Recent Publications

Jiang, K.; Kacherovsky, N.; Wang, T.; Wu, A. Y.; Liu, G. W.; Cardle, I. I.; Ureel, J.; Pippin, J. W.; Salipante, S. J.; Shankland, S. J.; Pun, S. H. Discovery and Cryo-EM-Guided Development of a Neuropilin-2-Binding Aptamer for Receptor Antagonism. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148 (21), 21983–21995.

IC Turnbull, TD Li, P Sanabria, A Stablewski, A Gaitas. Non-invasive biomechanical characterization of embryos using microfluidic cantilevers. European Biophysics Journal 55 (1), 111-118, 2026.

H. Qing, P. Chandra, JYM. Chan, RJ. Staples, TD. Li, W. Li, KA. Mirica. Topological Control of Dual Protonic-Electronic Conduction in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society 148 (27), 2026.

Taeryn Kim, Chengyu Sun, Xi Chen, Yaewon Park*. Water-Assisted Adhesion and Reconfigurability of Mushroom-Derived Papers for Sustainable Materials Engineering. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 14, 1899–1910 (2026).

Jonathan W. Sun, Chengyu Sun, Seungri Kim, Nada Haq-Siddiqi, Zara Hedaya, Xi Chen*, Jin Kim Montclare*. Modulation of peptidoglycan crosslink network in Escherichia coli enhances water-responsive actuation. Acta Biomaterialia, 213, 269-278 (2026).

Y. Wang, G. Han, J.-P. Koester, H. Wenzel, W. Wang, W. Deng, Z. Feng, M. Tian, A. Alù, A. Knigge, and Q. Guo. Passive harmonically mode-locked laser on lithium niobate nanophotonic circuits. Optica 13, 1223-1231 (2026).

S. K. Chamoli, C. Jin, , Y. Fan, M. Kiani, H. Goh, C. Huang, S. Guo, Y. Wang, F. Zhu, G. Xing, B. Li, T. Bai, A. Alù, and W. Li, Nonlocal Flat Optics for Size-Selective Image Processing and Denoising, Nature Communications, Vol. 16, No. 4473 – 4482 (2025)

G. Yang, M. Wang, J. S. Lee, N. Farmakidis, J. Shields, C. Ruiz de Galarreta, S. Kendall, J. Bertolotti, A. Moskalenko, K. Huang, A. Alù, C. D. Wright, and H. Bhaskaran, Nonlocal Phase-Change Metaoptics for Reconfigurable Nonvolatile Image Processing, Light: Science and Applications, Vol. 14, No. 182 – 192 (2025)

A. Alù, “Modeling Polaritonics and Metamaterials,” in B. Davies, S. Szyniszewski, M. A. Dias, L. de Waal, A. Kisil, V. P. Smyshlyaev, S. Cooper, I. V. Kamotski, M. Touboul, R. V. Craster, J. R. Capers, S. A. R. Horsley, R. W. Hewson, M. Santer, R. Murphy, D. Thillaithevan, S. J. Berry, G. J. Conduit, J. Earnshaw, N. Syrotiuk, O. Duncan, Ł. Kaczmarczyk, F. Scarpa, J. B. Pendry, M. Martí-Sabaté, S. Guenneau, D. Torrent, E. Cherkaev, N. Wellander, A. Alù, K. H. Madine, D. J. Colquitt, P. Sheng, L. G. Bennetts, A. O. Krushynska, Z. Zhang, M. J. Mirzaali and A. Zadpoor, “Roadmap on Metamaterial Theory, Modelling and Design,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 58, No. 203002 – 203047 (2025), (invited paper)

K. Sun, K. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Cai, L. Huang, A. Alù, and Z. Han, High-Q Photonic Flat-Band Resonances for Enhancing Third Harmonic Generation in All-Dielectric Metasurfaces, Newton, Vol. 1, 100057 – 100070, (2025)

Closson, J.D., Xu, X., Zhang, M., Tiyani, T.T., Marcelino, L.P., Isiorho, E.A., Nagati, J.S., Garcia, J.A. and Gardner, K.H. (2026). Context-dependent variability of HIF heterodimers influences interactions with macromolecular and small molecule partners. Manuscript in press.

Vallese F*, Li H, Barazzuol L, Calí T, Clarke OB* (* co-corresponding authors). Stomatin encapsulates aquaporin-1 and urea transporter–B in the erythrocyte membrane. Science Advances. 2026.

P. Deshpande, A. Geissmann, H.-J. Park, J. Liu, P. Casaccia, S. Elbaum-Garfinkle. Telomeric RNA and HP1α Form Interfacial Clusters That Stabilize HP1α-DNA Condensates. Commun Biol, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09173-7.

C.J. Vörösmarty, M. Trujillo, P. Casaccia, A. Cak, K.H. Gardner, D.I. Greenfield, P.M. Groffman, A. Reinmann, W. Solecki, M. Serreze, J. Waldman, J.M. Bhatnagar, H. Brumberg, A. Carnaval, J. Cullmann, S.P. Egendorf, M.E. Hauber, J. Herlan, I. Kavouras, C.E. Mason, P. Marcotullio, M. McCracken, D.A. McKay, F. Miszlivetz, T. Muth, Y. Nomura, C.A. Penick, J. Rising, R. Toledo-Crow, and C. Zarnoch. A Climate BioStress Sentinel System: Identifying climate impacts from the genome to the urbanized biosphere. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2025, 2, 100558.

D. Huang, A. Mela, H.-J. Park, P. Canoll, P. Casaccia. Single-Nucleus Transcriptomics Identifies Cell Cycle and Synaptic Pathway Dysregulation during OPC-to-Glioma Progression. Front. Cell. Neurosci., 2026, 20, 1713437. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2026.1713437.

S. Sauma, S. Stransky, I. Selcen, S. Sidoli, R. Abzalimov, Y. He, P. Casaccia. Glucose-Dependent Spatial and Temporal Modulation of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Proliferation via ACLY-Regulated Histone Acetylation. Nat Neurosci, 2026, 1–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02263-7.

I. Haq, J. C. Ngo, N. Roy, E. Lee, M. A. Choudhury, R. K. Soni, A. F. Teich, R. P. Mayeux, P. L. De Jager, Y. He, X. Wu, D. A. Bennett, M. Olah, F. Sher. Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Protein SorLA Regulates ER Homeostasis and Lipid Metabolism in Human Microglia, with Conserved Effects in Neurons. Acta Neuropathol, 2026, 151 (1), 37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-026-03002-9.

E. Y.-C. Kang, Y.-J. Tseng, W.-H. Peng, H.-C. Hung, P.-H. Lin, K. P. Montales, E. Sherman, J. Peregrin, E. H. Wang, C. Kang, Y.-C. Teng, C.-Y. Huang, C.-L. Tsai, I. Y.-F. Chang, J. Chen, G. Tezel, Y. He, T.-D. Li, L. Stiles, O. Shirihai, et al. Disrupted Energy Metabolism Is Associated with Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy. Sci. Adv., 2026, 12 (8), eadx7815. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx7815.

P. Deshpande, A. Geissmann, H.-J. Park, J. Liu, P. Casaccia, S. Elbaum-Garfinkle. Telomeric RNA and HP1α Form Interfacial Clusters That Stabilize HP1α-DNA Condensates. Commun Biol, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-09173-7.

N.S. Rao, J. Lala, A. Miara, S. Cohen, H.H. Bokhari, N.D. Jackson, and F. Corsi. Measuring climate and water risk across the bulk power system. Environmental Science & Technology, 2026, 60, 23923-23933.

J.L. Pinckney, M. Zimberlin, and D.I. Greenfield. Dinoflagellate responses to nutrients and mangrove leaf organic matter in the bioluminescent Mangrove Lagoon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Journal of Phycology, 2026, 62, 4, 1240-1250.

A. Thielens, S. Davi, S. Hema, and R. Toledo-Crow. Urban radio-frequency electromagnetic field exposure in New York City. Environmental Research, 2026, 306, 125040.

J. Howe, W.J. Hernández, F. Werner, and P.M. Groffman. Tropical marine ecology: Resilience, conservation, and management of mangroves. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2026, 14, 1800493.

P.M. Groffman, A.J. Reisinger, R. Zhang, D. Locke, A. Rosenberg, D.A. Newburn, J.M. Duncan, L.E. Band, J.M. Grove, A.J. Miller, and C. Towe. Sweet spots for nitrogen reduction in a coastal watershed. Nature Sustainability, 2026, s41893-026-01828-5.