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The Banfield Lab
@banfieldlab.bsky.social
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Located at the University of California-Berkeley at the Innovative Genomics Institute. Purveyors of Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, & Nanogeoscience. Reposts or likes≠endorsements. https://www.banfieldlab.com/
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The Banfield Lab @banfieldlab.bsky.social · 2d
We tried to contact researchers at Sichuan Agricultural University who may have deposited this data (PRJNA601687) with no reply. Please let us know if you have any information.
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The Banfield Lab @banfieldlab.bsky.social · 2d
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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Ronda lab @rondalab.bsky.social · May 1
The 2025 Banfield Retreat was fantastic 🦠 so many talented scientists in one place is a sure way to come up with some great ideas!
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Andreja Kust @andrejakust.bsky.social · Jul 11
🚨 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...
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Bethany Kolody, PhD @bethanykolody.bsky.social · Jul 10
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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Bethany Kolody, PhD @bethanykolody.bsky.social · Jul 10
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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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Jul 18
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

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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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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Jul 31
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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Allison G @assemblerag.bsky.social · 7d
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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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 7d
Megaplasmids associate with Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679422v1
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The Banfield Lab @banfieldlab.bsky.social · Apr 29
Excited to share new research led by our very own @lingdong-shi.bsky.social showing that many archaeal 23S rRNAs are circularized in active ribosomes. Check out the preprint below.
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Ling-Dong Shi @lingdong-shi.bsky.social · Apr 29
Happy to share our recent work on rRNA processing and conformation: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Huge thanks to @ppenev.bsky.social @Amos Nissley @Dipti Nayak @Rohan Sachdeva @jhdcate.bsky.social @Jill Banfield @banfieldlab.bsky.social !!
Circular 23S rRNA within archaeal ribosomes
The ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) that form the core of ribosomes are believed to occur as linear molecules. Here, we investigated rRNAs from diverse and mostly uncultivated archaea and found evidence that, ...
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The Banfield Lab @banfieldlab.bsky.social · Apr 28
Genomes from long-read metagenomic assemblies contain rampant errors, highlighting the pressing need for stricter evaluation methods in long-read assembly algorithms. Read more in our paper with the Eren group. @floriantrigodet.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social
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