QIAGEN Launches New Automated Sexual Assault Sample Processing Kit at ISHI 2025

 

• New EZ2 DNA Investigator Sep&Prep Kit automates sexual assault sample processing, improving sperm DNA recovery and separation from victim DNA

• Workflow on EZ2 Connect Fx delivers high-quality DNA in under 2.5 hours, minimizing hands-on time and variability with current manual process

• QIAGEN to showcase new kit and forensics portfolio at upcoming ISHI 2025 meeting

QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of the EZ2 DNA Investigator Sep&Prep Kit, a fully automated solution for processing sexual assault samples, at the upcoming International Symposium on Human Identification 2025 (ISHI) from November 3-6 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Developed specifically for forensic laboratories, the EZ2 DNA Investigator Sep&Prep kit enhances the separation of sperm from non-sperm fractions and the preparation of sperm-derived DNA for direct downstream use in forensic DNA profiling or next-generation sequencing.

The workflow is designed for processing on EZ2 Connect Fx, a key system for forensics labs worldwide that can process up to 24 samples in parallel. The new kit delivers DNA ready for analysis in under 2.5 hours, significantly reducing the hands-on time and variability typically seen with current manual methods.

Forensic scientists often work with sexual assault evidence samples that often contain low amounts of sperm DNA and high levels of DNA from the victim, making it difficult to obtain clear profiles. This challenge led Dominic O’Neil, Director of HID and Microbiome Product Development at QIAGEN, and his team to develop a new approach aimed at improving sperm recovery while minimizing contamination from non-sperm DNA.

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