The results related to the dry lab component have now been collected in an overall report which is available for download from the
GMI webpageMany of you participated or have an interest in the Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test (PT) 2015.
The GMI proficiency test 2015 is supported by COMPARE, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 643476.
In addition, the GMI PT 2015 is supported by FDA GenomeTrakr and Microbiologics®.
The GMI working group 4 (WG4) steered by the US FDA, Microbiologics, and Technical University of Denmark prepared this proficiency test. The PT consisted of three parts, each of which were optional, and included assessing (1a) the laboratory’s DNA preparation and sequencing procedures, (1b) the laboratory’s sequencing output, and (2) the laboratory’s procedure to identify variant sites within whole genome sequence data and cluster and distinguish samples based on those variants.
The results related to the dry lab component (item 2 mentioned above) have now been collected in an overall report which is available for download from the GMI webpage (http://www.globalmicrobialidentifier.org/Workgroups/GMI-Proficiency-Test-Reports).
Should you have questions or comments to the report, please do not hesitate to contact either James Pettengill (bioinformatician; James.Pettengill@fda.hhs.gov) or Susanne Karlsmose Pedersen (PT Coordinator; suska@food.dtu.dk).