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Another BIG Donation and Training: Qiagen
We admit, we have a pretty "Wildly Audacious Goal" in our vision for this NonProfit Forensic DNA Lab. We feel like we can do some...

Danny Hellwig
Feb 19, 2020
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Donation: West Valley PD Forensics
Thank you to the West Valley PD Forensics unit for the donation of two hoods for us to work with (as you can see it was no small feat to...

Danny Hellwig
Feb 18, 2020
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New Team Member: Alyssa McElreath, Forensic Molecular Biologist
An exciting new addition to our family this week, as I would like to welcome a friend, colleague, dedicated and passionate investigator,...

Danny Hellwig
Feb 7, 2020
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Bodies in the Desert - New Podcast
New podcast is posted! "Many people don’t realize how vast the deserts of the western U.S. are, or that thousands of people disappear...

Danny Hellwig
Jan 16, 2020
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Privacy vs. Crime Solving
I wanted to take the time to weigh in on a topic that may be on the docket in the Utah Legislature in the next legislative session. The...

Danny Hellwig
Jan 13, 2020
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A big "THANK YOU" to Qiagen for an amazing donation!
This is Derek and Danny standing in front of a recent addition to the laboratory. Behind us is a Qiagen EZ1 Advanced XL. It is an...

Danny Hellwig
Jan 10, 2020
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New podcast is up!
"A Tale of Two Cold Cases" is now available! Check it out here: https://www.coldcasetalk.com/

Danny Hellwig
Jan 9, 2020
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Media attention is always welcome
https://kutv.com/news/local/countrys-first-non-profit-dna-lab-prepares-for-april-opening Thank you to KUTV and Cristina Flores for...

Danny Hellwig
Jan 9, 2020
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New Team Member: Derek Cutler, Senior DNA analyst
I wanted to take the time to personally introduce a friend, colleague and amazing Forensic DNA Analyst, Derek Cutler to our team. Derek...

Danny Hellwig
Jan 6, 2020
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Instruments are rolling in... Getting close!
Thanks to a generous package deal that we received from our partners at Applied Biosystems/Thermo Fisher Scientific, we were able to...

Danny Hellwig
Dec 31, 2019
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"Unboxing"
Thank you to Nguyen "Mikey" Pham from Verogen for helping us get our MiSeq FGX up and installed. We went from this... to this... Some...

Danny Hellwig
Dec 19, 2019
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Verogen and GEDMatch! What a powerful partnership!
Exciting news from Verogen and GEDMatch! We hope to work very closely with both of these great companies to lead the way in Forensic NGS...

Danny Hellwig
Dec 9, 2019
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Don't mind our dust!
The first step in creating this laboratory is to build a space that will be quality focused and process driven. We've secured a nice...

Danny Hellwig
Nov 19, 2019
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It has begun! A heartfelt message from the Lab Director.
Hello! I wanted to announce the creation of a journey many years in coming. I am Danny Hellwig, the Laboratory Director and Forensic DNA...

Danny Hellwig
Nov 18, 2019
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