ONT fundamentals

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc develops proprietary technology platform for the electronic analysis of single molecules. It also develops instruments like GridIONTM and MinIONTM which are adaptable for the analysis of DNA, RNA, proteins, small molecules and other types of molecule. The firm's platform has a broad range of potential applications, including scientific research, personalized medicine, crop science and security and defense. The company was founded by Gordon Sanghera, Spike Willcocks and John Hagan Pryce Bayley in 2005 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.