9-May-2024

Cybergenetics to present three talks at MAAFS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh

Cybergenetics will be attending the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists (MAAFS) conference at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania held May 6th to 10th. Cybergenetics scientists will be presenting three talks:

Defeating opposition experts: winning with science (Jennifer Bracamontes)

An opposition expert’s argument may confuse a judge or jury. In a recent criminal case, the DNA opponent undermined probabilistic genotyping error rates. They misread a published validation study to incorrectly find a high error rate. This talk shows our successful response to the flawed attack.

Getting more from less: low-level DNA mixtures on cartridges (Kari Danser)

How much identification information can be recovered from firearm cartridges? Our study examined DNA data from different casing materials and collection methods. On the same STR data, we compared TrueAllele® computer interpretation with simple allele counting. TrueAllele measured more information and found previously unidentified contributors.

The same DNA answer: everything everywhere all at once (William Allan)

The objective TrueAllele® genotyping computer gets the same DNA match statistics, regardless of laboratory or analyst. The identification information doesn’t depend on sequencer or STR kit. TrueAllele learns lab parameters from evidence data without calibration. Our multi-center study shows that analysts everywhere get everything at once from all their DNA data.