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All Aboard for AGBT!

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Alex

We can’t wait for the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology conference next week, but we have to keep reminding ourselves not to go on autopilot this year. For the first time since the conference began in 2000, AGBT … more »

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ChIA-PET Study Demonstrates Effect of Genome Folding on Gene Expression

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Alex

For a recent publication in Cell, scientists used the SageELF whole-sample fractionation platform to perform size selection prior to cDNA sequencing on the PacBio system. The Iso-Seq method allows PacBio users to generate full-length transcripts, and SageELF makes it easier … more »

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This PAG Was One for the Birds (and Other Organisms, Too)

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Alex

The 24th annual PAG meeting ended earlier this week, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves — as did just about every other attendee we encountered. The avian genomics community one-upped everyone else by going on bird-watching excursions and tweeting photos of … more »

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On Our Way to the 24th Annual PAG Conference

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Alex

We’re heading to San Diego this weekend, braving historic rain and mudslides for our favorite agbio conference: the International Plant & Animal Genome meeting, held January 9-13. Each year, thousands of scientists descend on the Town and Country hotel to … more »

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2015: A Look Back

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Alex

People are starting to talk about their plans for New Year’s Eve, confirming a suspicion we’ve had for a while now: 2015 really is winding down! We can’t believe that 2016 is nearly upon us. As we try to remember … more »

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Sage Survey Results: Who Won the Apple Watch?

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Alex

A few weeks ago we asked people to participate in a quick survey to help us make sure that our product development efforts are focused on areas of greatest need to the community. We were blown away by the response … more »

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Long Reads in All Their Glory: PacBio, ONT User Meetings Report Coming Advances

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Alex

A pair of user group meetings last week offered some intriguing glimpses into the future of long-read sequencing. Oxford Nanopore customers got together in New York, while PacBio users assembled in Palo Alto, Calif. The Sage Science team attended and … more »

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Mate-Pair Sequencing Is Having a Moment

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Alex

Have you been noticing the mate-pair trend? We certainly have. A technique that was once only used by a handful of labs has really come into its own as one of the preferred ways of gathering longer-range genomic data. Here … more »

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Fired Up for This Week’s Festival of Genomics

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Alex

This week we’re heading to the Festival of Genomics in San Mateo, Calif. We had a blast at the first festival in Boston, so we’re excited about this next edition (and we packed our running shoes, just in case). The … more »

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Evidence for the Dizzying Pace of Progress in Genomics

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Alex

The genomics field is a funny place: at times it feels like we’re not making progress quickly enough, and at other times things seem to be moving so fast we’re just holding on for dear life. We were reminded of … more »

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