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From the Land of Sun to the Land that Sun Forgot

It was with great reluctance that the Sage Science team boarded planes taking us back to snowy Boston after a sunny and productive AGBT meeting in Florida. One of the key messages of this year’s Marco Island conference was that … more »

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At AGBT, a Big Day for Blue!

Our BluePippin instrument got a little celebrity treatment at AGBT today. Several PacBio users who spoke during the plenary and evening sessions noted that BluePippin is an essential part of their SMRT Sequencing pipeline. We were especially flattered to get … more »

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As Sequencing Techs Mature, Scientists Look to Sample Prep for Improvements

We come to AGBT year after year because it is the place for new advances in DNA sequencing. But this year we’re hearing more and more about a cause that has special importance to us: sample prep. In the first … more »

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If We Close Our Eyes, We Can Almost Hear the Sound of Surf

This winter has been especially brutal at Sage headquarters in Massachusetts — it is possible that we have never anticipated the Marco Island conference with quite this level of enthusiasm! Next week we and hundreds of other scientists will flock … more »

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Pippin and PacBio: Better Together

Update: Just announced– Sage Science and Pacific Biosciences have partnered to offer users longer reads than ever. Click here to read the press release. The new SMRTbellTM 20kb sample prep protocol using the BluePippin is posted on the PacBio® SampleNet … more »

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