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Evolving Software Enables Smarter Workfl ows: An Interview With Gene Tetreault of BIOVIA


by R.L. Stevenson .....................................................................................................40


This interview touches on the confl uence of high-speed analytics with super-computing.


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A DNA-Based Screening Assay to Streamline Sexual Assault Sample Processing


by A. Holt, S. Olson, M. Marfori and Y. Oh .................................................................42


A DNA screening assay provides an alternative to time-consuming, labor-intensive diff erential extraction techniques for sample processing.


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Editor’s Page Keeping Cool


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