The phrase "an initial panel of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the first group or committee assembled for a specific purpose, such as a review or evaluation.
Example: "The research project will begin with an initial panel of experts who will assess the feasibility of the proposed study."
Alternatives: "a preliminary group of" or "an introductory committee of".
It showed an initial panel of witnesses: 11 men, one woman.
The multivariate analysis was performed on an initial panel of biomarkers selected based on univariate analysis.
All 48 primer pairs were screened for strong amplification and polymorphism on an initial panel of four post oak individuals.
Specifically, we screened 23 AFLP primer combinations across an initial panel of 48 individuals arranged by color pattern genotype.
We populated the NovelFam3000 experimental data service with an initial panel of results for 25 genes from 39 domain families.
This screen used an initial panel of 24 paedomorphs and late-metamorphosing individuals (12 males and 12 females) from WILD2.3 and targeted 124 previously described genetic markers (Smith et al, 2005) that were spaced at roughly 30 cM intervals (Supplementary Tables 1 – 3).
This provided a ranking of the protective efficacies of the initial panel of intracellular antibodies (intrabodies).
Three of the initial panel of 12 jurors and 4 alternates were excused by the judge because of admitted bias.
Our initial panel of 15 includes Else Bos, CEO, PGGM, Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman, Engie, Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan, CEO, Iberdrola, Rana Kapoor, CEO of YesBank, Abyd Karmali, Managing Director of Climate Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynchand Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Hermes Investment Management.
From the initial panel of SNPs, 62,121 (97.5%) genotyped successfully, while 1,611 SNPs (2.5%) could not be reliably genotyped.
SNP assays were screened across the initial panel of 40 strains that were whole genome sequenced.
