Kaitlin Creamer
@kaitlincreamer.bsky.social
🧬 Postdoc in the Banfield Lab @ UC Berkeley studying soil microbial ecology & carbon sequestration 🌿 Former marine microbe explorer, PhD @ Scripps UC San Diego 🌊 she/her ~soil & ocean microbes are cool~
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Out now in Nature Communications: Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses
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@luisvalentin.bsky.social @lingdong-shi.bsky.social @martianmicrobe.bsky.social @mschoelmerich.bsky.social
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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
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
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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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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 7:20 PM
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
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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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Megaplasmids associate with Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679422v1
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Megaplasmids associate with Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679422v1
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Congrats to Dulce Guillén Matus for her newest manuscript out today! A collaborative manuscript on the microbes, metals, and metabolites of Botryllus schlosseri, a marine tunicate! doi.org/10.1128/msys...
Multi-omics analysis reveals important role for microbial-derived metabolites from Botryllus schlosseri in metal interactions | mSystems
Given the importance of marine invertebrates and their microbial communities in marine ecosystems, we sought to characterize the largely unknown microbial associates, metal sequestration, and metabolite production of the marine colonial tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri, a model organism for cellular and developmental studies. Using an integrated multidisciplinary approach, we identified significant correlations between metals, metabolites, and bacterial taxa. B. schlosseri tissue was highly enriched in metals compared to seawater, and B. schlosseri microbiome beta-diversity was significantly different from seawater. We also introduced the concept of the pan-metabolome to classify metabolites based on their presence or absence across complex samples and found microbial metabolites in both the core and flexible metabolome. These findings offer insights into B. schlosseri’s biological and chemical interactions with microorganisms and their environment, bridging the knowledge gap of host-microbiome-environment interactions and establishing a foundation for continuing research on the ecological effects of trace metals in these biological systems.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Congrats to Dulce Guillén Matus for her newest manuscript out today! A collaborative manuscript on the microbes, metals, and metabolites of Botryllus schlosseri, a marine tunicate! doi.org/10.1128/msys...
strongest earthquake I’ve felt ever living in California, jolted me out of sleep with plenty of shaking felt on the 4th floor in Emeryville..! 4.6, epicenter in Berkeley?
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
strongest earthquake I’ve felt ever living in California, jolted me out of sleep with plenty of shaking felt on the 4th floor in Emeryville..! 4.6, epicenter in Berkeley?
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🌊 Remember the barrels found off the coast of LA? New research from Scripps Oceanography found that 'halos' around some of the barrels came from caustic alkaline waste leaking from the barrels. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/decades-old-barrels-industrial-waste-still-impacting-ocean-floor-la
Decades-Old Barrels of Industrial Waste Still Impacting Ocean Floor Off LA
In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by gh...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🌊 Remember the barrels found off the coast of LA? New research from Scripps Oceanography found that 'halos' around some of the barrels came from caustic alkaline waste leaking from the barrels. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/decades-old-barrels-industrial-waste-still-impacting-ocean-floor-la
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🌊 ↪️↩️ Deep ocean currents play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life across the South Pacific Ocean, according to a groundbreaking study led by @jcvi.org and Scripps Oceanography scientists. More on the study published by @science.org. ⬇️
Study Reveals how Deep Ocean Currents Shape Microbial Life across South Pacific
A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...
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July 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🌊 ↪️↩️ Deep ocean currents play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life across the South Pacific Ocean, according to a groundbreaking study led by @jcvi.org and Scripps Oceanography scientists. More on the study published by @science.org. ⬇️
Congrats @andrejakust.bsky.social and team!!! Capturing the complex microbiome of Cyanobacteria, allowing for ecologically-relevant studies in the lab! 🦠🔬
🚨 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 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Congrats @andrejakust.bsky.social and team!!! Capturing the complex microbiome of Cyanobacteria, allowing for ecologically-relevant studies in the lab! 🦠🔬
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Just published in @science.org: Deep ocean currents don’t just move water—they shape entire microbial ecosystems. Our new study reveals how overturning circulation structures microbial life across the South Pacific.
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New study reveals how deep ocean currents shape microbial life across the South Pacific
La Jolla, California—July 10, 2025—A groundbreaking study, published in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just published in @science.org: Deep ocean currents don’t just move water—they shape entire microbial ecosystems. Our new study reveals how overturning circulation structures microbial life across the South Pacific.
www.jcvi.org/media-center... 🧪
www.jcvi.org/media-center... 🧪
Out today in Science!!! Congrats @bethanykolody.bsky.social and team, decoding the ocean “phylocline”!! 🧬🌊
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 9:57 PM
Out today in Science!!! Congrats @bethanykolody.bsky.social and team, decoding the ocean “phylocline”!! 🧬🌊
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Thanks to out @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social community for joining us at Stand Up For Science! @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social spoke about how NIH funding supported her PhD & NSF funding supported her development of #CRISPR genome editing. Federal funding is needed for life-saving science!
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thanks to out @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social community for joining us at Stand Up For Science! @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social spoke about how NIH funding supported her PhD & NSF funding supported her development of #CRISPR genome editing. Federal funding is needed for life-saving science!
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Join us tomorrow (Friday) at UC Berkeley's #StandupForScience from 12-1pm in upper Sproul. Defend science from federal funding cuts & politicization, and keep science as a tool for social & economic progress! #SUFSatCal #ScienceForAll #InclusiveSTEM
Learn more: www.standup4scienceberkeley.com
Learn more: www.standup4scienceberkeley.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Join us tomorrow (Friday) at UC Berkeley's #StandupForScience from 12-1pm in upper Sproul. Defend science from federal funding cuts & politicization, and keep science as a tool for social & economic progress! #SUFSatCal #ScienceForAll #InclusiveSTEM
Learn more: www.standup4scienceberkeley.com
Learn more: www.standup4scienceberkeley.com
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Will you be standing up for science tomorrow?
If there isn’t an official rally near you, join the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th.
Learn more here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
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If there isn’t an official rally near you, join the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th.
Learn more here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Will you be standing up for science tomorrow?
If there isn’t an official rally near you, join the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th.
Learn more here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
If there isn’t an official rally near you, join the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th.
Learn more here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
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From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
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From the labrats community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the labrats community
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February 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
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This is such incredible work! I’ve been obsessed with this project and its implications ever since @bethanykolody.bsky.social shared her dream of it when we first met at @scrippsocean.bsky.social. What a journey, with amazing discoveries and definitely more to uncover!! Congrats Bethany & team! 🎉
I’m very excited to finally share the results of a passion project that has been on my mind for nearly a decade. You can find the pre-print below, but what follows is the saga of how this project came to be:
January 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is such incredible work! I’ve been obsessed with this project and its implications ever since @bethanykolody.bsky.social shared her dream of it when we first met at @scrippsocean.bsky.social. What a journey, with amazing discoveries and definitely more to uncover!! Congrats Bethany & team! 🎉
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Overturning circulation structures the microbial functional landscape of the South Pacific www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
January 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Overturning circulation structures the microbial functional landscape of the South Pacific www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊