Category Archives: Blog

SFAF 2014: Do You Know the Way to Santa Fe?

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Alex

It seems we just can’t get enough of genomics conferences! This week, Sage Science is proud to be a sponsor of the Sequencing, Finishing, and Analysis in the Future conference hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory (May 28-30). We’ll be … more »

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Microbes in the Spotlight: ASM 2014

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Alex

Earlier this week, thousands of microbiologists descended on Boston for the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. The Sage Science team was thrilled to be part of the festivities. Many thanks to all of the scientists who visited … more »

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Pippin Enriches for MicroRNAs in Zebrafish Transcriptome Study

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Alex

Scientists from the Mayo Clinic, Institute for Systems Biology, and University of Illinois recently published a study investigating the effects of vitamin D on microRNA regulation of gene expression in zebrafish. The team used our Pippin Prep together with the … more »

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Genome Editing Shows Potential for Shrinking Repeat Expansions

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Alex

Several diseases, many of them involving neurological symptoms, have been linked to expansions of trinucleotide repeat sequences. These repeat expansion disorders include Fragile X syndrome, Huntington’s disease, and various forms of epilepsy and ataxia. In Fragile X, for example, a … more »

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Happy DNA Day!

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Alex

Here at Sage Science headquarters, we’ll be spending April 25th celebrating DNA Day. If you’re not familiar, the day honors double milestones of the original publication of the structure of DNA in 1953 as well as the ceremonial completion of … more »

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In the Journals: Pippin Publications

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Alex

We’re pleased to see that the steady stream of publications citing the use of Pippin Prep and BluePippin as our automated DNA size selection tools help more and more users get more accurate and reproducible results. The instruments have been … more »

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The Champion of Ancient Genomics: Sample Prep

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Alex

A recent article in Nature News delves into the trends behind the rise of ancient genomics and finds that improvements in sample preparation have been essential to scientists’ success in this area. As a team that focuses every day on … more »

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ABRFers Bid Farewell to Albuquerque

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Alex

From the opening session to the time our team broke down the Sage Science booth to go home, the ABRF conference was a terrific event. We really enjoyed the big data keynote from Phil Bourne and moderated session that followed. … more »

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Cross-Platform Sequencing Studies in the Spotlight at ABRF

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Alex

It’s day two of the ABRF meeting, and a session comparing next-gen sequencing platforms had attendees riveted. The room was packed for “ABRF Next Generation Sequencing Study,” which featured speakers including George Grills, Don Baldwin, Scott Tighe, Christopher Mason, and … more »

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Live from Albuquerque, It’s Protein Day at ABRF!

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Alex

The annual ABRF meeting kicked off today, and some of the earliest talks focused on proteomics. The Sage team was glad about that, as our newest product, the SageELF, works with proteins as well as DNA. The conference’s opening keynote … more »

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