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August 11, 2010
Sage Science Announces Us Launch Of The Pippin PrepTMAutomated DNA Size Selection System
BEVERLY, MA Aug 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Sage Science, Inc. announced today the release of the Pippin Prep DNA size selection system to the United States market. This device automates the collection of DNA fragments for next generation sequencing library preparations, and replaces manual gel purification techniques that typically require hours of effort. The Pippin Prep uses a proprietary electrophoretic approach that extracts narrow size distributions from sheared genomic DNA, provides high product recovery, and requires only 1-2 minutes of labor per sample.
Sage Science’s CEO, Gary Paul Magnant, recently commented on their instrument launch. “We are pleased to be selling and shipping instruments. Results from our early access program have been very favorable, and several major genome centers are testing the Pippin Prep in their sample pipelines. We believe that the cost savings and high sample quality enabled by the Pippin Prep could make this new class of instrument a must-have tool.”
May 24, 2010
Chris Boles, Chief Scientific Officer at Sage Science will be speaking about the Pippin Prep at the Consumer Genetic Conference at the Hynes Covention Center in Boston, MA on June 2, 2010.
March 4, 2010
Sage is pleased to announce the addition of Paul McEwan to the Sage Science Board of Directors. Paul currently serves as the Chief Scientific Officer for Kapa Biosystems and was the co-founder of Agencourt BioScience and Agencourt Personal Genomics.
March 3, 2010
Sage Science raises $2M in additional financing to bolster the commercialization of the Pippin Prep system and product line.
February 27, 2010
Sage is invited to present poster at Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Conference (AGBT) 2010. As a follow-up to Chris Boles' 2009 AGBT talk that demonstrated the principle of the Pippin Prep device, Sage was invited to present data from its system prototype and beta testing efforts.