Tag Archives: BluePippin

Proteomics & Long-Read Sequencing, Together in Baltimore

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Alex

Next week we’ll be heading south to Baltimore, home of the Orioles and Ravens, for two special events: the annual conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry and the Pacific Biosciences user group meeting. The 62nd annual ASMS, to … more »

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Quality control of next-generation sequencing data without a reference

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Alex

May 2014 Authors: Urmi H Trivedi, Timothée Cézard, Stephen Bridgett, Anna Montazam, Jenna Nichols, Mark Blaxter, and Karim Gharbi Info: In this paper published in Frontiers in Genetics, scientists at the University of Edinburgh show that it is possible to … 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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Comparison of single-molecule sequencing and hybrid approaches for finishing the genome of Clostridium autoethanogenum and analysis of CRISPR systems in industrial relevant Clostridia

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Alex

March 2014 Authors: Steven D Brown, Shilpa Nagaraju, Sagar Utturkar, Sashini De Tissera, Simón Segovia, Wayne Mitchell, Miriam L Land, Asela Dassanayake, and Michael Köpke Info: Scientists generated a closed, high-quality genome sequence for a Clostridium autoethanogenum strain capable of … more »

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Comprehensive profiling of the vaginal microbiome in HIV positive women using massive parallel semiconductor sequencing

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Alex

March 2014 Authors: Adam Ameur, Tracy L. Meiring, Ignas Bunikis, Susana Ha¨ggqvist, Cecilia Lindau, Julia Hedlund Lindberg, Inger Gustavsson, Zizipho Z. A. Mbulawa, Anna-Lise Williamson and Ulf Gyllensten Info: Researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, along with the University of Cape … more »

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At AGBT, a Big Day for Blue!

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Alex

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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Fibroblast growth factor 2 induces mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into tenocytes through the MAPK pathway

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Alex

Authors: Tao-Yi Cai, Wei Zhu, Xiong-Sheng Chen, Sheng-Yuan Zhou, Lian-Shun Jia and Yan-Qing Sun Info: From the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, China, this qPCR gene expression study looks at the effect of fibroblast growth factor mesenchymal stems cells. … more »

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

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Alex

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

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Alex

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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Sage Science and Uniscience do Brasil Enter Into Brazilian Distribution Agreement

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Alex

BEVERLY, Mass. AND SAO PAULO — June 25, 2013 — Sage Science, a developer of products for improving sample preparation processes in life science applications, and Uniscience do Brasil, the leading distributor of equipment and reagents to the Brazilian biotechnology … more »

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