Press Releases

Standardized protocols aimed at RNA virus detection will be validated and optimized using a nanopore sequencing platform. AUSTIN, TEXAS – September 9, 2021 – Signature Science, LLC was awarded a one-year contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to validate a suite of standardized protocols for rapid,... MORE

AUSTIN, TEXAS – July 27, 2021 – Signature Science, LLC will support Rice University’s recently awarded contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop the Harvest Variants software for integrated, collaborative variant tracking of SARS-CoV-2. Under a subcontract to Rice, valued at $249,942, Signature Science will... MORE

New kit targets forensically relevant markers compatible with degraded and low-input DNA samples. AUSTIN, TEXAS – July 14, 2021 – Forensic scientists from the Center for Advanced Genomics (CAG) at Signature Science are validating the Verogen ForenSeq® Kintelligence workflow for the NDIS-approved MiSeq FGx® Sequencing System. ForenSeq Kintelligence, a new... MORE

AUSTIN, TEXAS – July 06, 2021 – Signature Science, LLC has received a one-year, $801,438 contract from the Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC) to perform forensic DNA casework analysis services through May 2022. HFSC had previously contracted Signature Science in 2020 for similar services. Under the new contract, Signature Science... MORE

AUSTIN, TEXAS – May 25, 2021 – The U.S. Navy has awarded a one-year, $292,814.70 contract to Signature Science for the development of a self-contained, single-use lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) system for the detection of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. First responders currently use procedures to detect synthetic opioids that... MORE

AUSTIN, TEXAS – May 18, 2021– The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded a second phase contract extension to Signature Science, LLC to further the development of a laboratory-based model of viral evolution of pandemic viruses. Signature Science engineered non-replication competent SARS-CoV-2 vectors as proof-of-concept in the initial... MORE

AUSTIN, TEXAS — March 23, 2021 - Signature Science LLC is pleased to announce that Milton B. Lee, P.E., has joined its Managers Committee. In his accomplished career in the energy sector, Lee led CPS Energy in San Antonio as CEO and General Manager from 2002–2010 and served as COO,... MORE

In partnership with the Institute for Forensic Research, Training and Innovation at Sam Houston State University, the Center for Advanced Genomics will guide leading-edge forensic science research. AUSTIN, TEXAS – November 03, 2020 – Signature Science LLC’s Center for Advanced Genomics has joined Sam Houston State University in a cooperative... MORE

SARS-CoV-2 genes will be used to support the proof-of-concept for RAVEN (Rapid Attenuated Virus EvolutioN) model development. AUSTIN, TEXAS – October 06, 2020 – Signature Science, LLC has been awarded a one-year contract by IARPA, under its Broad Agency Announcement for early stage research to provide rapid capability against the... MORE

Signature Science forensic DNA analysts to support the city’s efforts through May 2021. AUSTIN, TEXAS – September 15, 2020 – Signature Science, LLC has received a one-year contract from the City of Corpus Christi for forensic casework analysis services. Under the contract, Signature Science will perform forensic analysis of biological... MORE