1. NIST Microbial Genomic Reference Materials
Characterization of Bacterial
Genomic Reference Materials
Nathan D. Olson
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Biosystems and Biomaterials Bioforum
October 2015
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18. Background Material Selection Characterization
NIST Microbial Genomic Reference Materials
Computational Reproducibility
Data
● Sequence data NIH SRA
○ Bioproject PRJNA252728 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.
gov/bioproject/PRJNA252728
● Optical Mapping and Genome Assembly
○ https://github.com/nate-d-olson/NIST_Micro_Genomic_RM_Data
19. Background Material Selection Characterization
NIST Microbial Genomic Reference Materials
Computational Reproducibility
● Bioinformatic Pipeline
○ https://github.com/usnistgov/pepr
○ https://hub.docker.com/r/natedolson/pepr/
○ https://hub.docker.com/r/natedolson/docker-pathoscope/
● Data Analysis and Reporting
○ https://github.com/usnistgov/peprr
Code
20. NIST Microbial Genomic Reference Materials
Conclusions
● Microbial genomic RMs characterized:
○ Genome Assembly
○ Base Level Purity
○ Genomic Contaminants
● RMs and associated data will help validate sequencing and
bioinformatic processes.
● Reproducible and transparent characterization
21. NIST Microbial Genomic Reference Materials
Acknowledgements
FDA:
○ Heike Sichtig
○ Marc Allard
○ Tim Muruvanda
○ Shashi Sharma
○ Nagarajan Thirunavukkarasu
NIST:
○ Marc Salit
○ Justin Zook
○ Scott Jackson
○ Nancy Lin
○ Jenny McDaniel
○ Lindsay Vang
○ David Catoe
○ Steven Lund
This work was supported by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology
Directorate under the Interagency Agreement HSHQPM-12-X-00078 with NIST and by two interagency
agreements with the FDA.