Standard Reference Materials

Peanut butter standard reference material.

Metrological Tools for the Reference Materials and Reference Instruments of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory

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Due to world events, all shipping to Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine have ceased. As a result, the Office of Reference Materials will not be accepting or processing orders to these countries for the foreseeable future.

News and Updates

What is a Standard Reference Material?

November 28, 2022

https://www.nist.gov/video/what-standard-reference-material-or-srm.

NIST Issues the First Standard Reference Material for the Quantitative Analysis of Glycans

August 3, 2022

NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3655 helps biopharmaceutical manufacturers perform measurements of glycan molecules in their protein drug products

Picture of jars containing reference materials 8256, 8257, 8258, and 8259: Wild caught and aquacultured shrimp and salmon

Four NIST Reference Materials Help Authenticate Shrimp and Salmon

July 28, 2022

Four reference materials from NIST will help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Customs and Border Protection agencies assess whether imported salmon and

a picture of packaging for NIST SRM 2367JC Virus DNA Quantitative Standard

A NIST Standard for More Accurate Diagnoses of JC Virus

July 19, 2022

A new NIST Standard Reference Material supports the accurate measurement of the amount of a common but potentially dangerous virus in patients. Most of us have

Projects and Programs

NIST HER2 Genomic DNA Standard Reference Material, SRM® 2373

Ongoing

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.

2014 - Judson C. French Award---Alec Belsky, Hong (Sarah) Fang, Angela Y. Lee, Xin (Jennifer) Zeng

For creating the Calibration Support System for the NIST Calibration Services Program.

Press Coverage

The World Depends on a Strange Collection of Items. They're Not Cheap

Veritasium YouTube Channel

November 19, 2022

Dr. Steve Choquette, Dr. Ben Place, and Dr. Johanna Camara talk about the world of Standard Reference Materials.

Keeping up America’s standards is the job of NIST

The Economist

August 17, 2022

Melissa Phillips and NIST collaborators explain why NIST reference materials are so important to industry, monitoring environmental and human health, and much

Made to measure: why we can’t stop quantifying our lives

The Guardian

May 26, 2022

Dr. Steven Choquette, Director of the NIST Office of Reference Materials, is quoted in this article about metrology.

Standard Reference Materials

SRM Online Request System
The SRM Online Request System has been replaced. SRMs are available for order at our new site, https://shop.nist.gov
You may click on the web link directly.
Please update your bookmarks with our new site.

News and Updates

What is a Standard Reference Material?

NIST Issues the First Standard Reference Material for the Quantitative Analysis of Glycans

Four NIST Reference Materials Help Authenticate Shrimp and Salmon

A NIST Standard for More Accurate Diagnoses of JC Virus

Projects and Programs

NIST HER2 Genomic DNA Standard Reference Material, SRM® 2373

Awards

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---James Fort

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

2014 - Judson C. French Award---Alec Belsky, Hong (Sarah) Fang, Angela Y. Lee, Xin (Jennifer) Zeng

Press Coverage

The World Depends on a Strange Collection of Items. They're Not Cheap

Keeping up America’s standards is the job of NIST

Made to measure: why we can’t stop quantifying our lives

Popular Links

Additional SRM Information

NIST Related Links

Contacts

Standard Reference Materials

SRM Online Request System The SRM Online Request System has been replaced. SRMs are available for order at our new site, https://shop.nist.gov You may click on the web link directly. Please update your bookmarks with our new site.

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Awards

Press Coverage

Popular Links

Additional SRM Information

NIST Related Links

Contacts

SRM Online Request System
The SRM Online Request System has been replaced. SRMs are available for order at our new site, https://shop.nist.gov
You may click on the web link directly.
Please update your bookmarks with our new site.