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Archa Sasikumar
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PhD Scholar| Biological Outer Membrane Porins | Membrane Biology | Nanopore sensing

Dr Mahendran's Group | BRIC- Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology
Reposted by Archa Sasikumar
A milestone achievement and a fantastic piece of work from our lab, now published in Nature Nanotechnology!

Congratulations to all the authors on this wonderful achievement! 🎉

DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Enjoy reading!

#Nanopores #SingleMoleculeSensing #BiomarkerDetection @natnano.nature.com
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.
doi.org
August 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Reposted by Archa Sasikumar
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...
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.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Reposted by Archa Sasikumar
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...
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.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Reposted by Archa Sasikumar
Excited to share our new publication in Nature Nanotechnology

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

I am sincerely grateful to my mentor, Dr. K. R. Mahendran, collaborators and all co-authors.

We report a single peptide that self-assembles into flexible nanopores for ultrasensitive disease protein profiling.
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.
doi.org
August 28, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I’m really excited to share the Nature Nanotechnology paper from our lab, Dr. Mahendran’s group (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) "A self-assembled peptide forms α-helical nanopores for ultrasensitive biomarker profiling". #Nanopore #NatureNano #DBT #BRIC-RGCB
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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.
doi.org
August 28, 2026 at 10:49 AM