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34-610: ATCC may refer to: American Type Culture Collection Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare ( Association of Peasant Workers of the Carare ) Asian Touring Car Championship Air traffic control center Australian Touring Car Championship , the predecessor to the V8 Supercar Championship Series Ayutthaya Women's Volleyball Club A.T.C.C., Thailand Topics referred to by

68-555: A $ 3 billion-dollar expansion project at the Manassas site, and it's expected to create 1,100 jobs by 2030. Other major employers include Lockheed Martin (1500 employees) and the Novant Prince William Health System (1400 employees). In 2019 High Purity Systems, a locally based high-tech contracting company, announced plans to invest $ 8.5 million in new facilities to triple production capability, marking

102-701: A 126,000 sq ft (11,700 m ) building in Manassas , Virginia . This includes the 18,000 sq ft (1,700 m ) biological material repository which contains 200 freezers to store biomaterials, including vapor-phase liquid nitrogen freezers, mechanical freezers, and cold rooms for storage at 4 °C. Electricity at the repository is backed up by on-site generators. The facility also includes 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m ) of laboratory space. ATCC has created and continues to maintain several public databases used for cell line authentication and research. In 2016, ATCC signed an agreement with

136-444: A collection of more than 18,000 strains of bacteria, as well as 3,000 different types of animal viruses and 1,000 plant viruses. In addition, ATCC maintains collections of protozoans, yeasts and fungi with over 7,500 yeast and fungus species and 1,000 strains of protists . In addition to serving as a biorepository and distributor, ATCC provides specialized services as a biological resource center. Individuals and groups can employ

170-529: A partnership with QIAGEN to create a commercial database of RNA-seq data produced by ATCC for all human and animal cell lines held within ATCC's biorepository . ATCC products and services are used both nationally and internationally by researchers in academia and government, as well as private industry. Over 80% of ATCC’s customers come from academia and industry – 42% from universities and colleges and 41% from private industry. Government customers comprise 6% of

204-654: A safe deposit service for their own cell cultures, providing a secure back-up for valuable biomaterials if required. ATCC also is able to retain secure samples of patented materials and distribute them according to instructions and approval of the patent holder. ATCC also provides biological repository management services to institutions, agencies and companies wishing to outsource the handling of their own culture collections. ATCC also manages BEI Resources , who provides reagents, tools and information needed in research on microbes. ATCC also serves to set standards for biological reagent and assay quality. These standards are used by

238-465: Is $ 300,000 to $ 499,999, with a median owner-occupied housing value of $ 259,100. The city's highest period of growth was from 1980 to 1989, when 35% of the city's housing stock was constructed. The ACS estimated median household income for the city in 2020 was $ 86,227. 36% of the population has a college degree. Almost as many people commute into the City of Manassas for work (13,316) as out (13,666), with

272-624: Is Pamela J. Sebesky. The City of Manassas is served by the Manassas City Public Schools . There are five elementary schools in Manassas, two intermediate schools, a middle school, and a high school. In 2006, Mayfield Intermediate School opened, serving students in fifth and sixth grade. Due to growth, Baldwin Intermediate School opened in September 2017, also serving 5th and 6th graders. Some schools in

306-440: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages American Type Culture Collection ATCC's collections include a wide range of biological materials for research, including cell lines, microorganisms and bioproducts . The organization holds a collection of more than 3,000 human and animal cell lines and an additional 1,200 hybridomas . ATCC's microorganism collection includes

340-780: Is located on county property. Manassas is part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and is in the Northern Virginia region. In July 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run —also known as the Battle of First Manassas —was fought nearby, the first major land battle of the American Civil War . Manassas commemorated its 150th anniversary on July 21–24, 2011. The Second Battle of Bull Run (or

374-518: Is mainly served by I-66 , U.S. 29 , Virginia State Route 234 Business and Virginia State Route 28 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km ), of which 9.9 square miles (25.6 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km ) (0.5%) is water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to

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408-426: Is the county seat of Prince William County , although the two are separate jurisdictions. Manassas borders the independent city of Manassas Park, Virginia . The Bureau of Economic Analysis includes both Manassas and Manassas Park with Prince William County for statistical purposes. Manassas contains several historic sites dating from 1850 to 1870. Manassas surrounds the 38-acre (15-hectare) county courthouse, which

442-604: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Manassas has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Average monthly temperatures range from 33.3 °F (0.7 °C) in January to 76.7 °F (24.8 °C) in July. The local hardiness zone is 7a. According to the census of 2020 , the population of the City of Manassas was 42,772 which represented a 13.1% growth in population since

476-687: The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish standards and a database for short tandem repeat (STR) sequences in mouse and human cell lines. In 2019, ATCC began hosting the ATCC Genome Portal, a database of authenticated, reference genome assemblies and associated metadata for microbial strains held within its collection. The ATCC Genome Portal now exceeds 4,500 reference genomes for bacteria , fungi , viruses , and protists including genome assemblies for type-strains . In 2022, ATCC entered into

510-612: The Norfolk Southern railroad. Amtrak and the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) provide regular inter-city and commuter service to the city and surrounding area on the tracks owned by NS. Manassas station is served by VRE and three Amtrak routes: the New York City to Chicago Cardinal , Boston to Roanoke Northeast Regional , and New York to New Orleans Crescent . The train station

544-683: The Prince William County Public Schools district have Manassas addresses, though they are located, and serve areas, outside the Manassas city limits. Seton School, a private Roman Catholic junior and senior high school affiliated with the Diocese of Arlington , provides Catholic education from its Manassas location. The All Saints Catholic School at the All Saints Parish provides Catholic Education from pre-K through 8th grade. The All Saints Catholic School

578-677: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture , as well as organizations such as AOAC International , the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute , the U.S. Pharmacopeia , and the World Health Organization . ATCC-produced standards are used in a wide range of applications including the development of therapeutic and diagnostic medical products, food safety, water and environmental testing, and to obtain actionable forensic information. ATCC headquarters and production facilities are based in

612-533: The Battle of Second Manassas) was fought near Manassas on August 28–30, 1862. At that time, Manassas Junction was little more than a railroad crossing, but a strategic one, with rails leading to Richmond, Virginia , Washington, D.C. , and the Shenandoah Valley . Despite these two Confederate victories, Manassas Junction was in Union hands for most of the war. Following the war, the crossroads grew into

646-605: The Iraqi military settled on the American Type Culture Collection strain 14578 as the exclusive anthrax strain for use as a biological weapon, according to Charles Duelfer . Manassas Manassas ( / m ə ˈ n æ s ə s / ), formerly Manassas Junction , is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia , United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It

680-620: The Japanese Collection of Research Bioresources (JCRB), and others. ATCC, along with the Centers for Disease Control , sold or sent biological samples of anthrax , West Nile virus and botulism to Iraq up until 1989, which Iraq claimed it needed for medical research. The Departments of Commerce and of Defense had approved the shipments. A number of these materials were used for Iraq's biological weapons research program, while others were used for vaccine development. For example,

714-874: The United States to have mechanical air conditioning. Annaburg was purchased by the City of Manassas in July 2019 to be restored and preserved as a public park. The Manassas Historic District ; Liberia , a plantation house; the Manassas Water Tower ; the Cannon Branch Fort ; the Mayfield Fortification ; the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth ; and Annaburg are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Manassas

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748-573: The city itself. Manassas Regional Airport is within the city limits. It is the busiest general aviation airport in Virginia, with more than 415 aircraft and 26 businesses based onsite, including charter companies, avionics, maintenance, flight schools and aircraft services. Between 2019 and 2021 APP Jet Center, a jet servicing company, built three new hangars fit for larger private planes along with extensive renovations to their existing hangars. Manassas began life as Manassas Junction, so named for

782-439: The continued expansion of high-tech firms in the area. The Manassas Regional Airport has 26 businesses operating out of the airport property. There are 415 based airplanes and two fixed-base operators, APP Jet Center and Dulles Aviation. 11% of people working in Manassas live in the city, while 89% commute in. 36% commute from Prince William County and 18% commute from Fairfax. Additionally 16,700 people commute from Manassas to

816-402: The first Friday of every month, when the city showcases local art and organizes themed activities. The city museum opened in 1973 in preparation for the city's centennial and a renovation and expansion was completed in fall 2023. Manassas has a council-manager system of government. As of November 2023 the interim city manager is Doug Keen; the mayor is Michelle Davis-Younger; and the vice mayor

850-611: The given population in 2021 was approximately 34.7 minutes. This travel time is about 25 percent higher than the figure for Virginia (28.2 minutes) and about 1.3 times the figure for the entire United States (26.8 minutes). Regarding the means of transportation to work: The city's largest employer is Micron Technology . Headquartered in Boise, Idaho , this manufacturer of semiconductors operates its wafer factory in Manassas, where it employs 1,650 people directly, and several hundred others through vendor contracts. In December 2018, Micron began

884-483: The last census in 2010. The racial breakdown per the 2020 Census for the city is as follows: 42.9% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin. This can be broken up ethnically as follows ( 2010 numbers): The population density for the city is 3,782.1 people per square mile, and there are an estimated 13,103 housing units in the city with an average housing density of 1,310.3 per square mile. The greatest percentage of housing values of owner-occupied homes (34.8%)

918-500: The majority of out commuters traveling to Fairfax and Prince William counties for their jobs. Unemployment in the city as of February 2022 was 2.5%, which was below that of the United States at 3.8%. Of the 21,221 working age residents, 20,620 were employed. City residents are primarily employed in Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, and Health Care and Social Assistance. The ACS estimated mean travel time to work for

952-465: The organization’s total. Three-quarters of ATCC customers are from the United States, while the remaining 25% are international customers. ATCC maintains authorized distributors in Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, and Taiwan, and makes other international shipments directly from its Virginia facilities. Among the industries represented ATCC’s customer base are

986-632: The pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agricultural and diagnostics industries, as well as food, beverage and cosmetics makers and reference and testing laboratories. The ATCC also has working links with several other international culture collections, such as the UK's National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (NCPPB), Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM), the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ, or German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures),

1020-696: The railroad junction between the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and the Manassas Gap Railroad . The O&A owned the railway from Alexandria through Manassas to points south, ending in Orange, Virginia , while the MGRR was an independent line constructed from Manassas Junction through the Manassas Gap westward. In addition Manassas was the site of the first large scale military use of railroad transportation. These original routes are now owned by

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1088-563: The surrounding areas. In 2016, 3.3% of Manassas residents were unemployed. In 2017 the city created new "streetscape standards" and announced plans for the Mathis Avenue Streetscape Project, aimed at developing Mathis Avenue from Sudley Road to Liberia Avenue into a more pedestrian-friendly, walkable area with significantly improved traffic congestion. The plan is estimated to cost the city $ 7.3 million and to be completed by 2026. First Friday festivals occur on

1122-412: The town of Manassas, which was incorporated in 1873. In 1894, Manassas was designated the county seat of Prince William County, replacing Brentsville . In 1975, Manassas was incorporated as an independent city, and as per Virginia law, was separated from Prince William County. Manassas is home to Annaburg , built in 1892 by Robert Portner as a summer home. It is believed to be one of the first homes in

1156-784: Was a Presidential Blue Ribbon Award winner in 2009. Also in the vicinity of Manassas are branch campuses of American Public University System , George Mason University , Northern Virginia Community College , ECPI College of Technology and Strayer University . Though some of these are just outside the city limits in Prince William County, NVCC and Strayer call these branches their Manassas Campuses. Public schools in Manassas: The major roads into and out of Manassas are Virginia State Route 28 , Virginia State Route 234 and Virginia State Route 234 Business . I-66 and US-29 service Manassas, but neither passes through

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