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Biotechnology: provides the measurements, standards, and data needed for advancing the commercialization of biotechnology.
Process Measurements: provides measurement standards and tools to help U.S. industry control processes and maximize efficiency.
Surface and Microanalysis Science: provides research, reference materials, and data to support accurate, sensitive and selective analysis of the spatial distribution of chemical species relevant to industrial and environmental processes.
Physical and Chemical Properties: provides physical and chemical data needed for industrial processes and environmental protection.
Analytical Chemistry: provides reference measurement methods and standards to enhance U.S. industry's productivity, assure equity in trade, and facilitate sound decision-making regarding human health, safety, and the environment.
   

Recent Highlights

Research chemists in CSTL have completed work on Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2385 - Slurried Spinach. This is the latest of 37 food SRMs that NIST provides so that the food industry can validate analytical methods and provide accurate nutritional information for its products.

Photograph of John Butler

John Butler of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, has been awarded with the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) Scientific Prize for his outstanding work on standardization and his pioneering work on single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) typing with new technologies for forensic applications. The award was officially announced by the president of ISFG at the 20th International Congress of the ISFG in Arcachon, France on September 11, 2003.

A web archive is now available for the workshop: Practical Guidance for the Calculation of the Uncertainty of
Calibrator Values for IVD Manufacturers, which took place March 31 - April 1, 2003 in Gaithersburg, MD

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