DNAConnect®
Rapid DNA Oversight.
Lab-Level Quality.
Maximum Efficiency.
DNAConnect® unites your lab and partner agencies on one secure platform—managing instruments, operators, and data, while enabling powerful searching and matching to drive fast, quality results.
Technology Alone is Not Enough
Rapid DNA instrument
A Rapid DNA instrument is the hardware – the equipment that can generate a DNA profile in under 2 hours. It’s powerful, fast, and portable.
Rapid DNA program
A Rapid DNA program is an operational ecosystem that transforms a single instrument into a comprehensive, interconnected system that delivers measurable impact. It’s more than hardware. It brings together trained operators, defined workflows, multiple instruments, quality and compliance, secure data management, and coordinated communication between crime labs and partnering agencies.
With DNAConnect software as the backbone, the speed of Rapid DNA instruments is integrated into one secure platform that manages data, workflows, and communication to deliver quality and actionable information for investigations.
Maintain Real-Time Insight of Rapid DNA Field and
Lab Operations
Where DNAConnect Makes the Difference:
Turning Rapid DNA Technology Into a Comprehensive Program
With an instrument, you
get speed - a faster way
to process DNA.
With a program, you get speed,
structure, and operational
impact.
DNAConnect is the platform that transforms Rapid DNA from standalone equipment into a manageable ecosystem, uniting the crime lab and partner agencies on one secure, scalable framework.
Instrument Agnostic
Works with both ANDE® and RapidHIT™ ID systems.
Expert-Built
Designed by forensic scientists who understand the challenges you face.
Scalable
Go from a single instrument to a statewide network, supporting multiple agencies.
DNAConnect is a secure, scalable software platform built by forensic experts. It connects with traditional DNA and Rapid DNA systems to increase laboratory control over data, workflows, and quality assurance.
Feature Highlights of DNAConnect
Compliance & Quality Assurance
Security and
Data Integrity
CJIS-compliant encrypted data transfers, role-based permissions, and complete audit logging to protect sensitive forensic data
Audit
Readiness
Maintain records and data to support ISO/IEC 17025 and FBI
QAS standards
Reachback
review
Automatically alert analysts or designated reviewers when DNA profiles require human review
Program Operational Oversight
Operator
Management
Easily manage use roles and access and track operator use history
Equipment
Management
Monitor equipment and consumable usage across all deployed instruments
Centralized
Governance
Supports unified oversight for multi-agency or statewide programs, scalable, phased deployments, and onboarding of new partners
Automated
Hit Alerts
Configurable to provide automated notifications of candidate matches to labs and partners and send confirmed hit notifications
Automated Operations
Enable unattended, end-to-end processing with automated data transfer, automatically checks profiles and searches, and reporting to reduce manual intervention and accelerate turnaround.
Searching and Matching
Search Approach
Searches DNA profiles with a unique algorithmic method producing more matches than simple allele value matching (e.g. stringency searches)
Matching Engine
Uses a likelihood ratio based approach that accounts for allelic rarity and dropout
Match Manager
Stores and organizes matches for easy retrieval
Kinship
DNAConnect’s Kinship Module supports analysis from simple parent/child relationships to extended multi-generational pedigrees. Its tools and capabilities help identify unknown individuals with confidence both in individual missing persons cases or large-scale mass fatality incidents.
Kinship Analysis and Pedigrees
- Graphical pedigree builder validates reported relationships from simple to multigenerational
- Gender mismatch alerts (e.g. amelogenin inconsistencies) to detect possible sample switches
- Runs calculations across multiple population databases
- Accounts for linked loci, locus-specific mutation rates, population substructure (theta) and allelic dropout
Case and Data Management
- Track missing persons and unidentified human remains cases with the option to move data between two events
- Manage multiple incidents separately
- Enter and share data across multiple sites simultaneously
- Configurable data fields and reports
- Instrument and kit vendor independent
- Can combine Rapid DNA and traditional DNA profile data
Searching and Matching
- Large-scale, automated (‘lights out’) searching
- Associations ranked using screening scores
- Detects possible data entry errors (e.g. incorrect reported relationships)
- Mixture matching with flags
- Creates complete profiles by merging partial profile
Quality and Standards
- Built-in quality checks for pedigree consistency and completeness
- Alerts analysts to errors or missing data before analysis
- Complies with AABB guidelines
- Validated through concordance studies
Collaboration and Reachback
- Secure, remote access for DNA analysts for Reachback support from anywhere in the world
- Multi-location analyst collaboration in real time
- Field tested in real-world mass fatality incidents for DVI
Your Lab,
Your Workflow.
The path to implementing Rapid DNA for casework is not one-size-fits-all. Some Rapid DNA programs will use the CODIS database, while others will choose to operate outside of CODIS, focusing instead on a comprehensive platform that generates investigative leads using state-level or local databases uploaded to DNAConnect. Configurable to your operational needs, DNAConnect is the tool to streamline workflows.
About SNA International
DNAConnect was developed by SNA International in 2017 to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a mechanism to connect DNA profiles generated in the field to DNA analysts in laboratories.
With two decades of experience in mission-critical systems and expertise in forensic science, SNA International brings the technical excellence and domain knowledge necessary to create platforms that meet the standards of the forensic science community.
SNA International’s commitment to innovation, security, and quality ensures that DNAConnect not only meets today’s needs but is positioned to adapt to tomorrow’s challenges in forensic DNA analysis.
What Our Customers Say
Trusted by Forensic Laboratories Nationwide
“DNAConnect’s intuitive layout and ease of use have streamlined our workflow. The ability to return candidate matches based on LR rather than stringency, automatically notify investigators via text or email, and draft match letters directly in the system has made communication faster and more efficient.“
Forensic Biology Unit Manager
Forensic Science Manager, State Police
DNA Unit Manager
Turn Rapid DNA Technology into a Rapid DNA Program
See how DNAConnect turns new technology into a complete operational program by combining compliance, oversight, and lab-level assurance.