# Enhancement of California's GenomeTrakr Capacity and Capabilities

> **NIH FDA U19** · CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $125,500

## Abstract

Micro A: Track 4 
Project Abstract/Summary 
Application Title: Enhancement of California's Integrated Food Safety and Security System 
Project title: Enhancement of California's GenomeTrakr Capacity and Capabilities 
The California Department of Health, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch (FDLB) is the State food testing 
laboratory which serves as the primary servicing laboratory for the State of California’s manufactured 
food regulatory program (MFRP) for microbiological and chemical analyses. FDLB is enrolled through 
the Food and Drug Branch in the food safety inspection contract with the Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA) and the MFRP. 
The goal of this proposal is to maintain and enhance the whole genome sequencing (WGS) capacity and 
capability in the State of California. FDLB will enhance the GenomeTrakr network by capturing the 
current and evolving genomic diversity of non-clinical pathogens across FDA-relevant areas in human or 
animal food, environmental, and water samples. The data generated through this analytical track, which 
will be housed in public databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), can be 
accessed by researchers and public health officials for real time comparison and analysis that promises 
to speed foodborne illness outbreak investigations and reduce foodborne illnesses and deaths.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175997
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007104-01
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** David Kiang
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $125,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175997

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175997, Enhancement of California's GenomeTrakr Capacity and Capabilities (1U19FD007104-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175997. Licensed CC0.

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