NIST Charleston is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) on the Fort Johnson Campus at the tip of James Island, just across the harbor from Charleston, South Carolina. The HML is a 78,000 square foot state-of-the-art research facility established among five partners (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, College of Charleston, Medical University of South Carolina, and NIST). Using a multidisciplinary research strategy, teams of scientists from the chemical, biological, environmental, and biomedical fields perform cutting-edge research that focuses on solving the Nation's coastal environmental- and health-related problems.

Founded in 1901 as the National Bureau of Standards, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S.Commerce Department's Technology Administration. NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life.

NIST maintains laboratories and staff at the HML that are associated with its Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) of NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The CSTL is one of eight NIST Laboratories. As the Nation’s Reference Laboratory, CSTL’s Mission is to provide the chemical measurement infrastructure to enhance U.S. industry's productivity and competitiveness; assure equity in trade; and improve public health, safety, and environmental quality.

By having part of its staff located at the HML and working collaboratively with scientists from the partner institutions, NIST is better able to develop programs within its mission that respond to the needs of the marine research community. It allows NIST to investigate new areas of scientific and technological development by taking advantage of the expertise of the diverse scientific community at HML. And finally, through its association with two institutions of higher learning at the HML, it allows NIST to influence the training and development of students who will be the future scientists of the nation.

HML PARTNERS
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Medical University of South Carolina
College of Charleston

WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

NEW STAFF:
Arezue Boroujerdi, Research Chemist
Tracey Schock, Research Chemist
Guillaume Ballihaut, Guest Researcher
Jerry Dallas, Research Chemist
Lauren Beddia, Research Biologist

VISITING SCIENTISTS:
David Point
Aurore Guichard
Guillaume Ballihaut

2007 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for Trace Elements in Marine Mammals

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship applications are due 1 February and 1 August every year. For more information see the following link http://nist.gov/oiaa/postdoc.htm.
Mentors at the Hollings Marine Laboratory include Paul Becker, Steven Christopher, John Kucklick, Dan Bearden, and Clay Davis.

Rebecca Pugh

Rebecca S. Pugh, a biologist in CSTL’s Analytical Chemistry Division, received the 2008 Special Service Award from the International Society of Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) at the Society’s Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland in May 2008. The ISBER Special Service Award recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions towards the goals of the Society through the performance of special service or an act on behalf of the organization. Ms. Pugh was recognized for her outstanding contribution as Associate Editor of the 2 nd Edition of “Best Practices for Repositories: Collection, Storage, Retrieval and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research,” which was published in the March 2008 issue of Cell Preservation Technology.

Amanda Moors

Amanda Moors, a biologist in CSTL’s Analytical Chemistry Division, received the Poster Award at the 2008 International Society of Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) at the Society’s Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland in May 2008.

DR. PAUL BECKER

On December 6, 2006, Dr. Paul R. Becker received the Bronze Medal Award for his outstanding leadership of NIST programs within the Hollings Marine Laboratory. The HML opened in 2002 as a multi-institutional facility whose mission is to provide science and biotechnology applications to sustain, protect, and restore coastal ecosystems emphasizing linkages between environmental condition and the health of marine organisms and humans.