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NIST Quality Assurance Program for Health Assessment Measurements Open for Registration

March 26, 2021

The latest exercise in NIST's Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program (HAMQAP) is open for registration. HAMQAP, a collaboration with the

Spotlight on N-STEP Graduates

February 18, 2020

NIST’s Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (N-STEP) was created by the company, TEDCO, whose mission is to “Enhance economic development growth

Turmeric: Spice or Herbal Medicine?

October 15, 2019

What: SRM 3299 is a ground turmeric rhizome powder value assigned for curcuminoids and toxic elements. The SRM consists of five packets of the material each

Projects and Programs

Measurements and Standards for Botanical Dietary Supplements

As part of a multi-year interagency agreement among the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Institutes of Health's Office of

Cell Counting for Cell Therapies

Cell counting (or cell enumeration) is one of the most fundamental measurements in biotechnology, from biomanufacturing to medical diagnosis to advanced therapy

Human Vitamin D Binding Protein in complex with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3

Development of Reference Materials and Methods for Vitamin D Binding Protein

Vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) serves several important functions in the body and is probably best known for its role in the transport of vitamin D

Classification Methods for the NIST Biorepository

We aim to identify chemometric fingerprints using artificial intelligence methods that reflect the temporal and geographic history of seabirds, and by extension

Publications

Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 5 Final Report

January 14, 2021

Author(s)

Charles A. Barber, Carolyn Burdette, Hugh V. Hayes, Caleb Luvonga, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu

HAMQAP was launched in collaboration with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) in 2017. HAMQAP was established to enable laboratories to improve the

ENABLING TRACEABILITY IN AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS USING AN ONTOLOGICAL APPROACH

November 3, 2020

Author(s)

Evan K. Wallace, Farhad Ameri, Reid Yoder

Traceability of food products to their sources is critical for quick responses to a food emergency. US law now requires stakeholders in the agri-food supply

Determination of glyphosate and AMPA in oatmeal and oat-based breakfast cereals for the selection of candidate reference materials

September 28, 2020

Author(s)

Justine M. Cruz, Jacolin A. Murray

The use of reference materials (RMs) is critical to improve measurements accuracy for validating and testing the accuracy of analytical protocols. To the best

Evaluation of Graded Levels of Soy Oil as a Fish Oil Replacement in High Soy Protein Feeds for Juvenile Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

June 30, 2020

Author(s)

Tracey B. Schock, Aaron Watson, Michael P. Napolitano, John A. Bowden, Jason Frost, Justin Yost, Michael R. Denson

A 9-week feeding trial was conducted with juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, to evaluate the use of soy oil as a fish oil replacement. Three primary