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Material Measurement Laboratory

Biosystems and Biomaterials Division

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Become a Member of the NIST Flow Cytometry Standards Consortium

  • Complete the Letter of Interest (electronic form).
  • Participants will enact a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIST.
    (Government agencies may join under a letter agreement or memorandum of understanding.)
  • CRADA participants contribute annual membership fee of $25,000 cash or in-kind contributions of equivalent value.

Notice of NIST Flow Cytometry Standards Consortium in the Federal Register

The NIST Flow Cytometry Standards Consortium is a public–private partnership.  This model enables NIST to:

  • Convene industry, academia, and government to identify and address measurement and standards needs across the fields of flow cytometry applications.
  • Enable members to work with NIST to develop measurement solutions and standards.
  • Leverage NIST expertise in measurement science, standards development, reference materials, technology development and fundamental research.
  • Collaborate with related programs at other organizations.

Member Benefits:

  • Access to a neutral forum to address pre-completive needs
  • Participation in developing reference materials, methods and protocols, and interlaboratory studies
  • Access to tools and datasets developed by the Consortium
  • Institutional representation on Consortium steering committee

List of Consortium Members

•Agathos Biologics, L.L.C.
•Agilent Technologies
•Ahead Medicine Corporation
•American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
•AmplifyBio
•Ascend Advanced Therapies
•AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
•BD Biosciences
•Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
•BioLegend, Inc.
•Boston Cell Standards Inc.
•Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
•Bruce H Davis MD, Inc.
•Caring Cross, Inc.
•Cellarcus Biosciences
•Cellomics Technology, L.L.C.
•Cytek Biosciences
•Curiox Biosystems, Inc.
•Exom BioPharma, Inc.
•Food and Drug Administration
•hema.to GmbH
•International Society for Advancement of Cytometry
•J. Craig Venter Institute

•Kite Pharma, Inc.
•Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
•LumaCyte, Inc.
•MedTherapy Biotechnology
•METAFORA Biosystems
•Miftek Corporation
•Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
•Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center*
•National Cancer Institute Extramural Programs (NCI/NIH)
•National Cancer Institute Intramural Programs (NCI/NIH)
•National Institute For Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC UK)
•National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing      Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
•National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID/NIH)
•National Institute of Biology of the Government of Slovenia
•NIBA Labs, d.o.o
•Q Squared Solutions LLC

•Raytheon BBN Technologies Corporation
•Refeyn, Ltd.
•Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
•Sajjadi Consulting
•Sanofi US Services Inc.
•Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.
•Spherotech, Inc.
•Standards Coordinating Body
•Thermofisher Scientific
•Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
•UK National Metrology Lab at LGC
•Umoja Biopharma
*former members

Bioscience, Biomanufacturing, Cell biology, Engineering / synthetic biology, Gene delivery systems, Genomics, Health, Cell and gene therapy, Precision medicine, Regenerative medicine and advanced therapy, Metrology, Amount of substance, Standards and Reference materials

Contacts

Consortium Principal Investigator

Consortium Working Group Leads

Consortium Administrator

Created November 29, 2024