September 2015 SPADA Meeting

Lessons Learned

• Its easy to make a big list of “reference materials” but you need to be  practical  • Decide on the type of reference materials needed for the project  • Are the materials available • How difficult are they to grow and store • Can you obtain sufficient quantities to use them as a reference material • What acceptance criteria will be used to qualify the reference material • Do you need multiple forms of the reference material (cells and DNA) • How stable will the reference material be  • What steps will be taken to replace reference materials when they are  exhausted or no longer give acceptable results

Questions and Discussion