Creating a PFAS-Contaminated Meat SRM: A Q&A With NIST Chemists Melissa Phillips and Ben Place

SRM will help regulators and industry detect the industrial chemical in meat food supply

View as a Web Page Taking Measure Blog Creating a PFAS-Contaminated Meat SRM: A Q&A With NIST Chemists Melissa Phillips and Ben Place National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research chemists Melissa Phillips and Ben Place are working to create a Standard Reference Material (SRM) to help industry and regulators detect the hazardous industrial chemical PFAS in meat. SRMs are meticulously measured materials that researchers can use as a quality control for their tests. Melissa is leading the logistics of the project and the interaction with stakeholders, while Ben is overseeing the work with the meat and the measurement of the amount of PFAS in it. NIST public affairs specialist Alex Boss interviewed Melissa and Ben to learn more about this project. Read More IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Creating and Commercializing a Human 'Body Cube' for Testing New Drugs May 28, 2021 Scientists have been using organs-on-a-chip, devices that can culture human organ cells in miniscule channels and chambers providing a testbed to study how different drugs are processed by the organ and any toxic molecules are produced. But that's 2D, what if we could make a 3D model, a 'body cube'? This could simulate multiple organs more realistically at the same time. NIST researcher Mandy Esch and her colleagues have created and are seeking to commercialize their body cube so that the pharmaceutical industry can use it to help develop better drugs. Read More

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