Gut-hormone biomarkers resolved in human serum
Published in Small, this study demonstrates discrimination of sulfated and unsulfated CCK-8 biomarkers in 20% human serum.
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Research in motion
Selected publications, collaborations, team milestones and scientific events from the Cressiot nanopore research programme.
2026
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Highlights from 2026
A year of new single-molecule results, expanding applications and growing collaborations.
Nanopore diagnostics discussed at the Élysée Palace
Benjamin Cressiot and Pierre Defrenaix (Excilone) met at the Palais de l’Élysée to discuss the future of DreamPore, a startup hosted at CY Cergy Paris Université, and the development of nanopore-based molecular diagnostics.
Funding & innovation
New work published in Nature Communications
A major contribution advancing the use of nanopores to resolve molecular information at the single-molecule level.
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Research networks spanning health, molecular data and energy
Ongoing participation in PEPR MolecularXiv, PEPR SENSIGA and the PROMETHEUS ecosystem broadens the reach of nanopore science.
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3Master 1 students
The research team continues to grow
Postdoctoral researcher Soching LUIKHAM, recruited in October 2025 to work on synthetic-polymer detection and molecular information reading, joins doctoral researchers Laura Ratinho and Luca Iesu; the team also welcomes Mélanie De Magalhaes, Kalifa Sidibé and Ilies Hakimi in 2026.
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Two contributions in Chemical Science
New results strengthen the programme on molecular discrimination, peptide structure and nanopore transport.
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Single-molecule peptide sensing in ACS Nano
The work expands the ability of nanopores to distinguish closely related peptide structures and biologically relevant variants.
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