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There is No Navel of the World: Looking Beyond Borders to Interpret Y-STR Evidence
Jan 25 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers, Lutz Roewer and Sascha Willuweit, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Dept. Forensic Genetics, Berlin, Germany. Re...
The Missing Piece Episode 7: Sherri Ann Jarvis (Walker County Jane Doe)
Jan 24 2022
After 40 years, Walker County Jane Doe has been confirmed to be 14-year old Sherri Ann Jarvis, who went missing from Stillwater, Minnesota in t...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 21 2022
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Women Advancing Forensics: Olivia McCarter
Jan 19 2022
Meet some of the women who are propelling the field of forensic science forward. In this interview, we meet Olivia McCarter, a student at the University of South Alabama. &nbs...
Using Databases to Find Scholarly Sources
Jan 18 2022
Today’s guest blog was written in collaboration with Melissa Martin, a former global marketing intern with Promega. She is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison wh...
Kentucky State Police Rapid DNA Program: Analyzing Sexual Assault Kits Utilizing the ANDE 6C Instrument
Jan 17 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger, Regina Wells, DNA Database Supervisor, Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permis...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 14 2022
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Debunking Myths Surrounding Law Enforcement’s Use of Forensic Genetic Genealogy
Jan 12 2022
In 2018, a new technique named Joseph DeAngelo as the Golden State Killer when a small team of investigators uploaded his DNA profile into a publicly available DNA database to...
Writing Successful Grants: Consider Your Audience
Jan 11 2022
This blog is part four of a four-part series on grant writing inspired by resources published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and others. Today’s guest blog was w...