Scientific Publications by FDA Staff

Nat Methods 2005 Oct;2(10):731-4

The External RNA Controls Consortium: a progress report.

Baker SC, Bauer SR, Beyer RP, Brenton JD, Bromley B, Burrill J, Causton H, Conley MP, Elespuru R, Fero M, Foy C, Fuscoe J, Gao X, Gerhold DL, Gilles P, Goodsaid F, Guo X, Hackett J, Hockett RD, Ikonomi P, Irizarry RA, Kawasaki ES, Kaysser-Kranich T, Kerr K, Kiser G, Koch WH, Lee KY, Liu C, Liu ZL, Lucas A, Manohar CF, Miyada G, Modrusan Z, Parkes H, Puri RK, Reid L, Ryder TB, Salit M, Samaha RR, Scherf U, Sendera TJ, Setterquist RA, Shi L, Shippy R, Soriano JV, Wagar EA, Warrington JA, Williams M, Wilmer F, Wilson M, Wolber PK, Wu X, Zadro R; External RNA Controls Consortium

Warrington JA, Affymetrix Inc, 3380 Cent Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA Illumina Inc, San Diego, CA 92121 USA US FDA, Ctr Biol Evaluat & Res, Rockville, MD 20852 USA Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98105 USA Univ Cambridge, CIMR, Addenbrookes Hosp, Cambridge CB2 2XY, England ViaLogy Corp, Altadena, CA 91001 USA Appl Biosyst Inc, Foster City, CA 94404 USA Univ London Imperial Coll, London SW7 2AZ, England Enzo Life Sci Inc, Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA US FDA, Ctr Devices & Radiol Hlth, Fed Labs White Oak, Silver Spring, MD 20903 USA Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA Lab Govt Chemist, Bio Mol Innovat, Teddington TW11 0LY, Middx, England US FDA, Natl Ctr Toxicol Res, Jefferson, AR 72079 USA Atactic Technol Inc, Houston, TX 77054 USA Merck Sharp Labs, Dept Mol Profiling, West Point, PA 19486 USA Invitrogen Corp, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA US FDA, Ctr Drug Evaluat & Res, Rockville, MD 20852 USA Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA US FDA, Ctr Devices & Radiol Hlth, Rockville, MD 20850 USA Eli Lilly & Co, Lilly Res Lab, Lilly Corp Ctr, Indianapolis, IN 46285 USA Amer Type Culture Collect, Manassas, VA 20110 USA NCI, Ctr Adv Technol, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA GE Healthcare, Chandler, AZ 85248 USA Roche Mol Syst, Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA USDA, Peoria, IL 61604 USA Agilent Technol Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab Microarray Ctr, Livermore, CA 94550 USA Genentech Inc, San Francisco, CA 94080 USA US FDA, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA Express Anal, Durham, NC 27713 USA NIST, Chem Sci & Technol Lab, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA US FDA, Off In Vitro Diagnost Device Evaluat & Safety, Rockville, MD 20850 USA Ambion Inc, Austin, TX 78744 USA Amer Type Culture Collect, Manassas, VA 20110 USA Univ Calif Los Angeles, Clin Labs, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA Qiagen Inc, D-40727 Hilden, Germany Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Zagreb 10000, Croatia

Standard controls and best practice guidelines advance acceptance of data from research, preclinical and clinical laboratories by providing a means for evaluating data quality. The External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC) is developing commonly agreed-upon and tested controls for use in expression assays, a true industry-wide standard control.