Today we announced the launch of the GridION X5, a new system that can drive up to five MinION Flow Cells and process all the data produced within a single benchtop device. GridION X5 can be used to...
An upgrade of the MinION software, MinKNOW, has been released to the nanopore community.
MinKNOW 1.4.2 provides several improvements and new features:
Experiment control parameters have been opt...
Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the UK-based company that sells the only nanopore sequencing device, the MinION portable DNA sequencer and is now releasing the high throughput/high sample number Prome...
We have made available to our user community a new library preparation protocol for DNA sequencing using Whole Genome Amplification. It is designed to help users who have a very low amount of starti...
12th December 2016, Oxford, UK.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, the UK-based technology company that has designed and sells the world’s only portable DNA/RNA sequencer, has raised £100 million ($...
It has been a busy week in New York. Presentations will be released soon, but in the meantime you can review updates by following #nanoporeconf on social media or the updates here on the news page. ...
The 200 attendees returned after a busy Day 1 to a day of plenaries, breakouts and discussions.
Dr. Andy Heron, Oxford Nanopore's Director of Advanced Research, told us about the progress they've...
Thursday was a busy day at the Nanopore Community meeting in New York. 200 attendees travelled to the Metropolitan Pavilion to listen to plenaries, take part in breakout sessions and view the techno...
The 16S rRNA gene is present in all bacteria and archaea. Including both consistent and highly variable regions, the gene is ideal for sequence-based identification of these organisms, particularly ...
Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO of Oxford Nanopore, has joined the Prime Minister's trade delegation to India. The trade mission, which takes place over three days in Delhi, is about showcasing the best o...
Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the UK-based company that sells the only nanopore sequencing device, the MinION portable DNA sequencer and is now releasing the high throughput/high sample number Prome...
Oxford Nanopore announces today the result of our first attempt to sequence a human genome using the portable MinION device.
Human Genome Data using nanopore technology will be released soon.
In t...
VolTRAX is an automated, USB, programmable preparation device designed to make DNA sequencing preparation easy and accessible to anyone, anywhere. VolTRAX was be made available to first users in the...
PromethION is the new device from Oxford Nanopore Technologies that is designed to provide on-demand, high-throughput, high –sample number DNA and RNA sequencing. There is no capital cost requiremen...
Clive G Brown, CTO of Oxford Nanopore, gave a technical update on 29th September. If you missed it, you can watch it by registering your details here.
Highlights from the talk include:
A review of...
A paper published today by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) uses the MinION DNA sequencer to characterise pathogens and profile antibiotic resistance in infection within four hours...
Oxford Nanopore recently spoke about early work using the MinION and nanopore sensing to perform direct RNA sequencing. This is the first time this has been possible, without needing to make a cDNA ...
Users of the MinION have traditionally been able to make use of Oxford Nanopore’s cloud-based analysis platform, EPI2ME, to basecall and analyse their data in real time. Sometimes, however, a consta...
Today, a landmark paper in DNA analysis methods was published in Nature Methods, by Matt Loose at the University of Nottingham.
The method, used with real-time nanopore sequencing, enables the user...
Today we made available in the store a new library preparation kit for DNA sequencing. It is designed for fast preparation of DNA libraries for 1D sequencing, for use with R9 version Flow Cells. T...
At 5.45am this morning the MinION blasted off to the International Space station.
Among the payload was the MinION DNA sequencer. Astronaut Kate Rubins will be performing proof of concept experim...
Witney MP David Cameron today visited local company Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company behind the MinION handheld DNA sequencer.
He used the Company’s portable device to analyse a sample co...
The London Calling conference in London has now concluded. More than 250 scientists with an interest in nanopore sequencing gathered to watch plenary talks, review posters, surf the Live Lounge wher...
