Welcome to Sigma BioBlogs.
Bio begins with every one of us, and with each biologist who is out there working today.
Our goal in blogging is to get Bioinformation out to biologists quickly and easily, whether it’s news about our products or the latest work of your fellow biologists.
To achieve this goal, we plan to blog on the following subjects: Scientist biographies - how their bio journey began and what they are doing today as a result. We’ll also be blogging on how to get the most from our products with expertise provided by our Technical Service team. Plus we’ll be keeping you up to date with the latest application information with tip and tricks from our experts and we’ll keep our spotlight firmly focused on the latest technology.
Of course, there may be other topics that you would like to see discussed and debated here, so if you have any suggestions or questions please feel free to get in touch with us via [email protected]
October, 22 2010 @ 3:54 pm by BioBlogs
How much is a CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease?
In a previous blog, Dr. Dana Carroll mentioned that he would like to see ZFN’s be made afforable to the larger scientific community. Here we answer the question: how much is a CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease from Sigma Life Science? To quote the leader of our ZFN team, “With our ZFN products, we have created [...]
October, 22 2010 @ 3:53 pm by BioBlogs
Dana Carroll on Sigma Life Science’s role in genome editing
Welcome to the second blog in our series about Dr. Dana Carroll at the University of Utah! Dr. Carroll helped develop the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology for targeted genome editing offered by Sigma Life Science as CompoZr® ZFN. In the following video, we asked Dr. Carroll to expand upon his thoughts about Sigma Life [...]
October, 16 2010 @ 7:35 am by BioBlogs
What is a Bio-shirt?
Sigma Life Science is passionate about Biology and we have the shirts to prove it. The best way to say something is on a t-shirt, right? We started with bioamazing, biogeek, and bioawesome. It was a fun way to get bioexcited. Now we want to know what word you associate with your love of Biology. [...]
October, 8 2010 @ 5:38 pm by BioBlogs
Biolegend: The first metabolic pathway maps
Donald Nicholson’s bio is the starting place for many of us… The first time I saw the metabolic pathway maps, I was enchanted. They contained a road map for the secret inner workings of cells and biological systems. The origin of a metabolic pathway map is quite fascinating, and a lot of work! I was [...]
October, 1 2010 @ 4:09 pm by BioBlogs
Summer may be behind us but Science Outreach is Heating Up!
I can’t decide which excites me more about the Fall season, crunchy leaves and sweaters, pumpkins and hay rides or Science outreach! There are a couple of great opportunities within the Saint Louis area for the public to learn more about Science and for those of us within the scientific community to gain a different [...]
September, 24 2010 @ 4:18 pm by BioBlogs
Who inspires Dr. Dana Carroll?
Dr. Dana Carroll is a household name, as he is one of the first scientists to use Zinc Finger Nucleases in genome editing. This is the first in a series of blog articles profiling Dr. Carroll and his lab members. Each entry will contain a bit of information about Dr. Carroll, his views on science, [...]
September, 17 2010 @ 3:34 pm by BioBlogs
Do you know who your molecules are interacting with?
Do you know who your molecules are interacting with? If you visit the Interaction Network tab in YFG, you will not only get to see every molecule it’s interacting with, but what they’re doing together. Here is an example… I’ve pulled up the Interaction Network for HIF1A, filtered it by interactors that have an antagonist [...]
September, 10 2010 @ 4:00 pm by BioBlogs
Epigenetics Excitement
“Epigenetics is one of the more exciting things going on in biology right now.” Such is the opinion of our epigenetics market segment manager, Shannon Dempsey who commented for the recently published editorial article on Biocompare. There has definitely been an increase in epigenetics research within the past few years. Is it worthy of the [...]
September, 3 2010 @ 4:18 pm by BioBlogs
Maybe today I’ll have the answer…
AMPK AMPK AMPK!!!! That’s all that Larry Shapiro’s lab at Columbia University in NYC can talk about in “Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist“. The excellent documentary was produced and directed by Richard A Rifkind Emeritus Chairman of Memorial Sloan-Kettering. “Maybe today I’ll have the answer…” says Robert Townley, rebel grad student. Townley points [...]
August, 27 2010 @ 6:21 pm by BioBlogs
Biomarkers ROCK
5 years. Plasma from 7,000 participants. 180 potential biomarkers. Will it be enough to gain a greater understanding of the genetics and biological pathways of heart disease? We hope so. Sigma® Life Science recently announced plans to work with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and Boston University [...]