# Oxford Nanopore

PromethION long-read sequencing with an updated cDNA-PCR kit for isoform-resolved transcriptomics and barcode-aware adaptive sampling.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/oxford-nanopore/
Updated: 2026-06-24

- Country: United Kingdom
- Ticker: LSE: ONT

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Headcount | 1,314 employees | https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/98971d7bea/ont-interim-results-for-the-six-months-ended-30-june-2026-rns.pdf |
| Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom | https://nanoporetech.com/about/contact |
| Production site | Harwell Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom | https://nanoporetech.com/about/contact, https://nanoporetech.com/news/news-scale-oxford-nanopores-new-high-tech-factory-comes-online |
| Production site | Spectrum facility, Abingdon, United Kingdom | https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/0e2c0197ad/ont-annual-2025-results-presentatin-final-2-march-2026.pdf, https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/c300222393/ont-2025-interim-results-presentation.pdf, https://www.hdinresearch.com/news/1352 |
| Certification | ISO 13485 (manufacturing/quality) | https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/0e2c0197ad/ont-annual-2025-results-presentatin-final-2-march-2026.pdf |
| Regulatory approval | GridION Dx CE-IVD and UKCA marking | https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/0e2c0197ad/ont-annual-2025-results-presentatin-final-2-march-2026.pdf, https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/98971d7bea/ont-interim-results-for-the-six-months-ended-30-june-2026-rns.pdf, https://nanoporetech.com/api/assets/f/196663/x/eb9b67d55c/oxford-nanopore-annual-results-for-the-year-ended-31-december-2025-2-march-2026.pdf |
| Capacity | exceeding 1 million flow cells per year [medium confidence] | https://nanoporetech.com/news/news-scale-oxford-nanopores-new-high-tech-factory-comes-online |

Independent sources: hdinresearch.com, nanoporetech.com

## Technologies

- [Biodiversity genomics](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biodiversity-genomics/)
- [Bioinformatics & multi-omics](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bioinformatics-multi-omics/)
- [Genomic pathogen surveillance (service)](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/genomic-pathogen-surveillance/)
- [Invasive-species biomonitoring via eDNA](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/edna-invasive-species-biomonitoring/)
- [Long-read sequencing services](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/long-read-sequencing-services/)
- [Sovereign genome databases (plants, animals, microbes)](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/sovereign-genome-databases/)