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Michael C Murphy

John William Efcavitch

Robin L McCarley

Elizabeth J Podlaha-Murphy

Mateusz Hupert

George Grills

Dimitris Nikitopoulos

Dorel Moldovan

Elizabeth Podlaha-murphy

Collin J Mckinney

Dimitris E Nikitopoulos

Michael Murphy

Robin L Mccarley

Disclosed are nanofluidic analytical devices. The devices employ a sample processing region that includes a plurality of fluidically connected sample handling elements that, in combination, affect a physical change on a sample introduced into the sample processing region. This physical change can include, for example, purification of an analyte of interest present in the sample, concentration of an analyte of interest present in the sample, chemical modification (e.g., cleavage and/or chemical derivatization) of an analyte of interest present in the sample, or a combination thereof. The analytical devices further include a nanochannel comprising a plurality of in-plane nanopores in series fluidically coupled to the sample processing region. The in-plane nanopores can be used to detect and/or analyze analyte(s) present in the sample following processing by the sample processing region. These analytical devices can advantageously provide for the label-free detection of single molecules.

Nanofluidic analytical devices and methods of using thereof

The present invention relates to a device comprising a biomolecular processor. Each biomolecular processor has one or more bioreactor chambers defined by a solid substrate; a support structure within each bioreactor; a cleaving enzyme immobilized to the support structure and operatively positioned within the bioreactor chamber to cleave monomer or multimer units of a biopolymer molecule operatively engaged by the cleaving enzyme; and one or more time-of-flight channels formed in the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to said one or more bioreactor chambers. Each of the time-of-flight channels have two or more sensors including at least (i) a first sensor contacting the time-of-flight channel proximate to the input end of the channel and (ii) a second sensor contacting the time-of-flight channel proximate to the output end of channel. The present invention further relates to methods of sequencing and identifying biopolymer molecules using the device.

Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof

The present invention is directed methods for identifying, in a sample, one or more target nucleotide sequences differing from other nucleotide sequences in the sample by one or more nucleotides, one or more copy numbers, one or more transcript sequences, and/or one or more methylated residues, using ligation detection reactions, polymerase mediated extension reactions, and/or cleavage reactions. The present invention is also directed to methods for identifying, in a sample, one or more nucleotides in a target nucleotide sequence.

Method for identification and enumeration of nucleic acid sequences, expression, splice variant, translocation, copy, or DNA methylation changes using combined nuclease, ligase, polymerase, terminal transferase, and sequencing reactions

The present invention is directed to methods comprising a device that comprises a biomolecular processor and one or more nanotubes. Each biomolecular processor comprises a bioreactor chamber defined by a solid substrate, a plurality of spaced support structures within said bioreactor chamber and attached to the solid substrate, one or more nanotubes defined by the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to the bioreactor chamber and one or more capture molecules immobilized to some or all of said plurality of spaced support structures, said one or more capture molecules suitable to bind to a portion of a target nucleic acid molecule in a sample. The nanotubes have a passage extending between an input end proximate to the bioreactor chamber and an output end distal to the bioreactor chamber, and comprises one or more nanopores within the passage with each nanopore having a reduced diameter relative to the passage.

Universal molecular processor for precision medicine

The present invention is directed to a device that comprises a biomolecular processor and one or more nanotubes. Each biomolecular processor comprises a bioreactor chamber defined by a solid substrate, a plurality of spaced support structures within said bioreactor chamber and attached to the solid substrate, and one or more capture molecules immobilized to some or all of said plurality of spaced support structures, said one or more capture molecules suitable to bind to a portion of a target nucleic acid molecule in a sample. The device also comprises one or more nanotubes defined by the solid substrate and fluidically coupled to the bioreactor chamber.

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