Abstract

The Translational Core is designed to support CRDD projects by collecting and supplying well characterized specimens from humans, domestic animals and wildlife with infectious diseases, and providing access to CLIA laboratories at the New York State Department of Health Wadsworth Center (NYSDOHWC) and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) that are staffed with public health personnel who have specific expertise in optimizing and validating diagnostic assays for clinical use. All CRDD projects?whether focused on direct detection of microbial genomic targets or of host transcripts or antibodies that provide indirect evidence of infection and of insights into host response?require specimens for discovery and diagnostic assay development and validation. Through membership in regional, national and global laboratory networks, Translational Core investigators Christina Egan (NYSDOHWC), William Karesh (EcoHealth Alliance), Lipkin (Cll) and Jay Varma (NYCDOHMH) enjoy unique access to a wide range of samples and isolates to support discovery and diagnostic aims. Application of new clinical assays requires validation using specific criteria and diverse specimen matrices. In New York State, assays must be validated by the NYSDOHWC. The validation application and approval process is comprehensive and comparable to and supportive of moving the assay through the FDA approval process. By engaging NYSDOHWC and NYCDOHMH from the outset, the Translational Core is poised to expedite translation of basic research in diagnostics into products that will be used in public health and clinical laboratories and enhance the prospects for commercialization.

Public Health Relevance

The Translational Core provides samples required for CRDD research projects as well as support for optimization and validation of diagnostic assays in the central clinical laboratories of the New York State Department of Health Wadsworth Center and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. These functions will expedite the development and implementation of diagnostic tests that reduce the morbidity, mortality and economic costs of infectious diseases

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Program--Cooperative Agreements (U19)
Project #
1U19AI109761-01
Application #
8655289
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAI1-LR-M (J1))
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2014-03-07
Budget End
2015-02-28
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
$826,333
Indirect Cost
$158,637

  Institution

Name
Columbia University
Department
Type
DUNS #
621889815
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032

  Publications

Lindesmith, Lisa C; Brewer-Jensen, Paul D; Mallory, Michael L et al. (2018) Antigenic Characterization of a Novel Recombinant GII.P16-GII.4 Sydney Norovirus Strain With Minor Sequence Variation Leading to Antibody Escape. J Infect Dis 217:1145-1152
Allicock, Orchid M; Guo, Cheng; Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin et al. (2018) BacCapSeq: a Platform for Diagnosis and Characterization of Bacterial Infections. MBio 9:
Williams, Simon H; Che, Xiaoyu; Garcia, Joel A et al. (2018) Viral Diversity of House Mice in New York City. MBio 9:
Gralinski, Lisa E; Sheahan, Timothy P; Morrison, Thomas E et al. (2018) Complement Activation Contributes to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Pathogenesis. MBio 9:
Williams, Simon H; Cordey, Samuel; Bhuva, Nishit et al. (2018) Investigation of the Plasma Virome from Cases of Unexplained Febrile Illness in Tanzania from 2013 to 2014: a Comparative Analysis between Unbiased and VirCapSeq-VERT High-Throughput Sequencing Approaches. mSphere 3:
Williams, Simon H; Che, Xiaoyu; Paulick, Ashley et al. (2018) New York City House Mice (Mus musculus) as Potential Reservoirs for Pathogenic Bacteria and Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants. MBio 9:
Nagy-Szakal, Dorottya; Barupal, Dinesh K; Lee, Bohyun et al. (2018) Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics. Sci Rep 8:10056
Kocher, Jacob F; Lindesmith, Lisa C; Debbink, Kari et al. (2018) Bat Caliciviruses and Human Noroviruses Are Antigenically Similar and Have Overlapping Histo-Blood Group Antigen Binding Profiles. MBio 9:
Agnihothram, Sudhakar; Menachery, Vineet D; Yount Jr, Boyd L et al. (2018) Development of a Broadly Accessible Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Replicon Particle Vaccine Platform. J Virol 92:
Tokarz, Rafal; Mishra, Nischay; Tagliafierro, Teresa et al. (2018) A multiplex serologic platform for diagnosis of tick-borne diseases. Sci Rep 8:3158

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