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A knowledge base and science outreach site for nanopore technology, nanopore sequencing, single-molecule sensing, bioinformatics workflows, instruments, and frontier research.

Start Here Nanopore technology Nanopore sequencing Single-molecule detection Bioinformatics Glossary Nanopores are nanoscale pores that can be used to observe molecules through changes in electrical current, ion flow, or other measurable signals. This makes them useful for sequencing, molecular sensing, and real-time analysis.	Latest Progress 2026-06-27 - Nanopore Wiki homepage launched with a portal-style layout for tracking nanopore technology, sequencing, tools, and research progress.
Research Topics Long-read sequencing Direct RNA sequencing Epigenetic modification detection Pathogen detection Environmental DNA Protein nanopore sensing	Tools and Workflows MinION Oxford Nanopore Basecalling Read mapping Variant calling Genome assembly Quality control
Applications Public health surveillance Clinical and pathogen genomics Agriculture and food safety Environmental monitoring Microbiome and metagenomics Structural variant analysis	Contribute Add new pages, improve definitions, summarize recent papers, and keep methods pages up to date. For new progress items, edit Latest Progress so the homepage updates automatically. References Nanopore - Wikipedia Nanopore sequencing - Wikipedia Principle of nanopore sequencing - Wikimedia Commons