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The specimen range from human livers, marine sediments, and fish tissues to mussels, oysters, marine mammal tissues, bird eggs and feathers, and sea turtle tissues and eggs. 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At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), I work on measurement science for endocrinology. Endocrinology is the science of hormones such as the commonly</div> </div> <div class="nist-card__links"> <div class="nist-card__button"> <a href="/web/20220122000944/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/tracking-hormones-land-and-sea" class="usa-button ">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-news-list-topic paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-cc333fb0670c27f2f00dbbcd4a4ddafb1d7ba9984433ffd77e0a962a44f798e3"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap-2"> <div class="nist-card tablet:grid-col-4 nist-card--topic "> <div class="nist-card__inner"> <div class="nist-card__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <img src="/web/20220122000944im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/800w_x_400h/public/images/2021/12/10/heather-patrick-rosi.png?itok=POwz2rl8" width="800" height="400" alt="Heather Patrick" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </div> </div> <div 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