Nanopore sensing is a versatile technique for the analysis of molecules on the single-molecule level. However, extracting information from data with established algorithms usually requires time-consuming checks by an experienced researcher due to inherent variability of solid-state nanopores. Here, we develop a convolutional neural network (CNN) for the fully automated extraction of information from the time-series signals obtained by nanopore sensors. In our demonstration, we use a previously published dataset on multiplexed single-molecule protein sensing. The neural network learns to classify translocation events with greater accuracy than previously possible, while also increasing the number of analysable events by a factor of five. Our results demonstrate that deep learning can achieve significant improvements in single molecule nanopore detection with potential applications in rapid diagnostics.
@article{arxiv.1803.10653,
title = {QuipuNet: convolutional neural network for single-molecule nanopore sensing},
author = {Karolis Misiunas and Niklas Ermann and Ulrich F. Keyser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.10653},
year = {2018}
}