondrial bioenergetic abnormalities.

Impacts of radiation on the bacterial and fungal microbiome of small mammals in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

The paper examines how radiation affects the gut and fecal microbiomes of small mammals in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, finding species-specific responses and differences between gut and fecal samples.

Genetic and morphological variation is associated with differences in cold-water tolerance and geographic expansion among invasive snails (Melanoides tuberculata) in central Texas

The paper investigates genetic and morphological variation in invasive snails to understand their cold-water tolerance and range expansion in Texas.

Replication gaps are a cancer vulnerability counteracted by translesion synthesis

The paper identifies that oncogene expression creates replication gaps, which are suppressed by translesion synthesis (TLS), and shows that inhibiting TLS reduces cancer cell fitness.

Conserved noncoding elements influence the transposable element landscape in Drosophila.

The paper investigates whether purifying selection on conserved noncoding elements (CNEs) influences the transposable element (TE) insertion landscape in Drosophila, finding reduced TE abundance in CNEs but similar allele frequency spectra across functional regions.

Tolloid cleavage activates latent GDF8 by priming the pro-complex for dissociation

This study shows Tolloid cleavage activates latent GDF8 by destabilizing prodomain-growth factor interfaces and priming the growth factor for release.