GeneTrack: Mobile DNA Forensics

Under funding from the National Institute of Justice, we developed the first van-portable microfluidic DNA “finger-printing” instrument. “GeneTrack” is currently a commercial product – in use for rapid (e.g., crime-scene) forensics.

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Goedecke N, McKenna B, El-Difrway S, Gismondi E, Swenson A, Carey L, Matsudaira P, and Ehrlich DJ, Microdevice DNA Forensics by the Simple Tandem Repeat Method, J Chroma A, 1111, 206-213 (2006).

Goedecke N, McKenna B, El-Difrawy S, Carey L, Matsudaira P and Ehrlich DJ: A high-performance multilane microdevice system designed for the DNA forensics laboratory. Electrophoresis 25(10-11):1678-1686 (2004).