Provided herein are compositions, devices, systems and methods for the generation and use of biomolecule-based information for storage. Further described herein are highly efficient methods for long term data storage with 100% accuracy in the retention of information. Additionally, devices described herein for de novo synthesis of oligonucleic acids encoding information related to the original source information may have a flexible material for oligonucleic acids extension.

This invention relates generally to the field of nucleic acid detection. In particular, the invention provides a lab-on-chip system for analyzing a nucleic acid, which system comprises, inter alia, controllably closed space, and a target nucleic acid can be prepared and/or amplified, and hybridized to a nucleic acid probe, and the hybridization signal can be acquired if desirable, in the controllably closed space without any material exchange between the controllably closed space and the outside environment. Methods for analyzing a nucleic acid using the lab-on-chip system is also provided.

A method and reagent for constructing a nucleic acid double-linker single-strand cyclic library. The method comprises: breaking a nucleic acid into nucleic acid fragments; connecting a first linker sequence; producing by amplification a first product provided with the first linker sequence at either end, where a U nucleobase site is provided on primer sequences and a nicking enzyme recognition sequence is either provided or not provided on same, and a first affinity tag is provided on one of the primer sequences; using USER enzyme to cleave the first product; cyclizing the cleaved first product; treating the cyclization product with either a phosphatase or a nicking enzyme; using a solid-phase vector for combination with a cyclized molecule; performing a restrictive gap translation reaction; removing by digestion any portion that did not undergo the restrictive gap translation reaction; connecting a second linker sequence; producing by amplification a second product provided with the second linker sequence at either end; denaturing the second product, and cyclizing a single-strand nucleic acid molecule. The method allows an increase in the length of library insert fragments, a simplified library construction process, reduced library construction time, and reduced library construction costs.

An apparatus and method for performing analysis and identification of molecules have been presented. In one embodiment, a portable molecule analyzer includes a sample input/output connection to receive a sample, a nanopore-based sequencing chip to perform analysis on the sample substantially in real-time, and an output interface to output result of the analysis.

The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalising two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control, The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalised into the microcapsules.

Integrated circuits for a single-molecule nucleic-acid assay platform, and methods for making such circuits are disclosed. In one example, a method includes transferring one or more carbon nanotubes to a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and forming a pair of post-processed electrodes on the substrate proximate opposing ends of the one or more carbon nanotubes.

An example of a flow cell includes a substrate; a first primer set attached to a first region on the substrate, the first primer set including an un-cleavable first primer and a cleavable second primer; and a second primer set attached to a second region on the substrate, the second primer set including a cleavable first primer and an un-cleavable second primer.

The present invention generally relates to droplet libraries and to systems and methods for the formation of libraries of droplets. The present invention also relates to methods utilizing these droplet libraries in various biological, chemical, or diagnostic assays.

Method for immobilization of a labeled oligonucleotide on a non-modified polymer substrate, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing a mixture comprising liquid, and a labeled oligonucleotide b) applying the mixture of step a) on a non-modified polymer substrate, wherein the oligonucleotide is immobilized on the non-modified polymer substrate via physisorption conveyed by the label of the oligonucleotide and wherein the label for immobilization is covalently bound to the oligonucleotide; and microarrays achieved by this method. The invention further relates to the use of a label attached to an oligonucleotide for immobilization of the labeled oligonucleotide on a non-modified polymer substrate by physisorption. Furthermore the invention relates to the use of the microarrays achieved by the method describe herein for assays and diagnostic kits comprising such microarrays.

Provided herein are architectures and compositions of capture templates and macro capture templates, optionally attached to dendrimers, methods of using capture templates and/or macro capture templates, optionally attached to dendrimers to route coding templates, novel combinations including solid supports and capture templates and/or macro capture templates, optionally attached to dendrimers, methods of using novel combinations of solid supports and dendrimers and capture templates and/or macro capture templates to route coding templates, novel compositions which include capture templates and macro capture templates, optionally attached to dendrimers, hybridized to coding templates and novel compositions including solid supports, and capture templates and/or macro capture templates optionally attached to dendrimers hybridized to coding templates.