# Application of NGS library preparation workstation to increase efficiency using whole genome sequencing for case investigation assigned by Vet-LIRN

> **NIH FDA U18** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · 2020 · $17,637

## Abstract

Project Abstract
The University of Illinois (UI) Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) is fully accredited by the
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) as a full service
laboratory for all animal species. The UI VDL’s expertise includes Microbiology, Food Safety
Microbiology, Virology, Histology, Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Zoo Pathology, Molecular
Diagnostics, Immunology, and Wildlife Epidemiology. The UI VDL has extensive experience in
providing diagnostic services and analytical data for infectious diseases in animals as well as
animal products for federal and state regulatory agencies. As one of Vet-LIRN laboratories, UI
VDL participates iSeq WGS project for Salmonella and E.coli and leads iSeq WGS project for
Listeria monocytogenes. Continued improvement of next generation sequencing (NGS)
procedures are critically important and help to improve the capacity of Vet-LIRN laboratories for
outbreak investigations in animals. This proposal is to request funding to purchase an automated
NGS Library Prep Workstation to significantly increase our testing capacity for routine case
investigation and surveillance coordinated by Vet-LIRN.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10143709
- **Project number:** 1U18FD006988-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
- **Principal Investigator:** Leyi Wang
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $17,637
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-15 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10143709

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10143709, Application of NGS library preparation workstation to increase efficiency using whole genome sequencing for case investigation assigned by Vet-LIRN (1U18FD006988-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10143709. Licensed CC0.

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