# Ion Chromatography System for sample analysis

> **NIH FDA U18** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2020 · $56,678

## Abstract

Romano 2020 Project Summary
The objective of this Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and
Response Network (Vet‐LIRN) Capacity Building project is to support enhanced human and animal food
safety by strengthening the capacity, collaboration, and integration of food‐safety laboratories and
networks, thereby facilitating an effective and coordinated response to future human and animal food
safety issues. The overall goal of the program is to complement, develop, improve and use university,
state, and federal veterinary diagnostic laboratory testing capabilities. The goal of this specific
application is to obtain funding for an ion chromatography system used to analyze biological, feed,
water, and other samples for anions, including nitrate, nitrite, bromide, fluoride, chloride, and other
anions. These analyses will be used to diagnose intoxications associated with feeds or drugs, and to
analyze suspected source material. This will expand the laboratory’s capability ad capacity to perform
food‐safety related testing for the FDA Vet‐LIRN program and investigate potential animal foodborne
illness outbreaks.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10215167
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007239-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Megan C Romano
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $56,678
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-20 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10215167

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10215167, Ion Chromatography System for sample analysis (1U18FD007239-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10215167. Licensed CC0.

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