Helping to empower law enforcement and genetic genealogy investigators in their mission to solve cold cases
Who We Are
Founded by experts in genomics and ancient DNA methods, Astrea uses proprietary methods for improving the recovery of DNA data from the most degraded of samples, including rootless hair.
What We Do
Many forensic samples lack enough recoverable, high-quality DNA to use in traditional genotyping assays even when STR amplification is successful. Astrea delivers the best data from the worst samples for use in genetic genealogy
How We Do It
With as little as 100 mg of bone powder or a few centimeters of hair, our team of geneticists prepare samples for whole-genome sequencing while immortalizing samples for future testing.