AUSTIN, TEXAS – February 25, 2025 – Signature Science’s Advanced Genomics Laboratory has been issued accreditation by ANAB, the ANSI National Accreditation Board, to the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 quality standard as a testing laboratory for Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) using Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS). A laboratory assessment conducted by ANAB revealed no instances of non-conformance. In addition, the laboratory was successfully assessed for conformance to FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic Testing Laboratories.
Signature Science has optimized and validated methods for obtaining DNA profiles from SNPs using the Verogen ForenSeq® Kintelligence Kit and Illumina Infinium Global Screening Array (GSA). The laboratory generates DNA profiles from degraded and low-input DNA samples from a range of sample types including blood, bone, buccal swabs, hair, teeth, semen, and touch DNA.
“It is essential that our validated laboratory methods are accredited to the highest quality standards,” said Signature Science’s Advanced Genomics Laboratory Technical Leader, Christina Neal. “We’re thrilled to announce this major milestone! This achievement represents a pivotal step forward in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of advanced genomics techniques as the legal system increasingly turns to FGG as a powerful investigative tool.”
Signature Science’s Advanced Genomics Laboratory is located in Charlottesville, VA.
About Signature Science, LLC:
A subsidiary of Southwest Research Institute, Signature Science, LLC is a scientific and technical consulting firm providing multi-disciplinary applied research, technology design and development, and scientific, technical, and operational services to government and industry