Assistant Professor, Stanford University Dept. of Chemistry and Sarafan ChEM-H | Chemical biology, synthetic biology | Small molecules, large molecules, biological mechanismshttps://bsky.app/profile/stevenbanik.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevenbanik.bsky.social/post/3mdxv5b7zmc24Excited to share our latest preprint on work led by postdoc Robert Lusi (@rflusi.bsky.social)! Introducing ALTER (AGO-Led Targeted Editing of RNA) for non-downregulatory RNA manipulation by repurposing hAGO2, non-immunogenic and capitalizing on evolution. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.01.703109v103 Feb 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:ulhd7ccheqkwebsbksswsys7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxv5b7zmc24https://bsky.app/profile/stevenbanik.bsky.social/post/3m25keuatu52qReally cool approach to an impactful problem from @greenahn.bsky.social @uwproteindesign.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:ulhd7ccheqkwebsbksswsys7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25keuatu52qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevenbanik.bsky.social/post/3lqdpbktjrc2wIncredibly proud of @christineisadora.bsky.social for defending her PhD work today! The first PhD from the Banik lab, and an amazing story on targeted protein relocalization and TRAMs! Her PhD work spans small molecules, neurobiology, cell engineering, and computational method development.29 May 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:ulhd7ccheqkwebsbksswsys7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdpbktjrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/stevenbanik.bsky.social/post/3lfn7slprrc2tAmazing to see the LYTAC technology get to this point, catalytic extracellular degraders could open many new therapeutic opportunities or perhaps even become standard of care compared to antagonistic antibodies alone. Congrats to Lycia Tx! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:ulhd7ccheqkwebsbksswsys7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn7slprrc2t