Tag Archives: Pippin Prep

RADcap: sequence capture of dual-digest RADseq libraries with identifiable duplicates and reduced missing data

August 2016 Authors: Hoffberg SL, Kieran TJ, Catchen JM, Devault A, Faircloth BC, Mauricio R, Glenn TC Info: In this methods paper, scientists combine double-digest RAD-seq with capture technology to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The protocol, which was validated … more »

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Circulating Extracellular RNA Markers of Liver Regeneration

July 2016 Authors: Irene K. Yan, Xue Wang, Yan W. Asmann, Hiroaki Haga, Tushar Patel Info: Mayo Clinic researchers performed partial hepatectomies in mice and then monitored RNA activity in serum samples to find a signature associated with liver regeneration. … more »

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Genome-wide identification of enhancer elements

June 2016 Authors: Sarah Tulin, Julius C. Barsi, Carlo Bocconcelli, and Joel Smith Info: The authors (from Woods Hole and Cal Tech) present a genome-wide regulatory element database for the sea urchin embryo. To do this, they developed a new … more »

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PI3K/AKT Signaling Regulates H3K4 Methylation in Breast Cancer

June 2016 Authors: Jennifer M. Spangle, Koen M. Dreijerink, Anna C. Groner, Hailing Cheng, Carolynn E. Ohlson, Jaime Reyes, Charles Y. Lin, James Bradner, Jean J. Zhao, Thomas M. Roberts, and Myles Brown Info: In this breast cancer research study, … more »

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PELE-seq Increases SNP Calling Accuracy by Reducing Sequencing Errors

Scientists at the University of Oregon have published a new method to detect PCR and sequencing errors that should help other researchers track rare SNPs with greater accuracy. PELE-seq, which gets our vote for best new protocol name, can be … more »

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Urban Mice: NYC Study Sheds Light on Population Diversity and Changes

They may make subway riders shudder, but New York City mice are the stars of a cool new paper outlining their evolutionary history during a rapid period of urbanization. Scientists from the City University of New York used ddRAD-seq to … more »

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Urbanization shapes the demographic history of a native rodent (the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City

April 2016 Authors: Stephen E. Harris, Alexander T. Xue, Diego Alvarado-Serrano, Joel T. Boehm, Tyler Joseph, Michael J. Hickerson, Jason Munshi-South Info: Researchers at the City University of New York studied populations of white-footed mice in New York City and … more »

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New hyRAD Method Expands Use of RAD-seq to Degraded Samples

Since RAD-seq was first developed, we’ve seen a number of new versions and approaches from an enthusiastic scientific community. The latest was recently published in PLoS One and demonstrates a RAD-based method suitable for analyzing degraded DNA, an essential step … more »

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Hybridization Capture Using RAD Probes (hyRAD), a New Tool for Performing Genomic Analyses on Collection Specimens

March 2016 Authors: Tomasz Suchan, Camille Pitteloud, Nadezhda S. Gerasimova, Anna Kostikova, Sarah Schmid, Nils Arrigo, Mila Pajkovic, Michał Ronikier, and Nadir Alvarez Info: Scientists present a new protocol based on the RAD-seq concept that works more effectively for samples … more »

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Identification of Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide as a BACE2 Substrate

February 2016 Authors: Ingrid C. Rulifson, Ping Cao, Li Miao, David Kopecky, Linda Huang, Ryan D. White, Kim Samayoa, Jonitha Gardner, Xiaosu Wu, Kui Chen, Trace Tsuruda, Oliver Homann, Helene Baribault, Harvey Yamane, Tim Carlson, Jed Wiltzius, Yang Li Info: … more »

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