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The External RNA Controls Consortium: a progress report

Nature Methods volume 2, pages 731–734 (2005)Cite this article

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.

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Figure 1: The expression assay process.

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    Shawn C Baker

  2. US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Building 29B/2NN12, HFM-521, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 20852, Maryland, USA

    Steven R Bauer

  3. University of Washington, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 98105, Washington, USA

    Richard P Beyer & Kathleen Kerr

  4. Cambridge University, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2XY, UK

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  5. ViaLogy Corporation, 2400 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, 91001, California, USA

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  6. Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, 94404, California, USA

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  8. Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., 60 Executive Boulevard, Farmingdale, 11735, New York, USA

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    Carole Foy & Helen Parkes

  12. US Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-020, Jefferson, 72079, Arkansas, USA

    James Fuscoe & Leming Shi

  13. Atactic Technology, Inc., 2575 W. Bellfort, Suite 270, Houston, 77054, Texas, USA

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  14. Department of Molecular Profiling, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, 19486, Pennsylvania, USA

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The External RNA Controls Consortium

  • Shawn C Baker
  • , Steven R Bauer
  • , Richard P Beyer
  • , James D Brenton
  • , Bud Bromley
  • , John Burrill
  • , Helen Causton
  • , Michael P Conley
  • , Rosalie Elespuru
  • , Michael Fero
  • , Carole Foy
  • , James Fuscoe
  • , Xiaolian Gao
  • , David Lee Gerhold
  • , Patrick Gilles
  • , Federico Goodsaid
  • , Xu Guo
  • , Joe Hackett
  • , Richard D Hockett
  • , Pranvera Ikonomi
  • , Rafael A Irizarry
  • , Ernest S Kawasaki
  • , Tamma Kaysser-Kranich
  • , Kathleen Kerr
  • , Gretchen Kiser
  • , Walter H Koch
  • , Kathy Y Lee
  • , Chunmei Liu
  • , Z Lewis Liu
  • , Anne Lucas
  • , Chitra F Manohar
  • , Garry Miyada
  • , Zora Modrusan
  • , Helen Parkes
  • , Raj K Puri
  • , Laura Reid
  • , Thomas B Ryder
  • , Marc Salit
  • , Raymond R Samaha
  • , Uwe Scherf
  • , Timothy J Sendera
  • , Robert A Setterquist
  • , Leming Shi
  • , Richard Shippy
  • , Jesus V Soriano
  • , Elizabeth A Wagar
  • , Janet A Warrington
  • , Mickey Williams
  • , Frederike Wilmer
  • , Mike Wilson
  • , Paul K Wolber
  • , Xiaoning Wu
  •  & Renata Zadro

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