Report on the NIST/DHS/FDA Workshop: Standards for Pathogen Detection for Biosurveillance and Clinical Applications

Published

April 5, 2018

Author(s)

Scott Jackson, Jason Kralj, Nancy Lin

Abstract

The 2017 NIST/DHS/FDA Workshop: Standards for Pathogen Detection for Biosurveillance and Clinical Applications brought together subject matter experts from the clinical and biosurveillance communities to discuss standards to support the use of next generation sequencing for pathogen detection. The presentations, panel discussion, and break-out sessions focused on development and utilization of reference materials and standard operating procedures to assess measurement biases and overcome measurement and bioinformatic challenges and regulatory hurdles. This workshop was the third NIST-hosted workshop on sequencing for pathogen detection/identification since 2014. Pathogen detection is relevant to a number of programmatic priorities within the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory including microbial metrology, precision medicine, biomanufacturing, biodefense/forensics, food safety, antibiotic resistance, and water quality. Thus, it is our intention at NIST to continue to host this workshop theme approximately every two years.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1222

Report Number

1222

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

pathogen detection, next-gen sequencing, DNA, clinical diagnostics, surveillance, biothreat, infectious disease, genomics, metagenomics, bioinformatics

Citation

Jackson, S. , Kralj, J. and Lin, N. (2018), Report on the NIST/DHS/FDA Workshop: Standards for Pathogen Detection for Biosurveillance and Clinical Applications, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1222 (Accessed October 26, 2025)