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AFDAA Winter Meeting February 7, 2013 Austin, Texas Introduction Human Identification Life Technologies
Transcript of AFDAA Winter Meeting February 7, 2013 Austin, Texas
AFDAA Winter MeetingFebruary 7, 2013Austin, Texas
IntroductionHuman IdentificationLife Technologies
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What is our Current Official Company Name?
A. Applied Biosystems
B. Applied Biosystems part of Life Technologies
C. Life Technologies
D. I don’t care I am still going to call you ABI no matter what
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GROUNDED in ScienceINSPIRED by ScientistsDRIVEN by Innovation
1 Company / 8 Trusted Brands / 600,000+ Citations
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Quick Facts
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Media Recognition
Ranked #9 in 2012
Red Dot 2012 Award for Excellence In Product Design
Ranked #15 in 2012
Ranked Among“The 50 Most Innovative
Companies in 2012”
Austin Plant AwardedBest Plant in 2012
318 Chip Awarded forDesign & Engineering
In Embedded Technologies
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Ion Semiconductor SequencingRapid, Benchtop Sequencing for All
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This is Why We’re Here
“When you are in prison, and you are told that you’ve got to be
there for the rest of your life - for something you didn’t do –
DNA testing said otherwise”
Herman Atkins, Exonerated February 2000
“the new super toxic E. Coli strain was decoded in just two hours – a marvel to scientists”
June 2011
“Whole-genome sequencing has enabled doctors to provide the
Beery twins with a simple, highly effective treatment for a
rare condition”
June 2011
Freedom for the Innocent Solutions to Epidemics Life Changing Medicine
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This is Why We’re Here
Reported rapes have fallen to the lowest level in 20 years as DNA evidence helps send more rapists to prison
USA Today, October 7, 2009
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Combating Human TraffickingA Major Global Problem
An estimated 600,000 to 820,000 men, women, and children are
trafficked across international borders each year, approximately
80 percent are women and girls and up to 50 percent are minors
– US State Department
The human trafficking phenomenon affects virtually every
country, including the United States – Hillary Clinton, US
Secretary of State
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Use of DNA Testing to Prevent Human Trafficking
In January 2011, more than 70 people including 25 children from Haiti arrived at an airport in Bolivia from Lima. Visa problems stopped them on their way to Brazil or Argentina
Bolivian Police suspicions opened an investigation. The Bolivia Forensic Research Institute, a DNAProkidslaboratory, performed DNA testing using Bode swabs and the Identifiler® Direct kit
All the children were being trafficked: 13 were returned to their families in Haiti who were searching for them
Route Taken to
Bolivia from Haiti
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To learn more:
www.dna-prokids.org
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Help Us Support DNA ProKids
1. Follow us on Twitter @Human_ID
OR
1. Visit GlobalFiler Web Page: www.lifetechnologies.com/globalfiler
2. Click the Learn More button beneath the DNA ProKids logo
3. Provide your email and basic contact info
Life Technologies will donate $20 in your honor.
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Thank You!!
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