Date:
April 10, 2012

Contact:
Joe Stinebaker
Communications Director
O) 713-755-4027
C) 713-503-2610
Joe.Stinebaker@cjo.hctx.net



NEWS ADVISORY

TOP COUNTY LEADERS TO BREAK GROUND
ON STATE-OF-THE-ART REGIONAL DNA LAB

SPEAKERS:
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett
Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee
Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos
Chief Public Defender Alex Bunin
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Luis A. Sanchez
Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi, president of the Texas Medical Center

WHAT:
Regional Forensics Genetics Laboratory Groundbreaking

WHEN:
2 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 10, 2012

WHERE:
The National Center for Human Performance
Texas Medical Center
2450 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77021


Harris County Judge Emmett and the top leadership of Harris County and the Texas Medical Center will join together this afternoon to break ground on one of the nation’s premier forensics laboratories. Harris County’s state-of-the-art Regional Forensic Genetics Laboratory is expected to move into its new home in late autumn 2012. The 16,000-square-foot space in the Texas Medical Center’s John P. McGovern Building will be converted into a top-notch forensic genetics laboratory with the most modern technology providing the laboratory staff with tools to deliver high-quality forensic testing services. DNA lab staff and analysts, crime scene team, and other DNA specialists of the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences will occupy the space.

County officials will be available to speak with the media at the event.