Libraries were prepared as previously described (Mesin et al., 2020 (link)). Briefly, nucleic acids were extracted from sorted single B cells and reverse transcribed into cDNA using RT maxima reverse transcription (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and oligo(dT) primer. Ig heavy chains were amplified by PCR using a consensus forward primer for all V regions and reverse primers specific for each isotype. In the next round of PCR, 5-nucleotide barcodes were introduced using forward and reverse primers to identify the plate number/row position and column position, respectively. In the last round of PCR, Illumina paired-end sequencing adapters were incorporated. PCR products were then pooled, cleaned up using SPRI beads, and sequenced using a 500-cycle Reagent Nano kit v2 on the Illumina Miseq platform according to the manufacturer’s instructions.