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2015: The Year of Long Reads?

We couldn’t help noticing that “long reads” kept popping up in presentations and posters at AGBT, and we certainly weren’t alone. Aside from longtime long-read provider Pacific Biosciences and synthetic long-read service Moleculo, acquired by Illumina in 2012, new companies … more »

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At AGBT, Stellar Science and Rapid Progress for Genomics Community

The Sage team has attended AGBT for years, and the 2015 meeting reminded us just how lucky we are to be part of this amazing community. For those of us who remember the first Marco conference in 2000, it is … more »

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AGBT 2015: You Bring Last Year’s Backpack, We’ll Bring the Popcorn and PippinHT

Next week is the biggest party of the year for the genomics community: the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting. The Sage Science team can’t wait to emerge from our Boston igloos to soak up some much-needed warmth in … more »

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FAQs: SageELF automated 1D protein fractionation

Q: Does the SageELF use PAGE? A: No, cassettes are pre-cast with agarose and 0.1% SDS. Q: What is the maximum sample amount that can be fractionated? A: 350ug. Samples are prepared in a 22 ul volume to which TCEP … more »

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Still Buzzing about the Coffee Talk at PAG

One of our favorite sessions at last week’s PAG meeting focused on a major sequencing effort to understand the coffee genome. The presentation, from scientists at Cenicafé (Colombia’s National Coffee Research Center) highlighted a new project designed to characterize elements … more »

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Large DNA in the Spotlight at PAG 2015

This year’s PAG meeting featured the usual treats of interesting organisms being sequenced (koala!), reports from great plant and animal projects, and cool new technology approaches. While we found all of it fascinating, the theme of the meeting for us … more »

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Gearing Up for PAG 2015

San Diego, here we come! We’re getting ready for the annual International Plant and Animal Genome conference, a stellar event that highlights some of the latest and greatest work happening in the agbio realm. PAG is the one conference we … more »

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2014 in the Rearview Mirror

The holiday season always triggers some nostalgia, and here at Sage Science headquarters we’re thinking about what a big year 2014 has been for us. We hit some big milestones, including our 1,000th Pippin customer, moving to larger office space … more »

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New PacBio Isoform Sequencing Protocol Recommends SageELF

If you’re performing isoform sequencing on the PacBio platform, check out this protocol. PacBio recommends size fractionation of cDNAs into four pooled fractions using our SageELF. There’s also an optional step in the protocol for larger libraries to use SageELF … more »

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Novel Approach to Quieting MYC Shows Potential for Cancer Treatment

It’s hard to have an understated response to seeing our products used in the field when the papers coming out of the work are as extraordinary as this new study from Rick Young at the Whitehead Institute and his collaborators … more »

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