Since its creation, many people have assisted with STRBase. Early efforts involved Christian Ruitberg, Michael Tung, and Jan Redman helping John Butler with adding references and variant allele information. More recently, Lisa Borsuk, Katherine Butler Gettings, and Peter Vallone have developed additional scientific content. Community input with information on new variant alleles and tri-allelic patterns has enriched STRBase content and regular feedback from users has strengthened the quality of information provided. In 2017, the STRBase team began working with Casey Hume, Angela Lee, and Arlin Stoltzfus (all of the Office of Data and Informatics) to develop a new version of the STRBase web application launched in late 2018.
Over the years, funding for STRBase content creation and maintenance has come from the National Institute of Justice and the NIST Forensic Science Program administered originally by the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) and more recently by the Special Programs Office (SPO).
We hope this resource can continue to benefit the forensic DNA community for many years to come. We welcome your feedback on suggestions to improve and strengthen STRBase.