Leylen
@leymiloslavich.bsky.social
Follow us on: @banfieldlab.bsky.social
University of California-Berkeley at the Innovative Genomics Institute.
Purveyors of Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, & Nanogeoscience.
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www.banfieldlab.com
University of California-Berkeley at the Innovative Genomics Institute.
Purveyors of Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, & Nanogeoscience.
Reposts or likes≠endorsements.
www.banfieldlab.com
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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...
@luisvalentin.bsky.social @lingdong-shi.bsky.social @martianmicrobe.bsky.social @mschoelmerich.bsky.social
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@luisvalentin.bsky.social @lingdong-shi.bsky.social @martianmicrobe.bsky.social @mschoelmerich.bsky.social
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
Out now in Nature Communications: Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@luisvalentin.bsky.social @lingdong-shi.bsky.social @martianmicrobe.bsky.social @mschoelmerich.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@luisvalentin.bsky.social @lingdong-shi.bsky.social @martianmicrobe.bsky.social @mschoelmerich.bsky.social
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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
New paper out: An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Incredible science coming out from our lab. Congrats @kivenson.bsky.social 🎉
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
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Incredible science coming out from our lab. Congrats @kivenson.bsky.social 🎉
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We are thrilled to announce our latest publication in the Microbiome journal in collaboration with
@thehesslab.bsky.social
Supplementation with red seaweed in cows reduces methane and induces previously uncharacterized hydrogenotropic bacteria.
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Supplementation with red seaweed in cows reduces methane and induces previously uncharacterized hydrogenotropic bacteria.
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Red seaweed supplementation suppresses methanogenesis in the rumen, revealing potentially advantageous traits among hydrogenotrophic bacteria - Microbiome
Background Macroalgae belonging to the genus Asparagopsis have shown to reduce methane (CH4) production during rumen fermentation, while increasing feed efficiency when added to the feed of cattle. Ho...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We are thrilled to announce our latest publication in the Microbiome journal in collaboration with
@thehesslab.bsky.social
Supplementation with red seaweed in cows reduces methane and induces previously uncharacterized hydrogenotropic bacteria.
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@thehesslab.bsky.social
Supplementation with red seaweed in cows reduces methane and induces previously uncharacterized hydrogenotropic bacteria.
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Newest preprint from the group on megaplasmids in E. coli led by @assemblerag.bsky.social. In addition to our findings in metagenomic datasets, we identified an RNA-seq project from a giant panda gut sample with evidence of megaplasmids. We would like to include the data creators in our study.
October 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Newest preprint from the group on megaplasmids in E. coli led by @assemblerag.bsky.social. In addition to our findings in metagenomic datasets, we identified an RNA-seq project from a giant panda gut sample with evidence of megaplasmids. We would like to include the data creators in our study.
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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
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
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
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In a recent paper, IGI's @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @doudna-lab.bsky.social and Jill Banfield @banfieldlab.bsky.social collaborate with UCLA's @jacobsenucla.bsky.social to create a new, tiny #CRISPR tool for quicker, easier plant genome editing! Read more in this Q&A with Steve: ow.ly/6Szs50VGElf
Tiny CRISPR Tool Opens the Door to Faster, Simpler Plant Genome Editing
Tiny CRISPR Tool Opens the Door to Faster, Simpler Plant Genome Editing - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)
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July 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In a recent paper, IGI's @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @doudna-lab.bsky.social and Jill Banfield @banfieldlab.bsky.social collaborate with UCLA's @jacobsenucla.bsky.social to create a new, tiny #CRISPR tool for quicker, easier plant genome editing! Read more in this Q&A with Steve: ow.ly/6Szs50VGElf
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Out now:
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor - Nature Microbiology
Sequence and structural analyses reveal a divergent peptidyl transferase centre and a hibernation factor in archaea.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Out now:
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Many of you gave me so much encouragement when I posted here earlier about my 10 year long passion project to make a microbial map of the ocean. Pinch me because I can't believe I get to update you that today that research was published in the journal SCIENCE! @science.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Many of you gave me so much encouragement when I posted here earlier about my 10 year long passion project to make a microbial map of the ocean. Pinch me because I can't believe I get to update you that today that research was published in the journal SCIENCE! @science.org
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manuscript here! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Overturning circulation structures the microbial functional seascape of the South Pacific
Global overturning circulation partitions the deep ocean into regions, each with different physicochemical characteristics, but the extent to which these water masses represent distinct ecosystems rem...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
manuscript here! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🥳🥳 Our work exploring the core microbiomes of stable cyanobacterial communities is now out in the @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal!!! Excellent work by @andrejakust.bsky.social and company!
#microbiology #cyanobacteria #metagenomics
#microbiology #cyanobacteria #metagenomics
Out now from @diamondlab.bsky.social — stable microbiome communities using tractable cyanobacteria. An important development for folks working on cyanobacteria, microbial community formation and establishment in lab settings, and microbial community ecology! Read here: tinyurl.com/3cs2x6r7
July 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🥳🥳 Our work exploring the core microbiomes of stable cyanobacterial communities is now out in the @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal!!! Excellent work by @andrejakust.bsky.social and company!
#microbiology #cyanobacteria #metagenomics
#microbiology #cyanobacteria #metagenomics
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🚨 Fresh from the press! We created and analyzed over 100 in vitro cyanobacterial consortia using well-characterized model cyanobacterial hosts to better understand how cyanobacteria recruit and interact with their microbiomes.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
July 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🚨 Fresh from the press! We created and analyzed over 100 in vitro cyanobacterial consortia using well-characterized model cyanobacterial hosts to better understand how cyanobacteria recruit and interact with their microbiomes.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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The 2025 Banfield Retreat was fantastic 🦠 so many talented scientists in one place is a sure way to come up with some great ideas!
@banfieldlab.bsky.social
@banfieldlab.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The 2025 Banfield Retreat was fantastic 🦠 so many talented scientists in one place is a sure way to come up with some great ideas!
@banfieldlab.bsky.social
@banfieldlab.bsky.social