Microbial measurements

News and Updates

Unusual Suspects

March 16, 2018

NIST contributes to public safety with materials that increase the confidence of first responders to detect biothreats...

A Map App to Track Stem Cells

February 13, 2018

Researchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want...

NIST’s Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance

September 22, 2017

BOULDER, Colo.—Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a potential...

Publications

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

April 06, 2018

Author(s):

Scott A. Jackson, Jason G. Kralj, Nancy J. Lin

The 2017 NIST/DHS/FDA Workshop: Standards for Pathogen Detection for Biosurveillance and Clinical Applications brought together subject matter experts from the...

Sensing bacterial vibrations and early response to antibiotics with phase noise of a resonant crystal

September 22, 2017

Author(s):

Ward L. Johnson, Danielle C. France, Nikki S. Rentz, William T. Cordell, Fred L. Walls

A new approach is presented for sensing mechanical fluctuations of populations of bacteria, with potential application in monitoring microbial responses to...

Measurements of translation initiation from all 64 codons in E. coli

February 21, 2017

Author(s):

Ariel H. Hecht, Jeff E. Glasgow, Paul Jaschke, Lukmaan Bawazer, Matthew S. Munson, Jennifer R. Cochran, Drew Endy, Marc L. Salit

Our understanding of translation represents a cornerstone of molecular biology and underpins our capacity to engineer living matter. For decades, the codon AUG...

Microbial measurements

News and Updates

Unusual Suspects

A Map App to Track Stem Cells

NIST’s Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance

Publications

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

Sensing bacterial vibrations and early response to antibiotics with phase noise of a resonant crystal

Measurements of translation initiation from all 64 codons in E. coli

Projects & Programs

Methods for Absolute Quantitation of Transcription

NIST Foundry for Living Measurement Systems

Microbial Genomic Measurements

Microbiome Community Measurements