Logo

Life Tech Offering Sage Science's DNA Size Selection System for Ion Torrent PGM

Oct 11, 2011

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) –Life Technologies will offer Sage Science's Pippin Prep DNA size selection system under a deal announced today by Sage Science.

The system is for use on the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine.

Pippin Prep is an automated gel electrophoresis system designed for preparing size-fractionated DNA samples, and, Sage Science said, an automated workflow with the system improves speed, yield, quality, and reproducibility of next-gen library construction.

Financial and other terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Filed under

PCR
Sequencing
Sample Prep
Business News
comarketing agreement
Next-Generation Sequencing
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sage Science
Breaking News
The Scan

Driving Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes Down

Researchers from the UK and Italy have tested a gene drive for mosquitoes to limit the spread of malaria, NPR reports.

Office Space to Lab Space

The New York Times writes that some empty office spaces are transforming into lab spaces.

Prion Pause to Investigate

Science reports that a moratorium on prion research has been imposed at French public research institutions.

Genome Research Papers on Gut Microbe Antibiotic Response, Single-Cell RNA-Seq Clues to Metabolism, More

In Genome Research this week: gut microbial response to antibiotic treatment, approach to gauge metabolic features from single-cell RNA sequencing, and more.