Key papers and contributions associated with Martynas Yčas include:

: Yčas was one of the central figures who theorized how DNA nucleotides could code for amino acids. He provided the biological data necessary for Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner to confirm the existence of messenger RNA (mRNA) .

In the mid-1950s, Yčas co-founded the alongside physicist George Gamow. As the club's "Archivist," Yčas was the biological expert who helped translate complex mathematical theories into biological reality.