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Kinsey Long
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biophysics phd student in the banfield lab @ uc berkeley
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Out now in Nature Communications: Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses - Nature Communications
Borgs are large extrachromosomal elements of anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea. Here, via in silico protein structure prediction of ~10,000 Borg proteins, the authors reveal that Borgs share numerou...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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New paper out: An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine
Multiple genetic codes developed during the evolution of eukaryotes and bacteria, yet no alternative genetic code is known for archaea. We used proteomics to confirm our prediction that certain archae...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Incredible science coming out from our lab. Congrats @kivenson.bsky.social 🎉
innovativegenomics.bsky.social Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 28d
Out today in Science Magazine — First author Veronika Kivenson and PIs Jill Banfield (The Banfield Lab) and Alanna Schepartz team up to reveal a new genetic code in #archaea, with implications for #methane and #climate, and #bioengineering! Learn more: https://ow.ly/Kuem50Xurh0
Headshots of Veronika, Jill, and Alanna
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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In the event of an encounter with immigration agents in the East Bay, make sure you and your family know your rights. (1/2)
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Apply for our PhD program on Evolution Ecology Organismal Biology (Integrative! Biology)

Dec 1 2025 deadline

Check out the Flyer below for more information on our #MOILAB!

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October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Most plasmids described in E. coli are small compared to the megaplasmids we identified here! Check out the preprint if you want to learn about these mysterious large elements and their potential functions 🧬. I’m very grateful to have had the opportunity to work on this in @banfieldlab.bsky.social
biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Oct 1
Megaplasmids associate with Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679422v1
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Really thrilled to share my latest co-first author publication in Science Advances, the culmination of a project from my PhD with Eugene Shakhnovich and a wonderful collaboration with the lab of Marina Rodnina
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Cotranslational protein folding through non-native structural intermediates
Early folding intermediates form via non-native contacts and are reshaped by chaperones during protein synthesis on the ribosome.
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September 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM