The ATCC^® Standards Development Organization (SDO) is a developer and publisher of stakeholder-proposed, industry-relevant, national consensus standards for biomaterials and related processes.

In 2007 the ATCC SDO became the first biological resource organization to become an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited SDO. ANSI accreditation ensures that procedures used by standards developers meet requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process and that voluntary consensus standards produced are compatible with requirements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The Consensus Standards Partnership (CSP) is the formal standard-developing and consensus body of the ATCC SDO. Its membership is open to all stakeholders in the biomaterials community, those involved in the production, application and regulation of life science products Stakeholders include, but are not limited to, contractors, scientists and researchers from the academic, government, military, regulatory and industry sectors. All CSP members are participants in the consensus review, comment and voting process.

The initial ATCC SDO standard in development is:

·          ASN-0001: Standardization of in vitro Assays to Determine Anthrax Toxin Activities

Workgroup Chair: Molly A. Hughes, M.D. Ph.D., University of Virginia