Parabon NanoLabs Unveils Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Parabon NanoLabs:

Parabon NanoLabs, Inc. (Parabon) announced Tuesday at the International Homicide Investigators Association annual meeting in Washington, DC, a new suite of forensic art capabilities to complement the company’s Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service, a first-of-its-kind forensics offering that can interrogate an evidentiary DNA sample and produce an accurate composite image of the source.

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The talent behind Parabon’s new offering is Thomas “Thom” Shaw, a veteran forensic artist, certified by the International Association for Identification (IAI), with special training in age progression and facial reconstruction from skulls.

Shaw’s skillset also includes the ability to add “accessories” to a composite, such as eyeglasses, piercings or facial hair. In addition to his forensic artist position at Parabon, Shaw is also a Police Captain with 29 years of law enforcement experience in Northern Virginia.

Snapshot Division Leader, Dr. Ellen Greytak, welcomed the latest addition to the Parabon Snapshot team, stating, “The addition of Shaw’s forensic art capabilities perfectly complements the information Snapshot can derive from DNA. In situations where investigators have descriptive information about a subject that is not encoded in DNA, such as an estimate of age …read more

Source:: Tactical Life