Press releases - News - Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore introduces DNA 'strand sequencing' on the high-throughput GridION platform and presents MinION, a sequencer the size of a USB memory stick

17th February 2012

New generation of sequencing...

Oxford Nanopore to present DNA 'strand sequencing' at AGBT conference; commercialise directly in 2012

01st February 2012

1 February 2012, Oxford, UK. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. announces that Clive G Brown, Chief Technology Officer, will pre...

Oxford Nanopore congratulates collaborator Professor Mark Akeson on $3.6 million NHGRI grant.

23rd August 2011

- award to Professor Mark Akeson and collaborators will support research into DNA ‘Strand Sequencing’ using a protein n...

Oxford Nanopore expands Oxford headquarters and opens new informatics outstation in Cambridge, UK

21st July 2011

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Ltd announces the expansion of its Oxford headquarters and the opening of a new Oxford Nanopore informatics out...

Oxford Nanopore appoints Peter Allen as Non-Executive Director

27th June 2011

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Allen ACA to its board. Peter Allen joins the board of Oxford Nanopore as non executive Director with broad, senior experie...

Oxford Nanopore Technologies announces £25 million ($41 million) fundraising

26th April 2011

- Proceeds will fund the Company’s technology for nanopore DNA sequencing, protein analysis and solid-state nanopore R&D - 26th April 2011, Oxford,...

Accelrys and Oxford Nanopore Enter Software Partnership for DNA Sequencing Data Analysis

16th March 2011

Accelrys, Inc (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the signing of a partnership agreement with O...

Oxford Nanopore announces licence agreement with Harvard University for graphene DNA sequencing

11th March 2011

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd ("Oxford Nanopore") today announced an exclusive agreement with Harvard University's Office of Technology Develo...

JACS paper demonstrates molecular motor for DNA strand sequencing

02nd December 2010

JACS paper demonstrates continuous and controlled translocation of DNA polymer through a nanopore by phi29 DNA polymerase ...

Nature Nanotechnology paper demonstrates enzyme controlled movement of ssDNA through nanopore

27th September 2010

Nature Nanotechnology paper shows enzyme-controlled movement of DNA polymer through a nanopore - research demonstrates progress towards DNA st...