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Debra L. Ellisor, William C. Davis, Rebecca S. Pugh
Biological reference materials (RMs) are essential for quality assurance, traceability of measurement results and for method validation. When addressing new measurement questions or emerging regulatory issues, rigorous large-scale CRM production may not be
Carlos R. Beauchamp, Johanna Camara, Jennifer Carney, Steven J. Choquette, Kenneth D. Cole, Paul C. DeRose, David L. Duewer, Michael Epstein, Margaret C. Kline, Katrice Lippa, Enrico Lucon, Karen W. Phinney, Maria Polakoski, Antonio Possolo, Katherine E. Sharpless, John R. Sieber, Blaza Toman, Michael R. Winchester, Donald Windover
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards, was established by the U.S. Congress in 1901 and charged with establishing a measurement foundation to facilitate U.S. and international commerce. NIST
Frank W. DelRio, May L. Martin, Raymond L. Santoyo, Enrico Lucon
Background: About ten years ago, super-high energy Charpy specimens at the National Institute of Standards and Technology were removed from inventory due to unacceptable variability in absorbed energy, leading to the advent of new methods and materials to
Justin Zook, Nathanael David Olson, Marc Salit, Fritz Sedlazeck
New technologies and analysis methods are enabling genomic structural variants (SVs) to be detected with ever-increasing accuracy, resolution and comprehensiveness. To help translate these methods to routine research and clinical practice, we developed a
Justin M. Zook, Justin M. Wagner, Nathanael D. Olson, Steven L. Salzberg, Alaina Shumate, Aleksey V. Zimin, Daniela Puiu, Mihaela Pertea, Marc Salit
Thousands of experiments and studies use the human reference genome as a resource each year. This single reference genome, GRCh38, is a mosaic created from a small number of individuals, representing a very small sample of the human population. There is a
David R. Black, Marcus Mendenhall, Albert Henins, James Filliben, James Cline
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certifies a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to be used to evaluate specific aspects of instrument performance of both X-ray and neutron powder diffractometers. This report describes SRM
Digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) methodology has been asserted to be a "potentially primary" analytical approach for assigning DNA concentration. Currently available chamber dPCR (cdPCR) and droplet dPCR (ddPCR) platforms are thought capable of
Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Carlos A. Gonzalez, Scott A. Jackson, Leah R. Kauffman, Katrice A. Lippa, Catherine A. Rimmer, Stephen Semancik, Michael R. Winchester, Laura J. Wood
John R. Sieber, John L. Molloy, Nathanael A. Heckert
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its first Standard Reference Materials for elemental analysis of polyvinyl chloride. The custom designed PVC blends contain elements regulated in consumer products by the United States, the
Working with industry labs quickly introduces one to activities of standard development organizations, who publish test methods, and accrediting bodies, who audit labs for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025, and industry specific quality system requirements
Steven J. Choquette, David L. Duewer, Katherine E. Sharpless
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards, was established by the U.S. Congress in 1901 and charged with establishing a measurement foundation to facilitate U.S. and international commerce. This
Ashley B. Green, David M. Bunk, Nien F. Zhang, Wendell Alejo
This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the preparation of calibration solutions for a candidate reference measurement procedure for human serum albumin (HSA) in human urine. This candidate reference measurement procedure is