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Neethu Puthumadathil @neethup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy to share our publication in @natnano.nature.com 🔗https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-026-02265-3 In Dr. Mahendran's group we developed dual diameter pores for sensing disease biomarkers. A great learning opportunity with an amazing team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling - Nature Nanotechnology

An engineered peptide self-assembles into α-helical octameric flexible nanopores with tunable diameters and conductances, enabling conformationally programmable biomolecular sensing.

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Nature Nanotechnology @natnano.nature.com · 28/08/2026

New paper: A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling. "Tunable α-helical octameric #nanopores can be assembled from an engineered #peptide, enabling programmable biomolecular #sensing." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling - Nature Nanotechnology

An engineered peptide self-assembles into α-helical octameric flexible nanopores with tunable diameters and conductances, enabling conformationally programmable biomolecular sensing.

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Neethu Puthumadathil @neethup.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Fascinating read and one step closer to nanopore-based peptide sequencing!

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