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ArticleNature communications2025

Demultiplexing and barcode-specific adaptive sampling for nanopore direct RNA sequencing.

Wiep van der Toorn, Patrick Bohn, Wang Liu-Wei, Marco Olguin-Nava, Anne-Sophie Gribling-Burrer, Redmond P Smyth, Max von Kleist

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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7 authors.

Wiep van der Toorn *Systems Medicine of Infectious Disease (P5), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5060-8626
Patrick Bohn *Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8515-2067
Wang Liu-WeiSystems Medicine of Infectious Disease (P5), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-4140
Marco Olguin-NavaHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany.
Anne-Sophie Gribling-BurrerHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany.
Redmond P SmythHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany. redmond.smyth@helmholtz-hiri.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-0671
Max von KleistSystems Medicine of Infectious Disease (P5), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. max.kleist@fu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-6394

Funding

Center for Structural Biology of HIV RNAU54AI170660 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ALICE TELESNITSKY · 2022 to 2026
$32.1M
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 01KI2016Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 390685689EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (H2020 Excellent Science - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) 955974Helmholtz Association VH-NG-1347NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170660Université de Strasbourg (University of Strasbourg) ANR 20-SFRI-0012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanopore direct RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) enables unique insights into RNA biology. However, applications are currently limited by the lack of accurate and cost-effective sample multiplexing. Here we introduce WarpDemuX, an ultra-fast and highly accurate adapter-barcoding and demultiplexing approach for dRNA-seq with SQK-RNA002 and SQK-RNA004 chemistries. WarpDemuX enhances speed and accuracy by fast processing of the raw nanopore signal, use of a light-weight machine-learning algorithm and design of optimized barcode sets. We demonstrate its utility by performing rapid phenotypic profiling of different SARS-CoV-2 viruses through multiplexed sequencing of longitudinal samples on a single flowcell, identifying systematic differences in transcript abundance and poly(A) tail lengths during infection. Additionally, integrating WarpDemuX into sequencing control software enables real-time enrichment of target molecules through barcode-specific adaptive sampling, which we demonstrate by enriching low abundance viral RNA. In summary, WarpDemuX represents a broadly applicable, high-performance, economical multiplexing solution for dRNA-seq, facilitating advanced (epi-) transcriptomic research.

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NanoporesNanopore SequencingSARS-CoV-2Sequence Analysis, RNAAlgorithmsCOVID-19High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMachine LearningRNA, ViralSoftwareRNA, Viral

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