FaSTR DNA takes Kiwi expert forensic software to next level
ESR’s cutting-edge STRmix software has been used for more than a decade globally to help analyse DNA evidence previously thought too complex to interpret.
FaSTR DNA has helped improve the crime scene workflow.
What’s at stake: ESR’s FaSTR DNA software is helping improve the workflow from DNA samples taken at a crime scene to court.
Background: It’s a new addition to the world-leading STRmix software that has been used to interpret DNA evidence in more than 690,000 criminal cases worldwide.
Main players: STRmix, ESR, Science NZ Awards 2025.
Since its introduction in 2012, the STRmix software has been used to interpret DNA evidence in more than 690,000 criminal cases worldwide.
When NBR last featured the company in 2020, it estimated its software had been used in more than 120,000 cases globally. That’s a big jump in usage in just
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What’s at stake: ESR’s FaSTR DNA software is helping improve the workflow from DNA samples taken at a crime scene to court.
Background: It’s a new addition to the world-leading STRmix software that has been used to interpret DNA evidence in more than 690,000 criminal cases worldwide.
Main players: STRmix, ESR, Science NZ Awards 2025.
