Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company that pioneered a new DNA analysis technique called nanopore sequencing, has remained secretive about the microscopic channel at the heart of its products. But on the heels of a patent infringement lawsuit from sequencing behemoth Illumina, Inc., the company has revealed what will drive its newest devices—a bacterial pore that seems to circumvent Illumina’s challenge.
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A webcast presentation today for customers of the company will likely put many of those fears to rest. Oxford Nanopore’s Chief Technology Officer Clive Brown announced an upgrade to its devices—a new pore the company has been describing in presentations as R9. Brown revealed that R9 is CsgG, a membrane protein derived from Escherichia coli, but present in many bacterial species.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/...new-technology
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A webcast presentation today for customers of the company will likely put many of those fears to rest. Oxford Nanopore’s Chief Technology Officer Clive Brown announced an upgrade to its devices—a new pore the company has been describing in presentations as R9. Brown revealed that R9 is CsgG, a membrane protein derived from Escherichia coli, but present in many bacterial species.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/...new-technology
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