Category Archives: Blog

New Mendelspod Series Kicks Off with Arizona’s Rod Wing

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Alex

We’re proud to be sponsoring a new series of podcasts from the great folks at Mendelspod, who have been producing informative interviews with interesting scientists for several years now. We don’t have anything to do with the podcasts themselves, but … more »

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Gearing Up for ASMS 2015

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Alex

We can’t wait for ASMS, the annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. This year, the mega event will be held in St. Louis from May 31st to June 4th and our team will be on the scene … more »

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Come for the Beignets, Stay for the Science

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Alex

We’re already looking forward to the 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. It’ll be held in New Orleans this year from May 30th to June 2nd, giving us a great excuse to stop by Café du Monde … more »

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At Einstein Med School, ‘Extremely Reproducible’ Pippin Platforms Save Time and Money

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Alex

In the genetics department at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Research Assistant Professor Alex Maslov is working to understand structural variants associated with aging and cancer. Using human and mouse cells, he deploys whole genome sequencing to make these links. … more »

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DNA Day Makes Us Feel Like Rock Stars

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Alex

This year’s DNA Day arrives at a heady time for advances with the world’s most important molecule: scientists have edited DNA in a human zygote for the first time, we’re closer to a fully finished human reference genome than ever … more »

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Video Protocol: NGS-based Methylation Mapping with Pippin Prep

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Alex

We always love a great protocol video, and this one from scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College, published through the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is a keeper. Check it out here: “Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing for Assessment of DNA … more »

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PippinHT in the Wild: High-Throughput ChIP-Seq at Whitehead Core Lab

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Alex

At the Whitehead Institute’s Genome Technology Core, scientists handle a lot of ChIP-seq and RNA-seq projects. To boost capacity in library prep, they recently upgraded from a small fleet of Pippin Prep instruments to the new PippinHT for high-throughput, automated … more »

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TGAC Bioinformaticians Benefit from SageELF

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Alex

Darren Heavens has witnessed a fascinating transition at The Genome Analysis Centre as the Norwich, UK-based institute shifted from data-generation mode to data-analysis mode. When the center launched more than five years ago, there was a fairly even split between … more »

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New Structural Variant Analysis Method Uses Targeted Capture and Sequencing of Large-Insert DNA

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Alex

In a new BMC Genomics paper, scientists from Baylor College of Medicine describe a new method for accurate, affordable interrogation of structural variants across the human genome. We’re delighted to see that automated DNA size selection tools from Sage Science … more »

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Reflecting on ABRF and Experimental Bio: Two Great Events!

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Alex

This week was a busy and educational one for the Sage Science team — we got to attend both the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities meeting in St. Louis and the Experimental Biology meeting here in Boston. We had booths … more »

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