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SRM 3398 Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Rhiazhome

Indigestion? Try Some Ginger

January 19, 2021

What: SRM 3398 is a ground powder prepared from ginger rhizomes. A unit of SRM 3398 consists of 5 packets of material, each containing approximately 1.6 g of

A picture of vials of SRM 1992 and SRM 1993

Are Your Particles Charged?

December 21, 2020

What: SRMs 1992 and 1993 are new standards developed in a partnership with the European Commission Joint Research Centre to address a critical need for

Supplementing Chromium Measurements in Dietary Materials

September 29, 2020

What: A unit of SRM 3279 consists of five pouches of powdered material derived from chromium dietary supplements Why: This SRM is critical for benchmarking

Small Creatures, Big Health Impact!

May 12, 2020

What: RM 8037 is a reference material that consists of oil made from Antarctic krill. Each unit of RM 8037 contains three tins, each with approximately 4.5 mL

Projects and Programs

NIST HER2 Genomic DNA Standard Reference Material, SRM® 2373

NIST Standard Reference Material SRM® 2373 was developed to improve the measurements of the HER2 gene amplification in DNA samples. SRM® 2373 consists of

Awards

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---James Fort

For providing critical after-hours logistical handling of temperature-sensitive Standard Reference Materials (SRMs).

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Hua-jun He, Jamie Almeida, Kenneth Cole, Steven Choquette, Steven Lund

For development of the first-ever cancer-gene copy-number Standard Reference Material for diagnosing cancers: NIST SRM 2373.