The External RNA Controls Consortium: a progress report (original) (raw)

Standard controls and best practice guidelines advance acceptance of data from research, preclinical and clinical laboratories by providing a means for evaluating data quality. The External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC) is developing commonly agreed-upon and tested controls for use in expression assays, a true industry-wide standard control.

References

  1. Fodor, S.P.A. et al. Science 251, 767–773 (1991).
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  2. Fodor, S.P.A. et al. Nature 364, 555–556 (1993).
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  3. Schena, M., Shalon, D., Davis, R.W. & Brown, P.O. Science 270, 467–470 (1995).
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  4. Lockhart, D.J. et al. Nat. Biotechnol. 14, 1675–1680 (1996).
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  5. Higuchi, R., Fockler, C., Dollinger, G. & Watson, R. Biotechnology 11, 1026–1030 (1993).
    CAS Google Scholar
  6. Heid, C.A. et al. Genome Res. 6, 986–984 (1996).
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  7. Wittwer, C.T. et al. Biotechniques 22, 130–138 (1997).
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  8. Cronin, M. et al. Clin. Chem. 50, 1464–1471 (2004).
    Article CAS Google Scholar

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Illumina, Inc., 9885 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, 92121, California, USA
    Shawn C Baker
  2. US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Building 29B/2NN12, HFM-521, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 20852, Maryland, USA
    Steven R Bauer
  3. University of Washington, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 98105, Washington, USA
    Richard P Beyer & Kathleen Kerr
  4. Cambridge University, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2XY, UK
    James D Brenton
  5. ViaLogy Corporation, 2400 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, 91001, California, USA
    Bud Bromley
  6. Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, 94404, California, USA
    John Burrill, Raymond R Samaha & Timothy J Sendera
  7. University of London, Imperial College of London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
    Helen Causton
  8. Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., 60 Executive Boulevard, Farmingdale, 11735, New York, USA
    Michael P Conley
  9. US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Federal Laboratories at White Oak, Life Sciences Building 64, Room 3020, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, 20903, Maryland, USA
    Rosalie Elespuru
  10. Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR 4256, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, 94305, California, USA
    Michael Fero
  11. LGC, Bio-Molecular Innovation, Queens Road, Teddington, TW11OLY, UK
    Carole Foy & Helen Parkes
  12. US Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-020, Jefferson, 72079, Arkansas, USA
    James Fuscoe & Leming Shi
  13. Atactic Technology, Inc., 2575 W. Bellfort, Suite 270, Houston, 77054, Texas, USA
    Xiaolian Gao
  14. Department of Molecular Profiling, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, 19486, Pennsylvania, USA
    David Lee Gerhold
  15. Invitrogen Corporation, 1600 Faraday Avenue, P.O. Box 6482, Carlsbad, 92008, California, USA
    Patrick Gilles
  16. US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 1451 Rockville Pike (HFD-860), Woodmont II Office 2078, Rockville, 20852, Maryland, USA
    Federico Goodsaid
  17. Affymetrix Inc., 3380 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, 95051, California, USA
    Xu Guo, Chunmei Liu, Garry Miyada, Thomas B Ryder & Janet A Warrington
  18. US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, HFZ-440, 2098 Oak Grove, Rockville, 20850, Maryland, USA
    Joe Hackett
  19. Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Research Lab, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, 46285, Indiana, USA
    Richard D Hockett
  20. American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, 20110, Virginia, USA
    Pranvera Ikonomi
  21. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St. E3132, Baltimore, 21205, Maryland, USA
    Rafael A Irizarry
  22. National Cancer Institute Advanced Technology Center, National Institutes of Health, 8717 Grovemont Circle, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA
    Ernest S Kawasaki
  23. GE Healthcare, 3200 W. Germann Road, Chandler, 85248, Arizona, USA
    Tamma Kaysser-Kranich, Gretchen Kiser & Richard Shippy
  24. Roche Molecular Systems, 4300 Hacienda Dr., Pleasanton, 94588, California, USA
    Walter H Koch, Kathy Y Lee, Mickey Williams & Xiaoning Wu
  25. US Department of Ariculture, 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, 61604, Illinois, USA
    Z Lewis Liu
  26. Agilent Technologies, Inc., 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd. MS 55L WM, Santa Clara, 95051, California, USA
    Anne Lucas & Paul K Wolber
  27. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Microarray Center, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, 94550, California, USA
    Chitra F Manohar
  28. Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, 94080, California, USA
    Zora Modrusan
  29. US Food and Drug Administration, NIH Building 29B, Room 2NN10, 29 Lincoln Drive MSC 4555, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA
    Raj K Puri
  30. Expression Analysis, 2605 Meridian Parkway, Durham, 27713, North Carolina, USA
    Laura Reid
  31. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8391, Gaithersburg, 20899, Maryland, USA
    Marc Salit
  32. US Food and Drug Administration, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety, OAK8, RM366, HFZ-440, 2098 Gaither Road, Rockville, 20850, Maryland, USA
    Uwe Scherf
  33. Ambion, Inc., 2130 Woodward St., Austin, 78744, Texas, USA
    Robert A Setterquist & Mike Wilson
  34. American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, 20110, Virgnia, USA
    Jesus V Soriano
  35. UCLA Clinical Laboratories, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, 90095, California, USA
    Elizabeth A Wagar
  36. Qiagen Inc., Hilden, 40727, Germany
    Frederike Wilmer
  37. Zagreb University School of Medicine, Medical School, Zagreb, 10 000 3, Salata, Croatia
    Renata Zadro

Consortia

The External RNA Controls Consortium

Corresponding author

Correspondence toJanet A Warrington.

Rights and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

The External RNA Controls Consortium. The External RNA Controls Consortium: a progress report.Nat Methods 2, 731–734 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1005-731

Download citation