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Trace Explosives Sampling for Security Applications (TESSA) Study: Evaluation of Procedures and Methodology for Contact Sampling Efficiency

Authors: Igor V. Novosselov a, Caralyn A. Coultas-McKenney b, Leonid Miroshnik c, Kalyan Kottapalli a, Byron Ockerman a, Tara E. Manley d, Myles W. Gardner d, Richard Lareau e, 1, John ...

FOCUS: Forecasting COVID-19 in the United States

Authors: VP Nagraj, Chris Hulme-Lowe, Stephanie L. Guertin, Stephen D. Turner E-mail: sturner@signaturescience.com Abstract: Infectious disease forecasting has been a useful tool for public health planning and ...

Fractionation of DNA and Protein from Individual Latent Fingerprints for Forensic Analysis

Authors: Kathleen Q. Schulte,1,a F. Curtis Hewitt1,a,* Tara E. Manley,1,† Andrew J. Reed,2 Maryam Baniasad,4 Nicolette C. Albright,1 Megan E. Powals,1 Danielle S. LeSassier,1 Alan R. ...

Synthetic DNA and biosecurity: Nuances of predicting pathogenicity and the impetus for novel computational approaches for screening oligonucleotides

A discussion of the challenges associated with screening synthetic DNA for biosecurity risk and an argument for taking steps to move beyond the classic model of taxonomic biothreat classification and ...

Signature Science team authored paper published in “BMC Infectious Diseases”

Title: Simulating Transmission of ESKAPE Pathogens Plus C. difficile in Relevant Clinical Scenarios Authors: Katharina L. Weber, Danielle S. LeSassier, Anthony D. Kappell, Kathleen Q. Schulte, Nicole Westfall, Nicolette C. ...

SigSci scientists co-author study published in "Forensic Science International: Genetics"

Title: An Algorithm for Random Match Probability Calculation from Peptide Sequences Authors: August E. Woerner,1* F. Curtis Hewitt,2 Myles W. Gardner,2 Michael A. Freitas,3,4 Kathleen Q. Schulte,2 Danielle S. LeSassier,2 ...

Next Generation Sequencing to Detect Environmental Stress

Dr. Krista Ternus presented her research at the National Environmental Monitoring Conference held August 5-9, 2019.

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Mendelian Simulation of STR Genotypes from Existing Sample Data to Create Standard Truth Pedigrees for Benchmarking New Familial Inference Methods

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Artificial Fingerprints for Reproducible Development of Touch Sample Analysis Methods

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Validating Metagenomic Analyses through Simulated Direct and Indirect Healthcare-Related Pathogen Transmission Events

Signature Science’s work was presented by Krista Ternus at the Sequencing, Finishing, and Analysis in the Future Meeting held May 21-23, 2019.

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SigSci’s Austin TX-based DNA Forensics Laboratory participated in an interlab study that demonstrated a high level of repeatability and reproducibility with STRmix™ probabilistic genotyping software.

Title: STRmix™ collaborative exercise on DNA mixture interpretation Authors: Jo-Anne Bright, Kevin Cheng, Zane Kerr, Catherine McGovern, Hannah Kelly, Tamyra R. Moretti, Michael A. Smith, Frederick R. Bieber, Bruce ...

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Trace Explosives Sampling for Security Applications (TESSA) Study: Evaluation of Procedures and Methodology for Contact Sampling Efficiency

FOCUS: Forecasting COVID-19 in the United States

Fractionation of DNA and Protein from Individual Latent Fingerprints for Forensic Analysis

Synthetic DNA and biosecurity: Nuances of predicting pathogenicity and the impetus for novel computational approaches for screening oligonucleotides

Signature Science team authored paper published in “BMC Infectious Diseases”

SigSci scientists co-author study published in "Forensic Science International: Genetics"

Next Generation Sequencing to Detect Environmental Stress

Mendelian Simulation of STR Genotypes from Existing Sample Data to Create Standard Truth Pedigrees for Benchmarking New Familial Inference Methods

Artificial Fingerprints for Reproducible Development of Touch Sample Analysis Methods

Validating Metagenomic Analyses through Simulated Direct and Indirect Healthcare-Related Pathogen Transmission Events

SigSci’s Austin TX-based DNA Forensics Laboratory participated in an interlab study that demonstrated a high level of repeatability and reproducibility with STRmix™ probabilistic genotyping software.

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