MinION - $900 usb-powered DNA sequencer on sale this year. The MinION is the size of a USB memory stick, and obtains both power and computer analysis from a normal laptop computer ...

We are getting wind that the developers of the MinION DNA sequencer have been able to work out early issues in reliability, and intend to bring a device market later this year. Having a device ...

In exchange for a $1,000 deposit, they got a MinION and a regular supply of flow cells—the disposable wafers that drive the sequencer, each containing 512 nanopores.

Back in 2012, a UK company called Oxford Nanopore announced a chewing gum packet-sized DNA sequencer, something that people found hard to believe since rival machines can be as big as fridges.

The MinION USB gene sequencer, plugged into a laptop Some researchers are claiming that they are only getting about 65 to 80% accuracy out of the device.

ONT’s MinION sequencer is about the size of an audio recorder. It slips into a pocket easily, offers 512 nanopore channels, prepares samples in 10 minutes, and costs only $1,000 for a starter pack.

A MinION sequencer (Joshua Quick) The MinION uses a technique called nanopore sequencing, which involves a donut-shaped protein whose hole is just a billionth of a meter wide—a nanopore.

The product will be called the MinIon and it will plug into a USB port on a computer. Using the sequencer and some sort of enzyme solution, prepared samples can be applied to the sequencer and ...

MinION USB Miniature DNA Sequencer Coming This Year By Shane McGlaun Feb. 22, 2012 4:05 am EST Anytime I think of a DNA sequencer, I envision a giant machine sitting in a laboratory that costs ...

Combining powerful real-time sequencing with complete portability, MinION Mk1C delivers immediate access to gigabases of sequencing data. MinION Mk1C allows you to sequence anything, anywhere — from ...

A lab technician with the MinION DNA sequencer . Courtesy of Oxford Nanopore Technologies. This includes the fight against wildlife crime. John Wetton, Co-Director of the Alec Jeffreys Forensic ...

MinION Nanopore DNA Sequencer . NASA . Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold prepares amplified DNA collected from microbes living aboard the International Space Station for sequencing ...