Tag Archives: Pippin System

Transcriptome Analysis of Thapsia laciniata Rouy Provides Insights into Terpenoid Biosynthesis and Diversity in Apiaceae

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Alex

April 2013 Authors: Damian Paul Drew, Bjørn Dueholm, Corinna Weitzel, Ye Zhang, Christoph W. Sensen, and Henrik Toft Simonsen Info: The Pippin Prep was used to size-select Illumina RNA-seq libraries. Citation: Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 9080-9098 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14059080

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Sage Science Introduces New Tools to Streamline and Enhance Library Prep Workflow

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Alex

BEVERLY, Mass. — January 14, 2013 — Sage Science, a developer of life science products for improving sample preparation processes in molecular biology applications, today announced the launch of Pippin Link and Pippin Pulse, two new products designed to streamline … more »

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And Now, a Word from Our Customer Service Department

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Alex

Here at Sage Science, we are delighted to see more and more people signing up as customers of the Pippin platform. With so many instruments out in the wild, we thought it would be a good time to sit down … more »

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SATB1-mediated functional packaging of chromatin into loops

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Alex

November 2012 Authors: Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, Yoshinori Kohwi, Keiko Takahashi, Hunter W. Richards, Stephen D. Ayers, Hye-Jung Han, Shutao Cai Info: Among other things, this paper outlines methods for mapping all DNA binding sites for a global chromatin organizing protein, SATB1. … more »

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For Low-Input DNA Work, Scientists Recommend Pippin for Best Size Selection

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Alex

Scientists at the University of Arizona, led by senior author and newly named Moore Foundation Investigator Matthew Sullivan, have published details of how to optimize sample prep methods for next-gen sequencing projects in which input DNA is negligible. As part … more »

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Next-Generation Sequencing for Rodent Barcoding: Species Identification from Fresh, Degraded and Environmental Samples

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Alex

November 2012 Authors: Maxime Galan, Marie Pages, Jean-Francois Cosson Info: Genotyping rodent strains using targeted NGS of informative regions of cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase 1 genes. PCR fragments ~250 bp in length were generated (with barcoded primers) from … more »

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Evaluation and optimisation of preparative semi-automated electrophoresis systems for Illumina library preparation

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Alex

November 2012 Authors: Michael A. Quail, Yong Gu, Harold Swerdlow, Matthew Mayho Info: An evaluation of semi-automated size selection systems for use in size-selection for NGS libraries at the Sanger Centre. A comparison to manual gel purification and magnetic beads. … more »

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Draft Genome Sequence of Flavobacterium sp. Strain F52, Isolated from the Rhizosphere of Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv. Maccabi)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Alex

October 2012 Authors: Max Kolton, Stefan J. Green, Yael Meller Harel, Noa Sela, Yigal Elad, and Eddie Cytryna Info: A brief report of whole genome sequence of a novel Flavobacterium. The bacterial library was created with the EpiCentre Nextera kit. … more »

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Towards quantitative metagenomics of wild viruses and other ultra-low concentration DNA samples: a rigorous assessment and optimization of the linker amplification method

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Alex

September 2012 Authors: Melissa B. Duhaime, Li Deng, Bonnie T. Poulos, and Matthew B. Sullivan Info: A study of most reproducible and sample-efficient methods for sequencing meta-genomic samples with very low abundance samples (20 L ocean water ->1 pg to … more »

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Alex

We frequently get asked about the name “Pippin”, and why we’ve chosen it for our products. We thought it would be fun to see if the moniker has been also adapted in other fields of use — this is what … more »

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