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  Margaret McFall-Ngai

  Director, Division of Biosphere Sciences & Engineering | Faculty Associate, California Institute of Technology
  mmcfallngai@carnegiescience.edu

Research Publications

• Essock-Burns T, Lawhorn S, Wu L, McClosky S, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai MJ (2023) Maturation state of colonization sites promotes symbiotic resiliency in the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri partnership. Microbiome 11((1)):68 PMC9185944 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Yue X, Zhang S, Wang H, Yu J, Peng Q, McFall-Ngai M, Liu B (2022) The mud-dwelling clam secretes endogenously synthesized erythromycin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119((49)):e2214150119 PMC4409153 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Gundlach KA, Nawroth J, Kanso E, Nasrin F, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai M (2022) Ciliated epithelia are key elements in the recruitment of bacterial partners in the squid-vibrio symbiosis. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 10:974213 PMC2978254 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Olaso CM, Viliunas J, McFall-Ngai M (2022) A peptidoglycan-recognition protein orchestrates the first steps of symbiont recruitment in the squid-vibrio symbiosis. Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.) 87((1)):31-43 PMC17651 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Amend AS, Swift SOI, Darcy JL, Belcaid M, Nelson CE, Buchanan J, Cetraro N, Fraiola KMS, Frank K, Kajihara K, McDermot TG, McFall-Ngai M, Medeiros M, Mora C, Nakayama KK, Nguyen NH, Rollins RL, Sadowski P, Sparagon W, Téfit MA, Yew JY, Yogi D, Hynson NA (2022) A ridge-to-reef ecosystem microbial census reveals environmental reservoirs for animal and plant microbiomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119((33)):e2204146119 PMC6235622 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Truong TV, Holland DB, Madaan S, Andreev A, Keomanee-Dizon K, Troll JV, Koo DES, McFall-Ngai MJ, Fraser SE (2022) Publisher Correction: Author Correction: High-contrast, synchronous volumetric imaging with selective volume illumination microscopy. Communications biology 5((1)):533 PMC9142577 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Truong TV, Holland DB, Madaan S, Andreev A, Keomanee-Dizon K, Troll JV, Koo DES, McFall-Ngai MJ, Fraser SE (2022) Author Correction: High-contrast, synchronous volumetric imaging with selective volume illumination microscopy. Communications biology 5((1)):363 PMC9001636 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Lynch JB, James N, McFall-Ngai M, Ruby EG, Shin S, Takagi D (2022) Transitioning to confined spaces impacts bacterial swimming and escape response. Biophysical journal 121((13)):2653-2662 PMC4577176 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Nyholm SV, McFall-Ngai MJ (2022) Publisher Correction: A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner. Nature reviews. Microbiology 20((5)):315 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Bongrand C, Koch E, Mende D, Romano A, Lawhorn S, McFall-Ngai M, DeLong EF, Ruby EG (2022) Evidence of Genomic Diversification in a Natural Symbiotic Population Within Its Host. Frontiers in microbiology 13:854355 PMC3992678 · Pubmed · DOI
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• McFall-Ngai M (2022) Building a career during a revolution in biology. Nature microbiology 7((3)):347-348 · Pubmed · DOI
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• McFall-Ngai M, Ruby E (2021) Getting the Message Out: the Many Modes of Host-Symbiont Communication during Early-Stage Establishment of the Squid-Vibrio Partnership. mSystems 6((5)):e0086721 PMC8547416 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Essock-Burns T, Bennett BD, Arencibia D, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Medeiros M, McFall-Ngai MJ, Ruby EG (2021) Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Regulation Induces Morphological Change in a Key Host Tissue during the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Symbiosis. mBio 12((5)):e0240221 PMC8546586 · Pubmed · DOI
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• McFall-Ngai M (2021) Keeping the clock running: The microbiome as a pivotal timekeeper. Cell metabolism 33((8)):1514-1515 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Nyholm SV, McFall-Ngai MJ (2021) A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner. Nature reviews. Microbiology 19((10)):666-679 PMC8440403 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Moriano-Gutierrez S, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai MJ (2021) MicroRNA-Mediated Regulation of Initial Host Responses in a Symbiotic Organ. mSystems 6((3)): PMC8125070 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Bosch TCG, McFall-Ngai M (2021) Animal development in the microbial world: Re-thinking the conceptual framework. Current topics in developmental biology 141:399-427 PMC8214508 · Pubmed · DOI
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• McFall-Ngai M, Bosch TCG (2021) Animal development in the microbial world: The power of experimental model systems. Current topics in developmental biology 141:371-397 PMC8211120 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Finlay BB, Amato KR, Azad M, Blaser MJ, Bosch TCG, Chu H, Dominguez-Bello MG, Ehrlich SD, Elinav E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Gros P, Guillemin K, Keck F, Korem T, McFall-Ngai MJ, Melby MK, Nichter M, Pettersson S, Poinar H, Rees T, Tropini C, Zhao L, Giles-Vernick T (2021) The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118((6)): PMC8017729 · Pubmed · DOI
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• Alivisatos AP, Blaser MJ, Brodie EL, Chun M, Dangl JL, Donohue TJ, Dorrestein PC, Gilbert JA, Green JL, Jansson JK, Knight R, Maxon ME, McFall-Ngai MJ, Miller JF, Pollard KS, Ruby EG, Taha SA, (2015) MICROBIOME. A unified initiative to harness Earth's microbiomes. Science (New York, N.Y.) 350((6260)):507-8 · Pubmed · DOI
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