Monthly Archives: January 2013

Pippin Platform Recommended for Nextera Mate Pair Size Selection

Illumina released new sample prep protocol guidelines for generating mate pair libraries with its Nextera kit, and we’re pleased to report that the Pippin platform is the recommended choice for automated size selection. You can check out the Nextera Mate … more »

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

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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A genome-wide survey of genetic variation in gorillas using reduced representation sequencing

January 2013 Authors: Aylwyn Scally, Bryndis Yngvadottir, Yali Xue, Qasim Ayub, Richard Durbin, Chris Tyler-Smith Info: The study used reduced representation libraries to study diversity among the two currently recognized species of gorilla. The libraries were generated by AluI digestion … more »

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Poster: Exome Sequencing with Ion Torrent and Pippin Prep

In a poster from Ion Torrent (Life Technologies) for 2012’s ASHG, scientists looked at exome sequencing by studying a familial trio on both the PGM™ and the Proton™ instruments. Size selection for both sequencers was performed on the Pippin Prep … more »

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Tag Team: At DFCI, Pippin and Nextera Make Better Libraries

Over at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, scientists have been doing some really interesting work pairing the Pippin Prep with Illumina’s Nextera kit for library preparation. Zach Herbert, associate director of the Molecular Biology Core Facilites at DFCI, says that he … more »

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DNA for Species Identification: A Study of Rodents

Carl Linnaeus would be proud: A recent paper in PLoS One demonstrates the use of next-gen sequencing with genetic barcodes to accurately identify more than 100 different species from the Rodentia order. In the study, amplicons were run on the … more »

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Use of microarray hybrid capture and next-generation sequencing to identify the anatomy of a transgene

January 2013 Authors: Amanda J. DuBose, Stephen T. Lichtenstein, Narisu Narisu, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Amy J. Swift, Peter S. Chines and Francis S. Collins Info: The authors designed a general method to study the arrangement of foreign DNA and host … more »

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Discrete genetic modules are responsible for complex burrow evolution in Peromyscus mice

January 2013 Authors: Jesse N. Weber, Brant K. Peterson & Hopi E. Hoekstra Info: The work seeks to identify genetic influences on a complex behavior in mice, burrow formation. The authors used a modified RADseq procedure to genotype two species … more »

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A Hybrid Genetic Linkage Map of Two Ecologically and Morphologically Divergent Midas Cichlid Fishes(Amphilophus spp.) Obtained by Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing (ddRADSeq)

January 2013 Authors: Hans Recknagel, Kathryn R. Elmer, and Axel Meyer Info: RADseq was used to develop linkage maps for two highly divergent Cichlid fish. Pippin Prep was used to size select the libraries. Citation: G3 (Bethesda) 3(1):65-74 January 2013 … more »

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