# Disclipine A - Analytical Track 4: Chemistry Capability/Capacity Development

> **NIH FDA U19** · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · 2020 · $135,000

## Abstract

Abstract 
PROJECT FOUR: Capacity Expansion: Texas Whole Genome Sequencing of Isolates from 
Animal Food 
Office of the Texas State Chemist (OTSC) has the ability to screen and/or confirm the following 
organisms: Salmonella spp. in animal food, animal food ingredients, biosolids, human food; 
Shiga like toxin producing E.coli (STEC) O157:H7 and non-O157 in animal food, animal food 
ingredients and human food; Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk, animal food and animal food 
ingredients, human food; SEB in raw milk, Brucella spp. antigen in raw milk, ricin toxin via 
Tetracore ELISA, Shigella spp. in human food, Bacillus anthracis sterne in human food, 
Staphylococcal enterotoxins in human food, T-2 toxin and alpha- amanitin by LCMSMS. The 
microlab received BSL3 training in screening methodologies of Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia 
pestis at USAMRIID facility, Ft Detrick, MD in 2018 and are moving forward to establish this 
method (screening and confirmatory) at OTSC facility. The OTSC whole genome sequencing 
capability development project includes: 1) purchasing MiSeq sequencing platform and 
necessary instruments, 2) completing and passing competency assessment, 3) expanding the 
OTSC ISO/IEC 17025.2017 scope to include genome sequencing. As an outcome of the 
Capacity Expansion: Texas Whole Genome Sequencing of Isolates from Animal Food project, 
OTSC will begin DNA sequencing using a MiSeq internally within the lab for Listeria and 
Salmonella DNA, which will strengthen disease surveillance and epidemiology.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10160666
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007097-01
- **Recipient organization:** TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** TIMOTHY JOHN HERRMAN
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $135,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10160666

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10160666, Disclipine A - Analytical Track 4: Chemistry Capability/Capacity Development (1U19FD007097-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10160666. Licensed CC0.

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