UFGI Publication Round-Up: Week of 6/22/2026

Duncan WD, Mungall CJ, Guralnick RP.

J Biomed Semantics. 2026 Jun 23. doi: 10.1186/s13326-026-00359-4. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42337582

The Paipu framework enables creation of a large-scale mammalian cancer transcriptomics atlas.

Smith BS, Smith LA, Lee JH, Cahill JA, Graim K.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 May 18:2026.05.14.725161. doi: 10.64898/2026.05.14.725161.

PMID: 42239468

Resident mesenchymal progenitor cells require autocrine IGF-I in homeostatic and regenerating skeletal muscle.

Luo YE, Abe-Teh Z, Alsaghir TY, Kuo LY, Yu F, Stoker BE, Zhou Y, Appu AB, Dy EM, Yue F, Kopinke D, Barton ER.

Stem Cell Reports. 2026 Jun 25:102973. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2026.102973. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42349420

Impact of Air Pollution on Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease.

Lv D, Tang H, Zhou L.

Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Jun 7;27(12):5168. doi: 10.3390/ijms27125168.

PMID: 42352893

Rare Taxa and Stochastic Drift Drive the Microbiome Assembly of the Invasive Pest Drosophila suzukii, While Host Filtering Structures the Grape Sour Rot Community.

Bhandari R, Wills Z, Harris J, Salie M, Ankrah NYD, Wong AC, Eastman K, Ringbauer J Jr, Striegler RK, Kang DS.

Microb Ecol. 2026 Jun 26. doi: 10.1007/s00248-026-02819-x. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42360481

Can Trapping Abundance Data Be Used to Identify Persistent Target Areas for Culicoides Biting Midge Control Efforts?

Lloyd AM, Kline DL, McKenzie KE, Hahn DA.

Insects. 2026 Jun 20;17(6):653. doi: 10.3390/insects17060653.

PMID: 42355386

Spatially distributed complex organic matter detected in an ancient river valley in Jezero crater, Mars.

Murphy AE, Uckert K, Hand KP, Bhartia R, Bykov SV, Hickman-Lewis K, Jakubek RS, Lee C, McCubbin FM, Minitti ME, Pascuzzo A, Siljeström S, Sharma S, Steele A, Williford KH, Abbey W, Asher SA, Barnes R, Barr PA, Bell JF 3rd, Beyssac O, Bosak T, Bramble MS, Brown A, Broz AP, Buckner D, Cardarelli EL, Carsten JL, Corpolongo A, Czaja A, Edgington SGC, Ehlmann BL, Farley KA, Fornaro T, Fries M, González-Burgos R, Gupta S, Haney NC, Hug W, Huggett J, Hurowitz JA, Imbeah S, Clark J, Jones AJ, Kah LC, Kennedy MR, Lee SW, Maki J, Nixon B, Núñez JI, Osterhout JT, Phelan ND, Phua YY, Ravine MA, Hollis JR, Scheller E, Schulte MD, Sephton MA, Simon JI, Srivastava A, Stack KM, Van Beek J, Weiss BP, Wiens R, Williams AJ, Wogsland BV, Yingst RA.

Sci Adv. 2026 Jun 26;12(26):eadx0047. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx0047. Epub 2026 Jun 24.

PMID: 42341131

A BRRF1-CCR4-NOT axis underlies conserved transcriptome-wide loss of splicing fidelity during gammaherpesvirus reactivation.

Nguyen TT, Ghosh A, Wickramarachchige-Dona N, O’Grady TM, Roberts C, Ishaq E, Bass J, Lam M, Baddoo M, Ungerleider NA, Van Otterloo N, Wang J, Zhang Q, Liu H, Dong Y, Renne R, Nguyen TD, Flemington EK.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 May 23:2026.05.20.726682. doi: 10.64898/2026.05.20.726682.

PMID: 42239063

Individualized Bayesian Inference Identifies Novel Genetic Variants for Parkinson’s Disease.

Ren J, Soofi YJ, Rahman MA, Lu Q, Liu J.

Genet Epidemiol. 2026 Sep;50(6):e70045. doi: 10.1002/gepi.70045.

PMID: 42363869

From Knowledge to Action: Next Steps for the Natural Science Collections Community.

Ellwood ER, Nelson G, Zimkus B, Bates J, Cook JA, Pandey J, Sessa E, Borths M, Goodwin J, Jennings D, Soltis PS.

Bioscience. 2026 Mar 23;76(6):525-535. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biag018. eCollection 2026 Jun.

PMID: 42344935

Evaluation of immunogenicity and efficacy of a Plasmodium vivax nanoparticle vaccine in mice.

Ntumngia FB, Kolli SK, Howard GP, Subramani PA, Barnes SJ, Ogbondah MM, Mahdavi P, Lu J, Nicholas J, De SL, Barnes BB, Dinglasan RR, Janse CJ, Mao HQ, Adams JH.

Vaccine. 2026 Jun 20;88:128857. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128857. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42322682

High rate of mutation and efficient removal by selection of structural variants from natural populations of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Saxena AS, Baer CF.

Genome Biol Evol. 2026 Jun 24:evag145. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evag145. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42340057

Primary prevention of Parkinson’s disease: proceedings, the 8C’s and a position statement from the Parkinson’s disease prevention think tank.

Mantri S, Au R, Barnes A, Beck JC, Blake K, Borum P, Dahl W, de Miranda B, Dorsey ER, Fang R, Fenn JD, Goldie SJ, Goldman SM, Gonzalez-Latapi P, Guarin DL, Kryzyzanowski B, Lessard N, Lipstein Fristedt A, Mehta TR, Norcini M, Purks JL, Schiehser D, Schwarzschild MA, Tanner CM, Temkin A, Unruh JB, Vulpe C, Wallock K, Walz C, Willis AW, Okun MS.

NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2026 Jun 23. doi: 10.1038/s41531-026-01437-1. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42336841

A new era for myotonic dystrophy: Improved delivery of a DMPK-targeted oligonucleotide modulates muscle transcriptomes and function.

Wang ET.

Mol Ther. 2026 Jun 24:S1525-0016(26)00489-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2026.06.012. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42341747

Environmental impacts on the insect exoskeleton.

van Meer NMME, Yan JL, Salerno CM, Dirks JH, Miller CW.

Integr Comp Biol. 2026 Jan 12;66:icag047. doi: 10.1093/icb/icag047.

PMID: 42329819

STORM: spatial transcriptomics optimization by resolution via matrix factorization.

Gurarslan D, Camargo O, Zeyveli O, Almalioglu Y, Li Y, Turan M, Kahveci T.

Brief Bioinform. 2026 May 4;27(3):bbag324. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbag324.

PMID: 42328842

Multiphase coupling of phosphorus and organic matter across water-particle interaction in aquaculture ponds.

Kong X, Rice SE, Kramer-Dew HS, Zimmerman AR, Martyniuk CJ, Her YG, Bean E, Judy JD, Li Y, Wilson AE, Wang D.

J Hazard Mater. 2026 Jun 23;514:142793. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.142793. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42349331

Novel Alzheimer’s disease-associated variants and genetic interactions identified from UK biobank whole-exome sequencing data using IBI-DT.

Ren J, Yin R, Zhao J, Liu J.

Sci Rep. 2026 Jun 26. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-58159-w. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 42362650

Reducing Antibiotic Dependence in Poultry: The Potential of Phytochemicals as Antibiotic Alternatives Against Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens.

Chandran R, Denagamage T, Czyz DM, Kariyawasam S, Pellissery AJ.

Trop Med Infect Dis. 2026 Jun 4;11(6):153. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed11060153.

PMID: 42347538

scDeepAPA: a deep learning framework for single-cell alternative polyadenylation identification.

Liang J, Wang Q, Guo S, Zhang W, Xie M, Song Q.

Brief Bioinform. 2026 May 4;27(3):bbag339. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbag339.

PMID: 42341216

Circadian physiology changes with aging: age is just a number, but circadian physiology keeps time.

Bohmke NJ, Esser KA.

Curr Opin Physiol. 2026 Mar;47:100875. doi: 10.1016/j.cophys.2025.100875. Epub 2025 Dec 9.

PMID: 42344441

Association of SARS-CoV-2 infection with incident diabetes among U.S. Veterans in a prospective longitudinal cohort.

Huang L, Wang TM, Sugimoto JD, Heberer KR, Baraff AJ, Korpak AM, Fox AE, Morelli DK, Midthun JB, Anzueto A, Bedimo RJ, Garshick E, Chang KM, Jump RL, Ritter AS, Danaher PJ, Eastment MC, Isaacs SN, Le E, Wang GP, Smith NL, Ross JM, Shah JA, Lee JS, Wander PL.

PLoS One. 2026 Jun 26;21(6):e0351992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351992. eCollection 2026.

PMID: 42361118

One Health Genomic Surveillance at Human-Animal Interfaces in Rural Ghana Reveals Underreported Viruses of Zoonotic and Economic Concern.

Paoli JE, Trovão NS, Odoom T, Mohktar Q, Buabeng KB, Adu B, Tasiame W, Anderson B, Tawiah-Yingar DNY, Subramaniam K, von Fricken ME, Mensah GI, Mietzsch M, McKenna R, Johnson SAM, Mavian CN.

Viruses. 2026 Jun 3;18(6):644. doi: 10.3390/v18060644.

PMID: 42357654