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Sophia Swartz

@sophswartz.bsky.social
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molecular and cellular bio PhD candidate in the Cress and Doudna labs @UC Berkeley

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Sternberg Lab @sternberglab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
1/8 🚨 New preprint from the @sternberglab.bsky.social & @martinjinek.bsky.social labs! CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) insert large DNA cargoes at precise genomic locations — no double-strand breaks needed.
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bioRxiv Biochemistry @biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
TIR-like NADases act in bacterial immunity and the RNA vault www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We present VIPR, a phage-encoded RNA-guided system that recognizes DNA with a noncontiguous code unlike CRISPR. Tiny, programmable, possibly ancestral to CRISPR immunity; VIPR is built around a striking RNA-DNA-DNA triplex.
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Erin Doherty @erinedoherty.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Excited to share our new preprint co-led by @jnoms.bsky.social! Here we reveal an exceptional diversity of viral 2H phosphodiesterases (PDEs) that enable immune evasion by selectively degrading oligonucleotide-based messengers. This 2H PDE fold has evolved striking substrate breath & specificity.
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Divergent viral phosphodiesterases for immune signaling evasion
Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) and other short oligonucleotides play fundamental roles in immune system activation in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. In response, viruses use phosphodiesterase...
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Recurrent acquisition of nuclease-protease pairs in antiviral immunity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Owen Tuck @owentuck.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Excited to finally share this work! We noticed a pair of genes - a nuclease and a protease - shuffles between antiviral systems. We show how proteolysis activates the nuclease, triggering defense in known and unknown immune contexts. tinyurl.com/2uwwy4ty
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Recurrent acquisition of nuclease-protease pairs in antiviral immunity
Antiviral immune systems diversify by integrating new genes into existing pathways, creating new mechanisms of viral resistance. We identified genes encoding a predicted nuclease paired with a trypsin...
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