A new piece of open source software can radically speed up the process of DNA sequencing, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers. Using a portable sequencer, the UNCALLED software can ...

A hand-held DNA sequencer can be used to distinguish between particular strains of bacteria and viruses in as little as six hours, according to a study published this week (March 26) in GigaScience.

Portable, handheld DNA sequencer no bigger than a brick Researchers at the University of Otago, New Zealand have invented a brick-sized, battery-powered DNA sequencer for field use.

For the last few months, Synthstrom Audible has been showing off a new portable sequencer, synth and sampler at a small number of demonstrations in Wellington and Auckland. With prototyping now in ...

A portable sequencer could also assess food quality and help municipal water facilities check reservoirs for contamination. There are many applications for an inexpensive, deployable sequencer ...

New portable DNA sequencer quickly and accurately diagnoses wheat viruses. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 10 / 191022174418.htm ...

Then again, so was the concept of a portable sequencer five years ago, or before that, the very idea of reading DNA by forcing it through a tiny hole. “Nobody believed it would work at all to ...

A portable DNA sequencer enables researchers to monitor the evolution of Zika virus ... a palm-sized sequencer made by Oxford Nanopore Technologies and weighing less than 100 g.

Scientists have developed a technique to rapidly and reliably detect genetic changes in malaria parasites in Ghana, using just a gaming laptop and portable MinION sequencer from Oxford Nanopore1.

They did this using another awesome new gadget: a portable DNA sequencing machine. Called a MinION, and developed by U.K.-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the palm-sized gene sequencer can ...

An international team of researchers has found that it is possible to use portable DNA sequencers to learn more about a viral outbreak as the outbreak is occurring. In their paper published in the ...

However, the advent of the Ion Proton Sequencer marks a significant leap forward in this field. It’s expected that by next year, the Ion Proton Sequencer will finally hit the medical market and ...