J. Webb

Individualized AI-driven Neuromodulation Selectively Enhances and Reorganizes Human Tongue Sensorimotor Networks.

This paper introduces an AI-driven neuromodulation platform that enhances and reorganizes human tongue sensorimotor networks by targeting individual network architecture.

Individualized AI-driven neuromodulation enhances tongue motor and sensory control networks: a platform for neurorehabilitation in cancer survivors and patients with neurodegenerative disease.

This paper introduces an AI-driven fMRI neuromodulation platform that enhances sensorimotor control networks in healthy participants, showing improved signal strength and network expansion with functional persistence.

Hydrocarbon-degrading microbial populations in permanently cold deep-sea sediments in the NW Atlantic

The paper examines hydrocarbon-degrading microbial responses in deep-sea sediments to naphtha amendment, finding that seep sediments remove BTEX compounds more effectively than non-seep sediments.

Cooperative Gsx2-DNA Binding Requires DNA Bending and a Novel Gsx2 Homeodomain Interface

This study investigates how Gsx2 binds DNA cooperatively, revealing structural and thermodynamic mechanisms underlying its dimeric DNA binding and specificity.

A multifunctional Dehalobacter? Tandem chloroform and dichloromethane degradation in a mixed microbial culture

This paper demonstrates a mixed microbial culture that can simultaneously degrade chloroform and dichloromethane to carbon dioxide without exogenous electron donor, suggesting intraspecies electron transfer for CF respiration.

Nanoparticle targeting of mechanically modulated glycocalyx

The paper develops a platform to mimic lung microenvironments and shows that mechanical stiffness and stretching influence nanoparticle targeting of glycocalyx components in cancer cells.

Bacterial anomalies in seabed sediments associated with deep water hydrocarbon seepage

This study uses 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify bacterial anomalies in deep-sea sediments linked to hydrocarbon seepage, finding distinct microbial signatures associated with thermogenic and biogenic hydrocarbons.

Molecular basis of DNA recognition by the HMG-box-C1 module of Capicua

This study determines the crystal structure of the CIC HMG-box and C1 domains bound to DNA, revealing their cooperative role in DNA recognition and how mutations disrupt this mechanism.

Geological processes mediate a subsurface microbial loop in the deep biosphere

The paper investigates a subsurface microbial loop mediated by geological processes, showing thermophilic endospores migrate from deep oil reservoirs to the seabed and re-enter the geosphere through sedimentation.

Anaerobic biodegradation of chloroform and dichloromethane with a Dehalobacter enrichment culture

This study investigates the anaerobic biodegradation of chloroform and dichloromethane using a microbial enrichment culture, finding that oxidation of dichloromethane supports further dechlorination of chloroform.

Anaerobic Benzene Biodegradation Linked to Growth of Highly Specific Bacterial Clades

This study compares bioremediation approaches for anaerobic benzene degradation, finding that nitrate amendment or methanogenic bioaugmentation enhance degradation while sulfate biostimulation does not.

Thermogenic hydrocarbons fuel a redox stratified subseafloor microbiome in deep sea cold seep sediments

This study profiles microbial activities in deep sea cold seep sediments, revealing hydrocarbon oxidation pathways and their role in sustaining diverse microbial communities across redox gradients.

Not such silly sausages: Northern quolls exhibit aversion to toads after training with toad sausages.

This study tests toad sausages as a training tool to teach northern quolls to avoid cane toads, finding that quolls consuming the sausages show reduced interest and attack behavior toward toads.