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#nanoporeconf
. Dive into groundbreaking insights from speakers using nanopore technology across diverse research fields. Get hands-on with the tech, catch the latest updates and connect with the Community:
A complete picture of the genome, finally.
At
#ASHG23
, discover how
#nanopore
technology can resolve even the most complex genetic and epigenetic variants, and provides the scalability for any sequencing project — from one human genome to 1000s.
Landmark paper in
@naturemethods
describes
@nanopore
direct sequencing of RNA: no reverse transcription requirement, native sequencing for modified bases, easy prep, low bias, full length transcripts
200 Oxford Nanopore sequencers have left UK for China, to support rapid, near-sample
#coronavirus
sequencing for outbreak surveillance. Read the full story here:
#nCoV19
Not Wordle, just an array of nano-scale channels through which single DNA strands are passed, in each case causing tiny modulations in an ionic current that can be analysed to elucidate the order of DNA bases on that strand
Nanopore technology is ideal for structural variant detection at scale.
Here's a 189,900-base read, from real nanopore data — watch on to see how much information you get from one nanopore read*
#ASHG20
*Would've gone longer but it wouldn't fit on screen
Attending
#ASHG23
? Grab a coffee and join us at our two Data for breakfast sessions.
Learn about resolving variation in the human genome and using adaptive sampling for targeted pharmacogenetic sequencing.
Learn more:
Today
@Apple
highlighted how their M3 silicon chip provides powerful, accessible compute — citing the ability to run the complex analysis required for DNA/RNA
#nanopore
sequencing, by anyone, anywhere in the world.
#AnythingAnyoneAnywhere
#AppleEvent
From an initial sketch on the side of the road, to the only sequencing technology that provides native, real-time analysis of DNA & RNA fragments of any length, in fully scalable formats. Nanopore sequencing has come a long way:
We announced today that we are building a new high-tech, high-throughput manufacturing facility in Oxford. And it’s designed to look like a MinION. Read more about this and other announcements today:
We are pleased to announce the release of a number of new V14 kits. Our newest kits in combination with latest nanopore R10.4.1 offer Q20+ (≥99%) raw read accuracy with high sequencing yield. See thread below for more info. 1/5
Turns out that
@nanopore
reads are longer than we thought. Longest we’ve found now is 2,272,580 bases. I reckon this is a small baby blue whale! info here:
In light of the
#COVID19
situation globally, we’re moving London Calling 2020
#nanoporeconf
to an online event that is open to all. We’re working on this now and will provide updates. In the meantime you can register your interest to join here:
We’re in the advanced stages of developing
#LamPORE
, a new assay for rapid, highly scalable, low-cost
#SARSCoV2
detection for
#COVID19
, that uses
@nanopore
sequencing. Our aim is to enable more people to be tested, more quickly, in more locations: 1/4
We’re hosting two Colab sessions at
#ASHG23
. Join us to find out how long
#nanopore
reads enable the accurate detection of genetic and epigenetic variation, and how researchers are implementing nanopore sequencing to gain a more complete understanding of genetic diseases.
A new "Q20+"
@nanopore
sequencing kit is now being tested by a number of developers in the Community. This has produced raw single-molecule, single-pass sequencing reads above a modal 99% accuracy, or Q20+ internally and externally. Read more: [1/2]
The MinION Mk1c combines the real-time, rapid, portable sequencing of MinION and Flongle with real-time, powerful GPU based computing and a high resolution screen. Pre-order in the store: or register your interest:
2020 has been a year of intense innovation, and we are delighted to be partnering with teams at the UK's Department of Health and Social Care to roll out LamPORE, a new generation of COVID-19 test. 1/3 Read more here:
Delighted to see
@naturemethods
has chosen 'long-read sequencing' as their method of the year, a refection of the amazing community work. Long native
#nanopore
sequencing reads simplify assembly, can span repetitive genomic regions & identify SVs: 1/n
Reveal more about the underlying mechanisms of cancer.
Join us at
#AACR24
to hear how researchers are generating ultra-rich
#nanopore
data — resolving SNPs, SVs & epigenetic mods, at the haplotype level from a single dataset — to gain an unprecedented view of cancer.
#WYMM
#AACR
What you're missing matters when it comes to finding answers to unsolved questions in human disease.
#wymm
Find out more at our industry session at
#ASHG23
:
CB: Methylation is now integrated into basecalling, for free — m6A and 5mC are available as standard, but it’s also possible to train for any modification
#GenomeScience2019
From an initial sketch on the side of the road, to the only sequencing technology that provides native, real-time analysis of DNA & RNA fragments of any length, in fully scalable formats. Nanopore sequencing has come a long way:
#anythinganyoneanywhere
We’ve released an upgraded flow cell for DNA/RNA sequencing on MinION/GridION: ‘RevD’. It runs for longer and gives you greater yields – as much as 30Gb per flow cell. Read more:
The MinION Mk1c combines the real-time, rapid, portable sequencing of MinION and Flongle with real-time, powerful GPU based computing and a high resolution screen. Pre-order in the store: or register your interest:
Flongle now available to buy, after feedback from early access users. An adapter for the portable MinION or benchtop GridION DNA/RNA sequencers. It's designed to offer rapid insights at low cost: anyone, anywhere, any time.
#WhatWouldYouFlongle
?
We're pleased to announce that R10 flow cells will start shipping from 10th July onward. They're available to buy in the store — simply select the R10 pore type when ordering your flow cells. You'll find a full R10 update in the Community*: *login required
New protocol alert!
We're pleased to introduce a new protocol for dual barcoding up to 2,304 different samples in one experiment, reducing the reagent cost per sample to as low as $2.72. Find out more in the Community (login required)
Towards real-time targeting/enrichment/other sampling on the
@nanopore
sequencer, not in the sample prep: two new preprints from Kovaka/Payne show adaptive sampling using ‘Read Until’ API, find out more here: 1/3
Oxford Nanopore’s new factory, the MinION Building, has come online. Using new, high-tech automation processes, over 4-5 years we will be able to scale to production of more than a million flow cells/year [1/3]
Today we’ve introduced R10.3 flow cells to the store. Building on R10 — which was recently shown to produce 99.995% single molecule consensus accuracy — R10.3 provides increased throughput and better raw read accuracy. Read more:
Oxford Nanopore was the first to enable direct RNA sequencing. The new kit (RNA 004) and flow cell for direct RNA sequencing demonstrates increased accuracy and output, with the potential to unlock a new field of biological analysis.
#nanoporeconf
Congratulations to the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium who have published their paper in
@ScienceMagazine
on the first truly complete 3.055 billion base pair sequence of a human genome: 1
We’ve had a huge surge in enquiries in the past week from researchers wishing to use
@nanopore
for
#SarsCoV2
sequencing in
#COVID19
. It’s now being used in 30 countries and we are supporting users in >40 more countries to get started. This is how we’re supporting users...1/10
From an initial sketch on the side of the road, to the only sequencing technology that provides native, real-time analysis of DNA & RNA fragments of any length, in fully scalable formats. Nanopore sequencing has come a long way:
Using nanopore technology you can analyse any length of native DNA or RNA. It's the only sequencing tech to enable real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats — from pocket to population scale. But how does it actually work? Watch on to find out.
Return of the Mac!
MinKNOW now supports real-time basecalling on
@Apple
devices for the first time. The M1/M2 family of Macs provide an alternative easy-to-use solution for customers who want to perform real-time analysis, anywhere. Read more:
#AppleEvent
As DNA passes through a nanopore, its sequence is decoded in real time. Using adaptive sampling, it's possible to reject sequencing reads that are not of interest — leaving the nanopore available for your targeted region of interest:
#TechTuesday
We are pleased to announce a new protocol explaining how to recover a DNA library mid-sequencing run. This protocol has been developed to enable precious samples to be recovered and transferred to a new flow cell for continued sequencing. Learn more:
At
#ASHG23
we are hosting several demos at our booth.
From end-to-end, automated
#nanopore
sequencing to loading a flow cell. Learn about PCR-free targeted gene panels and how you can comprehensively view
#haplotype
-resolved variation and
#methylation
in the
#human
#genome
.
The accurate measurement of telomere length is challenging due to its repetitive nature. At
#nanoporeconf
,
@tobiastschmidt
will discuss how nanopore technology can overcome this challenge by resolving these long & repetitive regions. Read here:
Oxford
@Nanopore
raises £100M ($140M) from global investors GIC, CCBI,
@Hostplus
. More innovation, opening new high tech manufacturing facility, commercial expansion.
From Team London Calling: thank you so much for being a part of LC 2021 online (and giving us an excuse to come back to the office!) 😊 hope to see you in person soon!
#nanoporeconf
Oxford Nanopore Technologies is pleased to announce a new collaboration with
@10xGenomics
, bringing single-cell and spatial full-length isoform transcript sequencing to any laboratory. Find out more:
MinION Mk 1c will combine MinION, MinIT for rapid data analysis and a screen, for a one-stop palm sized fully portable sequencing system, fully connected. Targeting mid 2019 for release but we'll open the shop in January.
#nanoporeconf
Introducing Flongle, for rapid, cost effective nanopore sequencing of smaller samples, anywhere. In lab for amplicons/QC/targeted regions/smaller genomes. Outside lab, extra potential for diagnostics, food/water testing, education.
#nanoporeconf
#Flongle
The P2 is now available to pre-order!
P2 is designed to bring low-cost nanopore sequencing for large genomes or high-throughput long-read transcriptomics, without the requirement for capital investment & large infrastructure. Find out more:
#techtuesday
A huge milestone in human
#genomics
published by the
#T2T
Consortium this week — the first complete human genome, and single largest addition of new content to the human genome in the past 20 years!
The
#T2T
Consortium is excited to release a series of preprints in the coming weeks that describe the assembly and analysis of the first truly complete human genome! 🎉 I will append the papers as they appear to this 🧵, and you can find all our data here:
Have you tried Pore-C yet? Chromatin conformation capture meets long-read nanopore sequencing, providing multiple contacts in single, long nanopore reads. Reveal dynamic interactions in the genome, improve assemblies, and identify long-range SVs. 1/9
Pore-C is out! The pre-print shows how Pore-C can be used to detect chromatin structure, confirm the connectivity of complex SVs, and scaffold assemblies. Protocol and tools to follow soon!
Nanopore sequencing has been used to smash the record for the largest animal genome ever assembled. The Australian lungfish genome is 43 billion base pairs long — 14x larger than the human genome & 30% larger than that of the previous record!
Read more: .
SR: This week Oxford Nanopore has generated modal *raw-read accuracy* of 99.1% (99%=Q20) using a new chemistry with Bonito, delivered on internal validation sets with a substantial fraction of these raw reads above Q20
#nanoporeconf
Human genome assembly using only
@nanopore
in
@NatureBiotech
. inc assembly/phasing of entire 4Mb MHC locus, telomere repeat length, closure of gaps in ref GRCh38
Introducing : a pilot-stage project designed to support faster, more localised DNA sequencing of
#criticallyendangered
species, using the latest ultra-long read approaches from
@nanopore
. Read more:
In this paper published in
@NatureBiotech
,
@weilgunyl
,
@ewanbirney
&
@mattloose
present: BOSS-RUNS — a new method of targeted sequencing that can dynamically update target decisions during an experiment & without experimenter interactions. Read here:
As DNA passes through a nanopore, its sequence is decoded in real time. Using adaptive sampling, it's possible to reject sequencing reads that are not of interest — leaving the nanopore available for your targeted region of interest:
#TechTuesday
Through field-based genetic sequencing courses, Zane &
@u_ikiam
are also working to train Ecuadorian researchers & students in field genomics, made possible by
#MinION
. Here you can see Walter Quilumbaquin & Grace Reyes holding MinION at the research station 📷:
@ZaneLibke
5/7
With PCR-free nanopore sequencing, epigenetic modifications, including methylation, can be detected without any special library prep. Here’s some of the latest stats from our recent performance benchmarking for nanopore methylation analysis. 1/10
Here is the proof
@OHartwell
, although it was 'only' 43 Gbp after basecalling ;) . ~5000 bp amplicons prepared with SQK-LSK109 and run on a single R9.4 flowcell on the MinIon for 2 x 48 hours. No library top-off or washing, only added extra SQB a couple of times.
Phenomenal work from a truly collaborative team — sequencing whole human genomes and identifying disease-causing variants in less than 8 hours, to improve prognosis in critically ill patients. And a Guinness World Record to add to that achievement!
And it’s goodnight from us! The
#nanoporeconf
behind the scenes team, hoping you had a great time watching talks, reading blogs, tweeting and networking!
Our new plasmid sequencing workflow provides an end-to-end solution for the rapid generation of highly accurate sequence information across the entire plasmid, in house. Find out more and give it a go for yourself!
Despite high breast cancer mortality rates, research in Caribbean women has been underrepresented — until now.
At
#nanoporeconf
,
@carikaelshae
will discuss her study focusing on the unique genetic markers of breast cancer in Caribbean women.
#AACR24
"Over 1,000 miles from shore we were able in 48 hours to identify the presence of white sharks in the water column beneath the ship using nanopore eDNA sequencing at sea,” — Barbara Block, Stanford University
Now available to purchase in store: Native Barcoding Expansion (96) kit, allowing higher numbers of samples to be run on a single flow cell - including for
#SARSCoV2
whole genome sequencing protocol. Find out more:
Introducing the new MinKNOW App — now available to download on iOS and Android devices!
Use the App to start your run, monitor progress in real time and manage your device, remotely. Find out more:
London is Calling.
In just over two months we will be opening the doors for the 10th edition of
#nanoporeconf
.
Join us in person or online (for free) to hear groundbreaking genomic research from the Nanopore Community.
Get your ticket here:
Yesterday marked the opening of (and first shipment from) our Australian warehouse in Sydney.
This investment in ‘scaling up’ will allow our products to reach more customers, quicker, enabling more high-impact research to be done in the region.
#anythinganyoneanywhere
How many of you have binge-watched
@netflix
's brand-new series
#Biohackers
already?
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted some very familiar looking tech in Ep. 5!
From 20 bases to 4,000,000 and everything in between,
#nanopore
technology gives you the power to sequence any length fragment of DNA for all the insights you need.
What you're missing matters.
#wymm
Find out more:
From an initial sketch on the side of the road, to the only sequencing technology that provides native, real-time analysis of DNA & RNA fragments of any length, in fully scalable formats. Nanopore sequencing has come a long way:
#TechTueasday
We have launched MinIT, a powerful accessory for portable, real-time analysis of
@nanopore
DNA/RNA sequencing data. MinIT uses
@NVIDIA
GPU technology and can basecall 150k bases per second. Preconfigured with MinKNOW and EPI2ME. Read more:
@NVIDIAEU
#GTC18
What’s more, telomere-to-telomere (
#t2t
) assemblies now achievable with JUST simplex.
Q28 simplex data is accurate enough.
You do not need data from any other platform — paving the way for
@nanopore
T2T assembly, using just simplex data.
#nanoporeconf
1/2
Oxford Nanopore’s LamPORE test for the detection of the
#SARSCoV2
virus (for
#COVID19
) now CE marked for in vitro diagnostic use on the GridION device. Read more:
As DNA passes through a nanopore, its sequence is decoded in real time. Using adaptive sampling, it's possible to reject sequencing reads that are not of interest — leaving the nanopore available for your targeted region of interest:
#TechTuesday
From an initial sketch on the side of the road, to the only sequencing technology that provides native, real-time analysis of DNA & RNA fragments of any length, in fully scalable formats. Nanopore sequencing has come a long way...
Learn more:
Excited to announce Mike Clark will showcase his improved FLAMES pipeline for single-cell RNA-seq analysis at
#nanoporeconf
. He'll discuss the advantage of the isoform-level quantification for accurate cell-typing, & new insight into neuron development.
Last week we announced a new protocol explaining how to recover a DNA library mid-sequencing run. This protocol has been developed to enable precious samples to be recovered and transferred to a new flow cell for continued sequencing. Find out more here: