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COV6 (Abbott Realtime), COV8 (Alinity Singleplex), COV10 (Cepheid rapid respiratory panel), Cepheid SinglePlex E and N2 Ct, and COV12 (Alinity Resp-4-Plex respiratory panel) cycle threshold to genome copies/mL conversions.  Warning, conversions are approximate; there may be significant variability in specimen collection that also should be considered, and Ct values may not take into account specimen-specific amplification inhibition which may artifactually increase Ct values.
CLSI M100
EUCAST Breakpoints
EUCAST MIC Distributions
FDA AST Criteria
Guidance for Industry and FDA: Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Systems
CDER and CDRH coordinated review
FDA guidance on decision support software including AI
CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Threats 2019 
ISDA Guidelines for Treatment of Resistant Gram-Negatives

James Ross Pymol Tutorial 1
James Ross Pymol Tutorial 2
James Ross Pymol Tutorial 3
James Ross Pymol Tutorial 4
James Ross Pymol Tutorial 5
James Ross Pymol Tutorial 6
James Ross Pymol Tutorial Electron Density

Kirby Lab Plasmids (Available from Addgene)
FDA-CDC Antibiotic Resistance Isolate Bank
rrnDB = ribosomal copy number database for those who love aminoglycosides

SBIR Guidance
NIH Grant Receipt Dates
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Funding Programs
NIAID DMID Pre-Clinical Resources for Researchers

AlphaFold2 -CoLabFold
Pymol Instructions
Signal P 5.0
PubChem Draw
BaSys Genome Annotation Tool
RNA tools
Confidence limits sample proportion calculator

  • Home
  • Antimicrobials
    • Legionella pneumophila
    • T4SS-dependent Gram negative pathogens
    • CRE Pathogens
    • Mechanisms of carbapenem resistance >
      • Carbapenemases | KPC | NDM-1
      • Porins
      • Efflux pumps
  • NTM Therapy
  • Diagnostics
  • Pathogenesis
  • About the PI
  • Personnel
  • Publications
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Blog
  • Environment
  • Positions
  • Resources
  • Major Equipment
  • Donations
  • Comments
  • Contact Info
  • Internal Lab Resources