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Oxford Nanopore Customer Growth?
It all started with this rather simple task.
LEX Diagnostics
LEX Diagnostics set to be acquired for “up to $140M” by QuidelOrtho.
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PumpkinSeed Protein Sequencing
Yesterday we looked at a new nanopore protein sequencing startup, today we look at a label-free optical approach.
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The Unomr Serial Nanopore
I came across the Unomr website today.
The PromethION...
I’ve been pondering the PromethION flowcell again… wondering if it’s COGS is less than the MinION and given Oxford’s declining MinION sales, why they…
Twist CEO Emily Leproust Supports Trump Tariffs
Emily Leproust has thrown in her support for Trump tariffs, suggesting that there should be increased tariffs on DNA synthesis for IP reasons:
PromethION 84Gb/Flowcell
A few of us from the Discord have been working on this DNA sequencing feature/pricelist. This is always a bit of a struggle, as some vendors can be less…
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Clive Brown Interview
Clive has an interview published in GEN Bio. There’s nothing particularly new here, but a few points of minor interest.
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Element Pricing Disappeared?
Element used to have a clear price list front and center on their website, it used to look like this, and it’s now gone:
Bosch Building A Sequencer Too?
I assume when people think “Bosch” they think power tools, engineering, industrial equipment.
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Oxford Nanopore Deploying $3B...
Over in the Discord we were discussing how all sequencing companies except Illumina are losing money again.
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May 2025

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