Publications

2026

A Nanopore-Only Assembly of a Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genome of a Red Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum piceus) (United States)

Authors: Alan F. Scott, David W. Mohr

Genes (2026)

Assessing Oxford Nanopore-based eDNA metabarcoding for carnivore monitoring in Saudi Arabia: detection of Arabian leopard DNA as a case study (Saudi Arabia)

Authors: Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Nabil Amor

Conservation Genetics Resources (2026)

2025

Rapid on-site universal vertebrate species identification via multi-barcode nanopore sequencing (United Kingdom)

Authors: Emily C. Patterson, Sandrella Morrison-Lanjouw, Mark A. Jobling, Jon H. Wetton

PlosONE (2025)

Introducing NOMAD: A Field-Deployable Workflow for Rapid, On-Site Microbiome Analysis of Raw Bovine Milk Using Full-Length 16S rRNA Sequencing (Canada)

Authors: Valeria R. Parreira, Melinda Precious, Gurleen Taggar, Dharamdeo Singh, Lawrence Goodridge

bioRxiv (2025)

BioSTEM: A modern educational tool for research and innovation in the field of molecular biology and personalized medicine (Greece)

Authors: George P. Patrinos, Stavroula Siamoglou, Konstantinos Lazaros, Vasilios Xirafas, Aristidis G. Vrahatis & Christina Mitropoulou

Human Genomics

On-site Oxford Nanopore® MinION™ whole genome sequencing analysis to understand the microbiome, resistome and metabolic features of subaerial biofilms on stone monuments (Portugal)

Authors: Fabiana Soares, Lídia Catarino, Conceição Egas, João Trovão

Total Environment Microbiology (2025)

A Metagenomic and Colorimetric Analysis of the Biological Recolonization Occurring at the “Largo da Porta Férrea” Statues (Coimbra UNESCO World Heritage Site), After Cleaning Interventions (Portugal)

Authors: Fabiana Soares, Lídia Catarino,Conceição Egas, João Trovão

Applied Sciences (2025)

Establishing a DNA reference library for the identification of elasmobranchs in the Indian Ocean using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing (Sri Lanka)

Authors: P.A.D.L. Anjani, Akshay Tanna, Emily Humble, W.M. Gayashani Sandamalika, Shaili Johri, Daniel Fernando

bioRxiv (2025)

Versatile and Portable Cas12a-mediated Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Markers (Peru)

Authors: Maryhory Vargas-Reyes, Roberto Alcántara, Soraya Alfonsi, Katherin Peñaranda, Dezemona Petrelli, Roberto Spurio, Monica J. Pajuelo, Pohl Milon

Scientific Reports (2025)

Microbes as indicators of Hg contaminated sediments – studies in the Gulf of Bothnia (Sweden)

Authors: Agneta Andersson, Juanjo Rodriguez, Elizabeth Sands, Sonia Brugel

Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet (DiVA) 2025

Onsite microbiome analysis of stromatolite-like silica structures in a remote subterranean analog martian environments (Venezuela)

Authors: Martina Cappelletti, Giacomo Broglia, Andrea Firrincieli, Ettore Lopo, Alice Checcucci, Daniele Ghezzi, Federico Pisani, Freddy Vergara, Bruno Casarotto, and Francesco Sauro

Biogeosciences (2025)

High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus detected in brown Skua using portable laboratory while at sea in Antarctica (New Zealand/Antartica)

Authors: Michelle McCulley, Meagan Leanne Dewar, Yee Syuen Low, Andrew Wilson, Ruy Jauregui, Anastasia Chernyavtseva, Joseph O’Keefe

Microbiology Resource Announcements (2025)

2024

Portable In-Field DNA Sequencing for Rapid Detection of Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Proof-of-Concept Study (Netherlands)

Authors: Stephanie Pillay, David Calderón-Franco, Thomas Abeel

bioRxiv (2024)

A polymerase chain reaction experiment using Escherichia coli and Mars sand simulant for detection and analysis of extraterrestrial life (Japan)

Authors: Keigo Enya, Satoshi Sasaki, Taiki Kunieda

Life Sciences in Space Research (2024)

Using a mobile nanopore sequencing lab for end-to-end genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum: A feasibility study (Tanzania)

Authors: Aurel Holzschuh, Anita Lerch, Bakar S. Fakih, Safia Mohammed Aliy, Mohamed Haji Ali, Mohamed Ali Ali, Daniel J. Bruzzese, Joshua Yukich, Manuel W. Hetzel, Cristian Koepfli

PLOS Global Public Health (2024)

Re-sequencing of the complete chloroplast genome of Cinnamomum burmanni (Nees & T. Nees) Blume (Lauraceae) from Indonesia using MinION Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Indonesia)

Authors: Richard Andreas Salindeho, Fifi Gus Dwiyanti, Rahadian Pratama, Deden Derajat Matra, Muhammad Majiidu, Iskandar Z. Siregar

F1000Research (2024)

2023

Russula diversity in NE Scotland (United Kingdom)

Authors: Helen Baker, Andy Taylor, Toni Watt & the Grampian Fungus Group

Field Mycology (2023)

A study of Agaricus in Pembrokeshire reveals three new taxa for the UK (United Kingdom)

Authors: David Harries

Field Mycology (2023)

Combining Nanopore Sequencing with Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Enables Identification of Dinoflagellates from the Alexandrium Genus, Providing a Rapid, Field Deployable Tool (United Kingdom)

Authors: Robert G. Hatfield, David Ryder, Annabel M. Tidy, David M. Hartnell, Karl J. Dean and Frederico M. Batista

Toxins (2023)

Mycena laevigata (Fungi, Agaricales) in the heart of Central Europe-a prominent species of old-growth forests. (Czech Republic)

Authors: Jan Holec, Daniel Dvořák, Lucie Zíbarová, Miroslav Beran, Petr Zehnálek, Maroš Peiger, Vladimír Kunca

Czech Mycology (2023)

Rapid and sensitive on-site detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from environmental surfaces using portable laboratory devices (Japan)

Authors: Kouichi Kitamura, Minami Kikuchi Ueno, Hiromu Yoshida

Microbiology Spectrum (2023)

Nanopore sequencing technology for clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases where laboratory capacity is meager: A case report (Tanzania, Denmark)

Authors: Happiness H. Kumburu, Mariana Shayo, Marco van Zwetslaar, Judith Njau, Davis J. Kuchaka, Ignas P. Ignas, Boaz Wadugu, Robert Kasworm, Lazaro J. Masaki, Malte B. Hallgren, Philip T.L.C. Clausen, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Frank M. Aarestrup, Tolbert B. Sonda

Heliyon (2023)

Diversitatea și ecologia speciilor de mamifere din Rezervația științifică „Pădurea Domnească” Diversity and ecology of mammal species in the “Domnească Forest” scientific reserve (Moldova)

Authors: Victoria Nistreanu, Victor Sîtnic, Anatolie Savin, Alina Larion, Vladislav Caldari, Victoria Burlacu

Revista de Ştiinţă, Inovare, Cultură şi Artă „Akademos” (2023)