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Projects/Programs

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Development of Enhanced mRNA Amplification Using Microfluidics

Completed
Intended Impact Tissue samples frequently contain multiple cell types. New methods (e.g. laser capture microdissection) enable the segregation of small quantities of individual cells and cell types, but the current methods to analyze global gene expression do not provide highly efficient profiling

Development of a First-Generation Community-Resilience Systems Model

Ongoing
Objective - By 2028, develop and test an efficient, interactive computer-based tool, Alternatives for Resilient Communities (ARC), to facilitate exploration of decision alternatives at the community scale for infrastructure systems (e.g., buildings, water, power, transportation) and their impacts on

Development and Implementation of the Community Resilience Planning Guides

Ongoing
Objective - By 2028, publish updated community resilience planning and decision-making guidance documents that are supported by multi-objective resilience planning & analysis tools, based on collaboration and engagement with end-user communities, professional organizations, and government agencies

Development of the NIST Prototype Advanced Biometrology Laboratory

Ongoing
Currently, NIST is investing in a new type of metrology laboratory that is focused on the unique reference material and high quality assay protocols that are needed in the regenerative medicine and biotechnology communities. The laboratory design is centered on automation that can set up 1000’s of

Development of Proteomics-Based Methods for Protein Quantification

Ongoing
Reference measurement procedures and standard reference materials help ensure that routine clinical assays provide accurate results across different laboratories and over time. Lists of such higher-order methods are published by the Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM)

Development of Reference Methods and Reference Materials for Proteins

Ongoing
Accuracy and comparability of clinical assays is essential for timely and accurate medical interventions. However, studies have shown that large variations in results can occur among routine clinical assays. A clinical comparison among 14 commercial assay platforms revealed more than 20-fold

Development of Serum-Based SRMs to Assess Nutritional Status

Ongoing
Vitamin deficiencies are generally considered rare in the U.S., but a growing body of evidence suggests that certain deficiencies may be more prevalent than originally thought. For example, it has been estimated that 10 % to 15 % of adults over the age of sixty are affected by vitamin B 12

Development of SRM 2669 for Accurate Assessment of Arsenic Exposure

Ongoing
Arsenic exposure in the U.S. population is an important part of the NHANES program conducted by CDC because dietary exposure to arsenic can cause serious health effects. A major challenge in the arsenic exposure assessment is that arsenic exists as various species in nature, and the toxicity of

Development of SRM 955c Toxic Elements in Caprine Blood

Completed
Intended Impact Over the last three decades, NIST, with support from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and in conjunction with the New York State Department of Health’s (NYSDOH) Wadsworth Center, has produced a number of frozen whole blood certified reference materials containing endogenous

Device-level Anomaly fRamEwork (DARE)

Ongoing
A collaborative NIST team is taking a multi-disciplinary approach in cybersecurity, wireless communications, and machine learning. The DARE project leverages NIST's diligent approach and capabilities, including detailed use cases, design of experiments with rigorous multilayer measurements, and

DFT Benchmarking

Ongoing
Since its inception exactly 50 years ago this year, density-functional theory (DFT) has evolved from an exotic idea of physicists into the most-widely used tool for the computational prediction of materials’ structures and electronic, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties. While DFT presents

DFT Repositories and Informatics

Ongoing
Historically, the printed article has served as the medium de rigueur for the dissemination of scientific information. This works well when the context and results of an experiment or theory fit on a few pages; however, it is insufficient as a publication medium for many computational studies. For
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