Follow the work happening behind the scenes. These summaries explain what we completed, what is underway, and what comes next. Weekly code and website updates show how the project is progressing, even when the changes are not yet visible on the site.
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TAKiR is moving closer to participant messaging, with core features and rollout safeguards progressing in local development. Analysis development reached a milestone in processing X, Y, and mitochondrial DNA alongside chromosomes 1–22. The expanded blog also records the project's continuing work.
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From December 2021 through 2023, TAKiR’s earlier website connected DNA uploads with shared-segment details and inferred family trees. This account follows the analysis and display work, subsequent maintenance and changes, and the separate Django CMS experiment in 2023.
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Through October 9, TAKiR’s 2026 software work expanded genetic relationship displays and improved analysis and deployment workflows. Qualitative coding tools provide groundwork for future participant survey analysis, while the rebuilt blog offers a clearer way to document the work.
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In 2025, TAKiR connected program enrollment, consent, kit tracking, uploads, and participant support with a growing genetic analysis system. The work included laboratory-file processing, shared-segment and pedigree research, and the database structures and displays that brought results into the website.
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Following LaKisha David’s 2023 faculty appointment at UIUC, TAKiR’s infrastructure expanded in 2024. We rebuilt the website’s deployment and data infrastructure, separated genetic analysis into its own service, and developed workflows and experimental tools for estimating relationships and inferring family trees from genetic data.
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During the week ending October 4, we strengthened how our research software checks DNA data, preserves completed work, and investigates shared DNA segments. We also rebuilt the blog, corrected account-registration problems, and added safeguards for website updates.