# Microbiology Whole Genome Sequencing

> **NIH FDA U19** · MASSACHUSETTS STATE DEPT OF PUB HEALTH · 2020 · $55,000

## Abstract

Analytical Track 4: Whole Genome Sequencing 
Abstract/Summary 
The Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory (MASPHL) is requesting funding for 
Microbiology Analytical Track 4, Whole Genome Sequencing, from PAR-20-105, Laboratory 
Flexible Funding Model (U19). MASPHL has been a member of PulseNet for more than 20 
years, and an unfunded member of GenomeTrakr for the past three years. To date, MASPHL 
has submitted 4,164 isolate sequences to the PulseNet database, and 12 sequences to 
GenomeTrakr. Among those sent to PulseNet, 20 were from food or environmental sources. 
Although the numbers of pathogens isolated from food samples has been low, any that are 
isolated have been sequenced in accordance with appropriate procedures and submitted to the 
national databases. By participating in this analytical track, MASPHL will have the resources 
necessary to focus on submitting all bacterial pathogens isolated from human and animal food 
products. As written in previous tracks, MASPHL has begun to redefine its relationship with the 
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program (MFRP) officials in the food protection program (FPP) 
and has begun to develop a relationship with the Animal Food Regulatory Program (AFRP) 
officials in the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR). In building these 
relationships, MASPHL has been able to enhance the quality of the human food products 
sampled and to focus on collecting higher risk foods that are more likely to be adulterated. And 
by increasing the MFRP sampling to 250 samples, and adding 100 AFRP samples, MASPHL is 
well positioned to identify and sequence many more pathogens than in previous years, and 
therefore enhance the whole national integrated food safety system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175176
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007121-01
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS STATE DEPT OF PUB HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Tracy Stiles
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $55,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175176

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175176, Microbiology Whole Genome Sequencing (1U19FD007121-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175176. Licensed CC0.

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