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New BluePippin 2.5% Agarose Cassettes Provide High Size Selection Accuracy Between 100-600bp

For Illumina and short-read sequencing applications, BluePippin users typically use either high-resolution 3% agarose gel cassettes and/or slightly lower resolution 2% agarose gel cassettes. The 3% cassettes are great for “threading the needle” when separating microRNA libraries from nearby unincorporated … more »

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New PippinHT Cassette: >10kB High-Pass with Internal Standards

Improved Workflow for HiFi Sequencing The PippinHT was designed to run two SBS-compatible gel cassettes, each with a 12-sample capacity, and with onboard sample tracking capability. In this way, DNA size selection could more closely match sample prep workflows undertaken … more »

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Improved circulating tumor DNA profiling by simultaneous extraction of DNA methylation and copy number information on from Methylated DNA Sequencing data (MeD-seq)

May 2025 Authors: Daan M Hazelaar, Ruben G Boers, Joachim B Boers, Vanja de Weerd, Jean Helmijr, Maurice PHM Jansen, Henk MW Verheul, Cornelis Verhoef, Joost Gribnau, John WM Martens, Stavros Makrodimtris, Saskia M Wilting Abstract: Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis … more »

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Decoding Wild Rice Genomes: A New Era for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Asian rice, domesticated around 10,000 years ago, is a dietary staple for more than one third of the global population. Yet, intensive breeding for improved yield has reduced its genetic diversity – making modern varieties increasingly vulnerable to stressors like … more »

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Chasing non-existent “microRNAs” in cancer

April 2025 Authors: Ayla Orang, Nicholas I. Warnock, Melodie Migault, B. Kate Dredge, Andrew G. Bert, Julie M. Bracken, Philip A. Gregory, Katherine A. Pillman, Gregory J. Goodall & Cameron P. Bracken Abstract: “MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of gene … more »

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Telomere-to-telomere reference genome reveals subgenome divergence and large structural variants in Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)

March 2025 Authors: Xin Liu, Lu Liu, Hai-Fei Yan, Xue-Jun Ge, Hui-Run Huang Abstract: “Capsella is a model genus for studying polyploid speciation and mating system transitions. Here, we report a subgenome-resolved telomere-to-telomere reference genome of Capsella bursa-pastoris, the only … more »

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Integrated analysis of miRNAs and mRNAs in thousands of single cells

January 2025 Authors: Jia Li, Jing Tian & Tao Cai Abstract: “The simultaneous sequencing of multiple types of biomolecules can facilitate understanding various forms of regulation occurring in cells. Cosequencing of miRNA and mRNA at single-cell resolution is challenging, and … more »

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Cost-effective and Flexible Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) Using Adaptive Sampling-based Targeted Nanopore Sequencing (ASTN-seq)

January 2025 Authors: Zhiqiang Zhang, Shujing He, Taoli Ding, Xiaoyan Liang, Cong Fang, Haitao Zeng, Linan Xu, Xiaolan Li, Lei Jia, Shihui Zhang, Wenlong Su, Peng Sun, Ji Yang, Jun Ren, Sijia Lu, Zi Ren Abstract: “Genetic diseases encompass a … more »

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CFTR haplotype phasing using long-read genome sequencing from ultra-low input DNA

January 2025 Authors: Neeru Gandotra, Antariksh Tyagi, Irina Tikhonova, Caroline Storer, Curt Scharfe Abstract: “Purpose: Newborn screening (NBS) identifies rare diseases that result from the recessive inheritance of pathogenic variants in both copies of a gene. Long-read genome sequencing (LRS) … more »

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Integrated analysis of miRNAs and mRNAs in thousands of single cells

January 2025 Authors: Jia Li, Jing Tian, Tao Cai Abstract: “The simultaneous sequencing of multiple types of biomolecules can facilitate understanding various forms of regulation occurring in cells. Cosequencing of miRNA and mRNA at single-cell resolution is challenging, and to … more »

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