@BanfieldLab

Located at the University of California-Berkeley. Purveyors of Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, & Nanogeoscience. RT≠endorsements.

 Berkeley, CA
nanogeoscience.berkeley.edu
Joined March 2017
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Pengfan Zhang@alvinpf110 Jun 2024
Excited to share this amazing work led by @TheHessLab and @Dr__Diamond at @igisci and sponsored by @TheAudaciousPrj. We use multi-omics to show how the rumen microbiome responds to methanogenesis suppression and identify a Duodenibacillus Sp. as an alternative hydrogen sink. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… I'd like to highlight major findings in this study. Thread is here:
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Andreja Kust@AndrejaKust11 Dec 2023
Excited to share our preprint on cyanobacterial communities and their core microbiome, with @Dr__Diamond as corresponding author and incredible help from @jkzorz, @K_BoumaGregson, @catacruanas, @BanfieldLab. #microbiome #Genomics #WomenInSTEM biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Model cyanobacterial consortia reveal a consistent core microbiome independent of inoculation...

Cyanobacteria are central to biogeochemical cycling, climate change, and eutrophication. While they readily develop associations with environmental microorganisms, the question of whether they...

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Jacob West-Roberts@Jwestrob9 Dec 2023
Enormously excited to share the Nature article written about our recent work with the giant proteins! nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Trust @Jwestrob and @BanfieldLab to come up with nature's weirdest. 1/2 The world’s largest proteins? These mega-molecules turn bacteria into predators nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

The world’s largest proteins? These mega-molecules turn bacteria into predators

Nature - A candidate for the largest known protein might help killer aquatic bacteria to devour other microbes — but it’s not easy to study the behemoths, or prove they’re even real.

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ShihLab@LabShih22 Nov 2023
It's (double) prime time: now in @CurrentBiology, our latest rubisco work with @NogalesLab, @BanfieldLab, @SibylsSAXS, and more! Structural studies of metagenomic form Iα and I′′ enzymes illuminate the evolutionary trajectory of rubisco oligomerization: authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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Jacob West-Roberts@Jwestrob23 Nov 2023
I'm thrilled to present the research I've been working on for the last few years in preprint format. We've found giant genes (>30,000 amino acids!!) across domain bacteria, but concentrated in the candidate phylum Omnitrophota. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Giant genes are rare but implicated in cell wall degradation by predatory bacteria

Across the tree of life, gene lengths vary, but most are no more than a few thousand base pairs in length. The largest protein often reported is the ∼40,000 aa eukaryotic Titin. Even larger proteins...

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Yue Clare Lou, Ph.D.@ClareLou97 Sep 2023
thanks @igisci ☺️💕
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Jill Banfield@BanfieldJill3 Aug 2023
1. Borgs with active nanowires ⛓️ and a constellation of mini-Borgs, viruses, plasmids and mysterious elements circling the mothership of methane-oxidizing archaea! 🚀
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Ling-Dong Shi@LingDongShi13 Aug 2023
Methane-oxidizing Methanoperedens archaea surprisingly host a constellation of Borgs, mini-Borgs, viruses, plasmids, and other mysterious extrachromosomal elements! Wonder what they are doing? Check our preprints here: tinyurl.com/yc48fhd7 tinyurl.com/bdcv576d
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Pre-print alert 🚨 This interdisciplinary research reveals diverse and ancient lineages of [FeFe]-hydrogenases in archaea! From genome-resolved metagenomics, phylogenomics to biochemistry 🧬 🦠 #hydrogenases
Chris Greening@greeninglab1 Aug 2023
1/4 Sneak peak below of our new paper that shifts multiple principles and rewrites textbooks on hydrogen cycling / hydrogenases. A vast team effort, blending genomics, biochemistry, and phylogenetics, co-led with @BanfieldLab, @Berggrenlab and @anjspa1. researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Unique minimal and hybrid hydrogenases are active in anaerobic archaea

PDF | Microbial hydrogen (H2) cycling underpins the diversity and functionality of diverse anoxic ecosystems. Among the three evolutionarily distinct... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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Oxford Nanopore
@nanopore2 Aug 2023
Here @BanfieldLab used #nanopore sequencing to study 'the nature and existence of enigmatic genetic elements' (Borgs) in soil. They assembled 7 new curated Borg genomes, revealing extensive DNA methylation that differentiates them from their host archaea, Methanoperedens. 🧵1/2
bioRxiv@biorxivpreprint2 Aug 2023
Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Check out another cool Borgs story by @MSchoelmerich et al. !! @BanfieldLab
Oxford Nanopore
@nanopore2 Aug 2023
Here @BanfieldLab used #nanopore sequencing to study 'the nature and existence of enigmatic genetic elements' (Borgs) in soil. They assembled 7 new curated Borg genomes, revealing extensive DNA methylation that differentiates them from their host archaea, Methanoperedens. 🧵1/2
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Spencer Diamond@Dr__Diamond10 May 2023
🚨MY LAB IS HIRING🚨 Want to work @igisci as part of @TheAudaciousPrj. We are looking for postdocs with experience in microbial #metagenomics, systems biology, and network analysis. More Info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03… #postdoc #postdocposition #ScienceTwitter
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Mike Jetten🟥@msmjetten5 Apr 2023
Replying to @BanfieldLab
@BanfieldLab van Leeuwenhoek laureate underlines the importance of team work in moving the borders of #microbiology forward #ssm23 #knvm23 @KNVM_online
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Such exciting news for @igisci and the @UofCalifornia: @BanfieldLab and @doudna_lab are leading a new initiative to develop precision microbiome editing solutions for health and climate change with a $70 million award from @TheAudaciousPrj. innovativegenomics.org/news/…

IGI's 'Audacious' New Frontier for CRISPR: Editing Microbiomes for Climate and Health

IGI's 'Audacious' New Frontier for CRISPR: Editing Microbiomes for Climate and Health - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

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Super exciting to see @BanfieldJill receiving the Leeuwenhoek medal at the @KNVM_online spring meeting.
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Mike Jetten🟥@msmjetten5 Apr 2023
#ssm23 #knvm23 @KNVM_online @_knaw awarding the van Leeuwenhoek medal to Jillian Banfield of Berkeley @BanfieldLab . Congratulations!
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The Claessen Lab@ClaessenLAB5 Apr 2023
Congrats @BanfieldLab with the Leeuwenhoek medal and this well deserved recognition !!
Wilbert Bitter@wilbertbitter5 Apr 2023
Replying to @Ettema_lab @BanfieldLab
@Ettema_lab @BanfieldLab
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mmb_nioz@mmb_nioz5 Apr 2023
Jill Banfield accepts the van Leeuwenhoek medal awarded by the @KNVM_online and tell us about metagenomics and Archaea
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Banfield lab spring photo! We are very happy to have @SGribaldo for a few months!! @UCBerkeley @igisci @BanfieldLab 🦠 🧬 💻 🌎
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