Dozens of test tubes in a holder

NIST Symposium on Forensic DNA Analysis Agenda

Start

End

Time

Topic

Speaker

8:00 AM

8:30 AM

 

Attendees arrive at IBBR

 

8:30 AM

8:40 AM

10

Welcome and Agenda

Peter Vallone (NIST)

8:40 AM

9:40 AM

60

DNAmix 2021: Inter-Laboratory Variation 
in the Interpretation of DNA Mixtures

R. Austin Hicklin (Noblis)

9:40 AM

10:00 AM

20

Discussion

Peter Vallone (NIST)

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

 

Networking Break

 

10:30 AM

11:00 AM

30

Choosing the Right Workflow: A Comparative Evaluation of 
FIGG Genotyping Technologies for Sexual Assault Casework

Sarah Cavanaugh (Bode Technology Group)

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

30

Investigative Genetic Genealogy 
from Highly Degraded and Mixed Samples

Ellen McRae Greytak (Parabon NanoLabs)

11:30:00 AM

12:00:00 PM

30

Discussion

Katherine Gettings (NIST)

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

 

Lunch (Provided)

 

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

30

Rapid DNA Update

Doug Hares (FBI)

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

30

NIST Research Grade Test Material

Erica Romsos (NIST)

2:00 PM

2:30 PM

30

Sequencing and Its Role in Forensic Genetics

Katherine Gettings (NIST)

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

30

Discussion

Erica Romsos (NIST)

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

 

Networking Break

 

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

30

Latest Innovations from Thermo Fisher Scientific

Jeremy Boone (Thermo Fisher)

4:00 PM

4:30 PM

30

Investigator Quantiplex Pro FLX and Kintelligence HT

Amber McManus (QIAGEN)

4:30 PM

5:00 PM

30

New Technologies from Promega for 
Differential Extraction and Sample Analysis

Ben Krenke (Promega)

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

30

Discussion - Wrap up

Kevin Kiesler/Peter Vallone (NIST)