Lord Drayson inaugurates new Oxford Nanopore facility at The Oxford Science Park

10-Jul-2009 - United Kingdom

Oxford Nanopore Technology’s new building was officially opened by Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson.

The Science Minister visited the new home for the Oxford-based technology company at the Oxford Science Park. The company, founded in 2005, now employs 60 people and its new home will help it to further expand it business and accelerate is technological advances.

Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO of Oxford Nanopore said: “This building will provide us with the space and facilities required to develop nanopore technology into a revolutionary DNA sequencing system. It also offers the capacity and the flexibility to look further into the future, where our technology will be used for more than just DNA analysis.”

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