Training & Validation Services

Photo of two lab technicians speaking to each other. Below photo there are three speech bubble of feedback taken from the Survey Feedback from Marion County Forensic Services STRmix Witness Testimony Course. 1. "I have a much better understanding of how to explain the complex diagnostics on the STRmix report to a jury." 2. "I got a lot out of this training." 3. "The exercises were really helpful, and it was a comfortable environment to learn in."

Our mission is to help solve every case, and we can help arm DNA analysts and case investigators with the knowledge to get it done. Our topical, practical training courses and validation services are tailored to the needs of individual laboratories, departments, and agencies and can be held at our Austin and Charlottesville locations, or onsite at your agency.

Selected Training Topics:
• General and STRmix™ Expert Witness
Testimony
• DNA on Items of Evidence (What to
Collect, Best Items to Send in for Testing)
• Understanding Serology and DNA
Reports
• Enhanced Workflows
• Whole Genome Sequencing
• Targeted Sequencing (Forenseq
Kintelligence)
• Array Genotyping (Global Screening
Array)

Selected Validation Services:

  • Enhanced Laboratory Workflow Set Up (e.g., ForenSeq Kintelligence)
  • Workflow Validation Support
    • Validation Planning
    • Validation Execution
    • Data Analysis
    • Validation Report Writing
    • SOP Development

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