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Physical Society Colloquium

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Toward $1k Human Genome Sequencing Technology using Nanopores and Oligos

Xinsheng Sean Ling

Department of Physics
Brown University

In this colloquium, I'll discuss the emerging field of nanopore biophysics, and more specifically our current effort in developing a DNA sequencing technology [1] using solid-state nanopores.

[1] X. S. Ling, A. Pertsinidis, and B. Bready, Hybridization-Assisted Nanopore Sequencing of Nucleic Acids, USPTO Patent Application No. 20070190542

Friday, April 4th 2008, 15:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Keys Auditorium (room 112)