Tag Archives: Pippin Prep

Towards allele-level human leucocyte antigens genotyping – assessing two next-generation sequencing platforms: Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine and Illumina MiSeq

June 2015 Authors: J. L. Duke, C. Lind, K. Mackiewicz, D. Ferriola, A. Papazoglou, O. Derbeneva, D. Wallace, and D. S. Monos Info: This publication in the International Journal of Immunogenetics from scientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia presents … more »

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At Einstein Med School, ‘Extremely Reproducible’ Pippin Platforms Save Time and Money

In the genetics department at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Research Assistant Professor Alex Maslov is working to understand structural variants associated with aging and cancer. Using human and mouse cells, he deploys whole genome sequencing to make these links. … more »

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Double-digest RAD sequencing using Ion Proton semiconductor platform (ddRADseq-ion) with nonmodel organisms

April 2015 Authors: Hans Recknagel, Arne Jacobs, Pawel Herzyk, Kathryn R Elmer Info: In this Molecular Ecology Resources paper, researchers from the University of Glasgow describe a protocol and adapters they developed for double-digest RAD sequencing on the Ion Torrent … more »

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Improved transposon-based library preparation for the Ion Torrent platform

April 2015 Authors: Tatyana Gorbacheva, Wilber Quispe-Tintaya, Vasily N. Popov, Jan Vijg, and Alexander Y. Maslov Info: In this Biotechniques paper, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York describe MuPlus, a new transposon-based method for barcoded … more »

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Video Protocol: NGS-based Methylation Mapping with Pippin Prep

We always love a great protocol video, and this one from scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College, published through the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is a keeper. Check it out here: “Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing for Assessment of DNA … more »

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PippinHT in the Wild: High-Throughput ChIP-Seq at Whitehead Core Lab

At the Whitehead Institute’s Genome Technology Core, scientists handle a lot of ChIP-seq and RNA-seq projects. To boost capacity in library prep, they recently upgraded from a small fleet of Pippin Prep instruments to the new PippinHT for high-throughput, automated … more »

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Discovery of Novel Rhabdoviruses in the Blood of Healthy Individuals from West Africa

March 2015 Authors: Matthew H Stremlau, Kristian G Andersen, Onikepe A Folarin, Jessica N Grove, Ikponmwonsa Odia, Philomena E Ehiane, Omowunmi Omoniwa, Omigie Omoregie, Pan-Pan Jiang, Nathan L Yozwiak, Christian B Matranga, Xiao Yang, Stephen K Gire, Sarah Winnicki, Ridhi … more »

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Improving microbial fitness in the mammalian gut by in vivo temporal functional metagenomics

March 2015 Authors: Stephanie J Yaung, Luxue Deng, Ning Li, Jonathan L Braff, George M Church, Lynn Bry, Harris H Wang, Georg K Gerber Info: In this Molecular Systems Biology paper, researchers from Harvard and Columbia discuss the use of … more »

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New Structural Variant Analysis Method Uses Targeted Capture and Sequencing of Large-Insert DNA

In a new BMC Genomics paper, scientists from Baylor College of Medicine describe a new method for accurate, affordable interrogation of structural variants across the human genome. We’re delighted to see that automated DNA size selection tools from Sage Science … more »

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Enhanced Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing for Assessment of DNA Methylation at Base Pair Resolution

February 2015 Authors: Francine E. Garrett-Bakelman, Caroline K. Sheridan, Thadeous J. Kacmarczyk, Jennifer Ishii, Doron Betel, Alicia Alonso, Christopher E. Mason, Maria E. Figueroa, and Ari M. Melnick Info: In this publication in the Journal of Visualized Experiments, scientists at … more »

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