Sending Data

Cybergenetics uses the following information when processing your laboratory case data.

1. DNA process. Please give us some background information about your laboratory process, including DNA sequencer, STR kit, allelic ladder, size standards, positive and negative controls.
   
   
2. Evidence items. For each case, please list the case name, DNA items, and their amplifications. Please specify which data are of most interest to you.
   
   
3. References. Please provide known crime scene related DNA reference genotypes (e.g., victim, elimination). Such scene-related references can help infer informative genotypes from the evidence data. You can send either data or profiles.
   
   
4. Suspects. Please provide suspect genotypes for comparison purposes. To ensure complete objectivity, we only use a suspect *after* genotype inference, solely to compute a likelihood ratio (LR) DNA match statistic. You can send either data or profiles.
   
   
5. Populations. What population databases do you use for reference? If these are not the published FBI tables, please send us your allele count data so that we can compute a LR information score.
   
   
6. Case context. Please send us some context about the samples and your interpretation. This description could be in the form of a case report.
   
   
7. Data files. Please send us your original DNA sequencer data folder(s) that contains all of the raw .fsa files from each 96-well plate injection used in the case. (We expect case and item names to appear in the injection sample name.) Electronic data are the starting point for TrueAllele analysis.

Groups can send Cybergenetics electronic data materials by:

• secure FTP (requires prior account set up)
• email attachment (requires advance notification)
• optical disk (CD or DVD media)

Physical materials can be sent via courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS) to our Pittsburgh office. Please contact Cybergenetics before sending any data for TrueAllele processing.