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Ion World and ASHG: What a Week!

Between Ion World and ASHG, last week was a conference frenzy here in Boston. The Sage Science team had a great experience at both events — it was wonderful getting to talk to so many scientists in the sequencing field, … more »

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Welcome to Beantown, ASHG Attendees

The annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics will be taking place a hop, skip, and a jump from our office — and we can’t wait! It’s one of the biggest genetics meetings on the calendar, and this … more »

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Field Report: BluePippin Results from the Institute for Genome Sciences

We are delighted to see more users releasing data on their experiences with BluePippin size selection. A new blog post from the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland details how the BluePippin high-pass protocol has helped in … more »

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In Skin Microbiome Study, Scientists Find Host Genotype Influences Bacterial Populations

A paper that came out in the Journal of Innate Immunity this summer reports that a person’s genotype affects which microbes will colonize his or her skin, which in turn may alter that person’s defense mechanisms against pathogenic organisms. “Skin … more »

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All Conferenced Out: Great Experiences at NGx and BioConference Live

We’ve just come off a busy week of conferences! In addition to BioConference Live: Genetics and Genomics, our first virtual scientific meeting, we also attended NGx: Applying Next-Generation Sequencing in Providence, Rhode Island. NGx, one of the best-known next-gen sequencing … more »

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See You at BioConference Live: Genetics and Genomics

This week brings a new experience for us: Sage is participating in a virtual conference! For those of you not yet familiar with it, BioConference Live runs several meetings each year, all 100 percent online. Attendees can tune in for … more »

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In Sanger Study, BluePippin Contributes to Improved Construction Method for Mate-Pair Libraries

Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute recently published “An improved approach to mate-paired library preparation for Illumina sequencing,” a paper that came out in the open access journal Methods in Next Generation Sequencing. The publication, from lead author Naomi … more »

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BluePippin Bulletin: Size Selection of 40kb and 50kb DNA

Well, we’ve finally gone where no automated DNA size selection provider has gone before. Using compression-busting pulse-field programs and fancy gel formulations, we’ve tackled the large cut. Our latest cassette type, BHF7510, comes with four cassette definitions: 1. High Range … more »

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From the Trenches: PacBio User Shares Experience with BluePippin

As the BluePippin makes its way to more users of the Pacific Biosciences sequencing platform, there is great data emerging on how our high-pass size selection protocol really complements the sequencer. A particularly nice example of this comes from Lex … more »

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Back from Baltimore and the Stellar PacBio UGM

Earlier this week Pacific Biosciences hosted a user group meeting at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, and we were pleased to participate in and co-sponsor the event. As our blog readers know, we recently announced a co-marketing partnership with … more »

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