Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Oxford Nanopore Technologies develops nanopore-based electronic systems for analyzing single molecules, including DNA, RNA and proteins.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. develops technologies for molecular detection and analysis in the United Kingdom. The company offers BASE technology, a system for DNA sequencing that employs nanopores to process, identify, and record DNA bases in sequence. Its technologies are used in DNA sequencing, diagnostics, drug development, biomolecular interaction, ion channel screening, and defense applications. The company was formerly known as Oxford NanoLabs, Ltd. and changed its name to Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. in May 2008. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Kidlington, the United Kingdom.