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Providing the measurement science, standards, technology, and data required to support the nation's needs in determining the composition, structure, quantity, and function of proteins, glycans, oligonucleotides, and metabolites.
The Biomolecular Structure and Function Group advances new measurement methods and modeling tools for structural analysis of biomolecules and biomolecular complexes.
The Bioprocess Measurements Group develops measurement methods and standards that support a variety of application areas, particularly those relevant to biological industrial processes.
The Mass Spectrometry Data Center measures, compiles, evaluates, and correlates Standard Reference Data and develops and disseminates associated electronic databases and analysis software for industrially and environmentally important (bio)molecules.