Electronic Sequencing in Graphene Nanopores

石墨烯纳米孔中的电子测序

• 批准号: 8545201
• 负责人: DANIEL none BRANTON
• 金额: $ 114.6万
• 依托单位: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8545201
• 关键词: Agriculture; Cells; DNA; Devices; Diagnosis; Discrimination; Ecology; Ecosystem; Electronics; Elements; Evolution; Future; Genome; Genomics; Growth; Hour; Human; Human Genome; Label; Life; Lipid Bilayers; Membrane; Methods; Nucleotides; Polymers; Pore Proteins; Procedures; Process; Protein Array; Research; Resolution; Societies; System; Teflon; base; cost; detector; disorder prevention; improved; instrument; mammalian genome; nanopore; particle beam; remediation; tool; tool development

Our research has shown that a single layer of graphene is an ideal membrane in which to fabricate high resolution nanopore detectors to sense the presence of single DNA molecules and their nucleobases. Our objective is to develop the tools and procedures needed to realize a scalable nanopore sequencing device which will significantly reduce future de novo sequencing cost by directly identifying the nucleobases on single stranded genomic DNA molecules that are driven sequentially through an array of precisely dimensioned graphene nanopores. The final system is intended to provide a relatively high quality sequence from >6.5-fold coverage of a genome using DNA from fewer than 1 million cells, with no amplification or labeling. The specific aims are to: a) implement a graphene edge-sputtering process to facilitate high precision fabrication of nanopore arrays; b) optimize discrimination between the four nucleotides of DNA using ionic current blockades or in-plane conductivity change when ssDNA polymers are driven through graphene nanopores; and c) support lipid bilayers across graphene apertures to enhance the feasibility of parallel recordings from arrays of protein pores. Successful completion of these aims will provide the key building blocks of a nanopore sequencing device that can accurately sequence an entire human genome at a cost of less than $1,000. The ability to inexpensively and accurately sequence complete genomes has the potential of remarkably improving many facets of human life and society, including the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.

我们的研究表明，单层石墨烯是一种理想的膜，用于制造高分辨率纳米孔探测器，以感知单个DNA分子及其核碱基的存在。我们的目标是开发实现可扩展纳米孔测序设备所需的工具和程序，这将大大减少未来的从头测序