Monthly Archives: June 2014

ASMS in Review: Proteomics and Posters Galore

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Alex

The Sage Science team headed back to our home base of Beverly, Mass., after four terrific days at the ASMS conference in Baltimore. The scientific content of the show was so good that we didn’t even mind enduring the heat … more »

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At PacBio’s UGM, Top-Tier Science and Praise for BluePippin

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Alex

It was a pleasure to co-sponsor the Pacific Biosciences user group meeting in Baltimore this week. Based on our participation at the same event last year, we had high expectations for it — but even these were surpassed by the … more »

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ASMS Kicks Off, Honoring Mass Spec Luminary and Showcasing Cutting-Edge Proteomics

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Alex

ASMS is underway here in Baltimore, Md., and the meeting has been so engaging that we haven’t even sneaked out to try some local crab cakes. The proteomics conference officially kicked off last night with a talk from Jason Kalirai … more »

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Coming to ASMS? Check out SageELF for Proteins

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Alex

If you’re a proteomics scientist, chances are you may not have heard of Sage Science. We’re a small company aimed at improving sample preparation steps in the life sciences, and in the first several years we focused on DNA size … more »

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Proteomics & Long-Read Sequencing, Together in Baltimore

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Alex

Next week we’ll be heading south to Baltimore, home of the Orioles and Ravens, for two special events: the annual conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry and the Pacific Biosciences user group meeting. The 62nd annual ASMS, to … more »

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SageELF for Spectral Libraries: An E. coli Example

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Alex

Timing and proximity can work wonders when it comes to scientific collaborations. As we were first developing the SageELF, a unique protein sample fractionation device, we discovered by chance that it fit perfectly into an initiative spearheaded by Jeff Silva … more »

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Single-Step Selection of Bivalent Aptamers Validated by Comparison with SELEX Using High-Throughput Sequencing

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Alex

June 2014 Authors: Robert Wilson, Christian Bourne, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Richard Gregory, John Kenny, Andrew Cossins Info: This study, conducted by researchers at the University of Liverpool, aimed at accelerating the identification of nucleic acid aptamers by finding ways to … more »

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Improved Multiple Displacement Amplification (iMDA) and Ultraclean Reagents

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Alex

June 2014 Authors: S Timothy Motley, John M Picuri, Chris D Crowder, Jeremiah J Minich, Steven A Hofstadler and Mark W Eshoo Info: In this methods paper, researchers from Ibis Biosciences report a superior whole-genome amplification protocol that can be … more »

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Methylation-capture and Next-Generation Sequencing of free circulating DNA from human plasma

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Alex

June 2014 Authors: Kristina Warton, Vita Lin, Tina Navin, Nicola J Armstrong, Warren Kaplan, Kevin Ying, Brian Gloss, Helena Mangs, Shalima S Nair, Neville F Hacker, Robert L Sutherland, Susan J Clark and Goli Samimi1 Info: This study from the … more »

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Growing Up, Moving Out

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Alex

Exciting times here at Sage Science — we’re moving! We’ve outgrown our current space and will be heading to offices that provide about 50 percent more room for our sizable team. We won’t even have to learn new commutes, as … more »

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