PRESS RELEASE
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Cybergenetics is excited to attend AAFS 2026 as both a vendor and presenter. Cybergenetics will deliver three Criminalistics presentations focused on helping agencies get actionable intelligence from DNA evidence. When traditional data analysis hits pause on DNA that’s too complex —low-level, partial, or mixed samples—TrueAllele restarts the investigation.
For law enforcement agencies, these talks focus on the practical outcomes police care about. TrueAllele turns difficult DNA into suspect leads, linking cases across incidents, and strengthening court-ready DNA results when it’s time to move a case forward.
Turning Unsearchable Mixtures Into Actionable Intelligence for Reliable DNA Evidence (Criminalistics): Talk by Edward Schikel, MBA, Mark Perlin, PhD, MD, PhD
Cybergenetics’ TrueAllele Investigative Database (TAID) helps agencies unlock the value of difficult DNA evidence—especially mixtures that older CODIS approaches often can’t search.
This presentation shows how TAID, combined with high-volume DNA testing, can quickly turn property-crime evidence into meaningful investigative leads and cross-case connections.
In a Montgomery County (PA) pilot study reviewing 1,234 evidence items, TAID generated many new links between items and produced new leads from many samples that had previously yielded no searchable result. The outcome: faster case progress, earlier intervention, and stronger, report-ready results when it’s time to go to court.
A Computer Interpretation of RapidHIT Mixtures for DNA Match Information (Criminalistics): Talk by Baron Andrus MS, Mark Perlin PhD, MD, PhD
The widespread RapidHIT DNA typing machines lets investigators generate a DNA profile from evidence in about 1.5 hours. Those fast results can be difficult to interpret with traditional methods, especially for complex samples.
Cybergenetics’ TrueAllele software enhances RapidHIT results by interpreting even the most challenging DNA evidence—such as mixtures or low-level samples—and turning them into clear, scientifically supported match statistics.
This presentation features a Louisiana State Police study showing how adding TrueAllele to RapidHIT workflows can quickly deliver useful, defensible answers—supporting both rapid investigative decisions and robust, courtroom-ready reporting.
Solving complex DNA mixtures with Next Generation Sequencing (Criminalistics): Talk by Kari Danser, MS, Mark Perlin, PhD, MD, PhD
Cybergenetics’ TrueAllele software can be paired with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to interpret especially challenging DNA evidence—such as complex mixtures with many contributors—where traditional approaches often fall short.
In this presentation, the speakers walk through a real Cleveland homicide case involving a seven-person mixture. They recreate the scenario using NGS validation data, demonstrating how the combined NGS–TrueAllele approach delivers clearer, stronger DNA associations.
The takeaway: using NGS and TrueAllele together expands what labs can reliably conclude from complex mixture evidence—and can ultimately strengthen case outcomes.