# Discipline A Microbiology-Track 4: WGS

> **NIH FDA U19** · WA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $30,000

## Abstract

PAR-20-105: Discipline A - Microbiology - Track 4: WGS 
Project Summary 
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Food Safety and Consumer Services 
(FS&CS) Laboratory is the State’s Primary Regulatory Human and Animal Food Safety Laboratory. 
The WSDA FS&CS Laboratory seeks five years of funding through the FDA Laboratory Flexible 
Funding Model (LFFM) Cooperative Agreement Program’s Discipline A Microbiology Track 4 to 
enhance the lab’s WGS capacities as a GenomeTrakr network laboratory and to expand the 
capacities of the public database at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in support 
of foodborne illness investigations. 
 The FS&CS Laboratory has all the required technical expertise in WGS testing and data uploading 
 under this analytical track. 
 Is eligible to apply for this Track since we have an illumina MiSeq on-site and become a FDA 
 GenomeTrakr network laboratory. Our lab’s microbiologists have been fully trained in FDA/CDC 
 protocols. We are also able collect enough samples through the laboratory’s regulatory testing in 
 human food and animal food products and collaboration with other academic lab. 
 Microbiologists are knowledgeable and experienced in multiple animal and human food matrices, 
 pathogens, various molecular biology techniques and data manipulation. 
 Has the necessary space to continue supporting the additional work associated with this project. 
 Has been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005-2017 since 2011 and also received FDA ISO funding 
 support in the past 9 years. 
 Is located in a strategic geographic area of the United States. Washington State is home to 
 several major international shipping ports, through which nearly $16 billion in food and agricultural 
 products were exported in 2018. The Port of Seattle, the state’s largest city and port, is the 
 gateway port for all Asian and Canadian trade. 
If our Track 4 proposal is accepted, we are willing and able to do the following: 
 1. Participate in bacterial isolates sequencing (100+) 
 2. Enter results in real-time in NCBI database 
 3. Participate in the GenomeTrakr network and complete any other assigned assignments 
 4. Is willing to mentor other laboratories 
Washington State Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Consumer Services Laboratory

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173384
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007086-01
- **Recipient organization:** WA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Yong Liu
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $30,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173384

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173384, Discipline A Microbiology-Track 4: WGS (1U19FD007086-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173384. Licensed CC0.

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