DNA profiles generated on a MiSeq® system were critical evidence in landmark Dutch case. San Diego, June 4, 2019—Verogen announced today that its DNA sequencing technology played a pivotal role in a recent court case in the Netherlands. This marks the first time that...

Cellmark Forensic Services and Verogen have teamed up to make next-gen forensic DNA testing available in the UK.

For Immediate Release San Diego, CA, May 2, 2019—Verogen, Inc., the world’s first DNA sequencing company dedicated to forensic science, announced today that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has approved the company’s next-gen forensic DNA...

The Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) has released interpretation guidelines for forensic DNA testing laboratories performing next generation sequencing (NGS). Two documents have been published on the SWGDAM website: Addendum to "SWGDAM...

It’s one of the most frequently asked questions we hear: “Are grant funds available for NGS implementation?” Fortunately, the answer is “Yes,” there are several opportunities for grant funds, with the options and availability depending on your lab’s location and other...

When I look back on 2018, I see a year dominated in the journals by massively parallel sequencing (MPS) in many facets.  While it would be exhausting to detail every relevant paper from the year, I wanted to share some of the themes and a handful of the papers I found...

In a poster presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle, WA, a team at Western Carolina University (WCU) demonstrated the value of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) technology in analyzing forensically relevant...

DNA profiles generated on a MiSeq® system were critical evidence in landmark Dutch case. San Diego, June 4, 2019—Verogen announced today that its DNA sequencing technology played a pivotal role in a recent court case in the Netherlands. This marks the first time that...