Quality Control Criteria & Security of Data

The STR, better known as microsatellite analysis, is an internationally applied procedure using standard techniques in molecular biology.
Our laboratory is equipped with modern high-tech machines of high quality and updated softwares.
Aerosol-resistant filter pipette tips are used to prevent cross-contamination.
Pre- and post-amplification reactions are undertaken in separate rooms and at different times.
Our team consists of thress academically trained molecular geneticists and judicial experts.
We perform analysis according to the GEKO guidelines.
We use comparative controls, double analysis and special computer programs to ensure consistency of results.
We perform reports on the basis of the offical guidelines for the delivery of expert opinions of kinship analysis, edited by the GEKO.
We are certified by the Europe-wide GEDNAP (German DNA Profiling Group) examinations of the Forensic Commission in Münster, Germany.
Each step of the testing process is documented and held in SOPs (Standard Operating Protocols).
Doctor Gustav Scholda and Susanne Haas are legal and judicially certified and listed experts.
All information for legal purposes is archived for later documentation and reconstruction
We guarantee 100% protection of your personal data to the same high degree as any medical Doctor. You can trust us not to divulge any information to a third party.