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Xun Xu from MGI, one of our sponsors, wrapped up today’s sessions with a presentation on 'High-throughput Nanopore-based Peptide Sensing System.' We’re thankful for MGI's support! #SMPS4

Jagannath Swaminathan from Erisyon, one of our sponsors, presented on 'Robust and scalable single-molecule protein sequencing with fluorosequencing.' We are grateful for Erisyon's support! #SMPS4

Sanjin Marion from IMEC, one of our sponsors, presented on 'Solid state nanopores – fab to lab.' We appreciate IMEC's valuable support! #SMPS4

Andrew Heron, CEO of Portal Biotech and one of our sponsors, presented on 'Single-molecule identification and comprehensive PTM profiling of full-length proteins with nanopores.' We’re grateful for Portal Biotech's support! #SMPS4

Jayne Wallace, VP at Oxford Nanopore Technologies, one of our sponsors, delivered an inspiring talk. We appreciate their support! #SMPS4

Federico Thei, CEO and co-founder of Elements SRL, one of the proud sponsors of #SMPS4, shared his insights during a special session. We are grateful for Elements SRL’s support and Federico's engaging contribution to the conference!

Pranjal Sur from the Indian Institute of Science presented on 'Orientation Dependence of Current Blockade in Single Amino Acid Translocation through a Graphene Nanopore.'
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Chen Kaikai from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences delivered an enlightening talk on 'High-resolution glass nanopores for single-molecule detection.'
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It was a privilege to hear Mauro Chinappi speak about 'Electroosmotic flow in nanopore protein sensing.
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Ralph Scheicher from Uppsala University delivered an insightful talk on 'Insights from computational modelling: modified hydrophobic nanopores and impact of neighboring amino acids.'
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Another brilliant session by Pablo Rivera-Fuentes from the University of Zurich on 'Single-Molecule Protein Identification using Blinking Patterns.'
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Klara Hlouchova from Charles University gave an engaging presentation on 'Exploration of peptide sequence space: en route from prebiotic to biotic catalysis.'
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Bauke Albada from Wageningen University & Research presented on 'An Orthogonal Click Approach to Convert Biological Proteins into Peptide-DNA Conjugates for Nanopore Reading.
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Eric Anslyn from The University of Texas at Austin delivered an insightful presentation on 'Enabling the Chemistry of Fluorosequencing.'
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Javier Kipen from KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) presented on 'Brownian motion data augmentation: a method to push neural network performance on nanopore sensors.
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Amr Makhamreh from Northeastern University took the stage to present on 'Enzyme-Free Translocations of Denatured Proteins with Sequence Block Permutations through CytK Nanopores Yield Reproducible Signal Patterns.
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Our next speaker, Joe Buonomo from the University of Texas at Arlington, presented on 'Scalable Native Peptide Sequencing Via Innovation in “Click” Chemistries and Large Language Models.
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Our second speaker of the day, Sang Wook Lee from Ewha Womans University, delivered a captivating talk on 'Nano- and Micro-Electromechanical Mass Sensor with Sub-Zeptogram Resolution: Towards Single Molecule Protein Sequencing.
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We started today with Aleksei Aksimentiev from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He presented on 'Deciphering ionic current signatures of peptide transport through a biological nanopore
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🎉 #SMPS4 Group Photo! 🎉
A huge thank you to all the brilliant minds who joined us and made this event unforgettable. Your passion and insights are what drive this community forward. Here's to pushing the boundaries of science together! 🧬✨

The greatest thing about conferences is meeting colleagues in person!
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After the coffee break, we were thrilled to welcome @ceesdekker.bsky.social from Delft University of Technology. He presented on 'Nanopore scanning of single proteins and their PTMs'
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Continued by Kang Wang from Nanjing University, a fantastic talk about "Plasmonic Nanopore for Single Molecule Protein Analysis" #SMPS4

Followed by Min Chen: Advancing Protein Identification: Nanopore Approaches for Isoform and Homologue Discrimination #SMPS4

Day-1 #SMPS4, the first lecture by Jan Behrends, talking about Probing trapped macromolecules with ions: from “mass”, “size” and “shape” on to “chemistry”?

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So glad to be here at #SMPS4 meeting many old friends and colleagues, and learning about the latest in #nanopore sequencing of proteins! Looking forward to a great week together here in Bolzano! :-) www.smps2025.com

The single molecule protein sequencing conference SMPS2025 has been opened by organizers @chancao.bsky.social and Denis Garoli!
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Day-2 workshop #SMPS4, the second lecture was delivered by Amit Meller. A fascinating talk from protein nanopores, solid-state nanopores, to Genotyping

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Day-2 workshop opened by Meni Wanunu