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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.
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June, 23 2010 @ 5:36 pm by BioBlogs
What? You want to do this the hard way?
Since we are a bit ZFN crazy right now with the airing of our ZFN Webinars, we wanted to feature the newest product based on the zinc finger nuclease technology, the CompoZr® Targeted Integration Kit (AAVS1).
Of course, you may have reasons why this kit isn’t for you so we think it is time for a [...]
June, 3 2010 @ 5:04 pm by BioBlogs
Gravitational biology, NASA, and Ohio University
Sarah Wyatt and I have something in common. Everyone from our sleepy little towns thought we were smart enough to be a doctor or a nurse. Now they just shake their heads, as she is a gravitational biologist who has studied plants for NASA, and I get to interview her and then post it to [...]
May, 24 2010 @ 12:19 pm by BioBlogs
Proteomic Peril? American Society for Mass Spectrometry
In “Proteomic Peril”, horror writer Natalie L. Sin envisions walking corpses holding severed heads. Security guards not looking at badges, but rather, at the possibility of eating BRAINS! (this blogger had to turn away more than once while reading).
Proteomic Peril was inspired by Natalie’s time waiting for her husband at the ASMS (American Society for [...]
May, 21 2010 @ 4:04 pm by BioBlogs
Knock your genes off… I mean OUT!
What would you say is as exciting as offering a novel game-changing technology? Learning about that technology from the talented individual who helped to shape it! Sigma Life Science is fortunate enough to have Dr. Trevor Collingwood as a member of the team. Formerly of Sangamo Biosciences, Dr. Collingwood led the Enabling Technologies Group, focusing [...]
May, 13 2010 @ 5:31 pm by BioBlogs
Life Sciences symposium in Mexico
Sigma Life Sciences Mexico and CINVESTAV are holding the second annual 2 day symposium in Mexico City on May 19-20.
We are looking forward to hosting another successful event that pulls together researchers from across Mexico from both the Academic and Industrial sectors.
The focus is on understanding the development, uses and applications of bioactive small molecules [...]
April, 29 2010 @ 2:41 pm by BioBlogs
Scientists support the environment
When I took Bio 102 way back in 1994, Dr. Kelrick, a passionate ecologist who was our professor informed me “I couldn’t be a molecular biologist. Look at all these pipette tips they have to just THROW away!!!” He wasn’t really into anything that had to do with human biology…he just wanted to [...]
April, 27 2010 @ 2:24 pm by BioBlogs
Research Meets the Patient
AACR is over 100 years old, with a membership of 30,000+. The membership is quite inclusive, with a mixture of people from basic science research, clinical research, and also physicians, patients, survivors, and patient advocates all intent on studying and learning more about how to stop cancer.
We got the chance to meet many of them, [...]
April, 22 2010 @ 11:36 am by BioBlogs
Celebrate Earth Day 2010
Lush blades of grass tickle the back of my neck. All I see before me is a pale blue sky speckled with faint clouds. A curious trio we made, my husband, 5-year old niece and I lying in the grass at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We stare up at the sky briefly and then the [...]
April, 14 2010 @ 1:50 pm by BioBlogs
How do scientists get answers?
When we set out to create a leading destination for researchers and students exploring diseases, functions and gene pathways we were excited to learn an engaged group was accessing Your Favorite Gene powered by Ingenuity, a collection of scientific information including dynamic biological pathways, interaction networks and gene overviews.
We also knew we could count on [...]
April, 8 2010 @ 3:43 pm by BioBlogs
Who’s your BRF?
I met many BRF’s a couple of weeks ago at the ABRF (Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities) 2010 meeting in Sacramento, while I was learning more about how scientists use social media, and acting as a resource for our YFG research tool.
What is a Biomolecular Resource Facility? It’s also known as a “Core Lab”.
The ABRF group [...]