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This Week in Forensic Science
Feb 15 2019
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...
Which Came First – the Helix or the Whorl?
Feb 14 2019
One of the earliest and longest lasting means of forensic identification is fingerprinting. Frequently, DNA is now considered the golden standard in the courtroom for forens...
Meet Your Exhibitors – COPAN
Feb 12 2019
When ISHI began 30 years ago, RFLP was state of the art, DNA typing was in its infancy, and the world wide web was years in the future. DNA technology has seen many changes ov...
This Week in Forensic Science
Feb 08 2019
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...
Meet Your Fellow Attendees: Robin Cotton
Feb 07 2019
Robin Cotton of Boston University shares why she attends ISHI, what it was like testifying in the OJ Simpson trial, and how DNA technology has changed over the years. ï...
Announcing the ISHI 30 Keynote Speaker
Feb 05 2019
He went by many names. In Sacramento, he was known as the East Area Rapist. Southern California called him the Original Night Stalker. Others gave him the name Diamond Knot Ki...
This Week in Forensic Science
Feb 01 2019
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...
Overcoming 5 Bottlenecks in Communicating Life Sciences Research
Jan 31 2019
As a first-year grad student, I was so excited to start my thesis work. I brainstormed to make a list of experiments to try and then discussed them with one of the senior grad...
Forecasting Justice: How Forensic Meteorology Helps to Solve Crime
Jan 28 2019
In the late 1800’s in upstate New York, Phinneas Dodd sued a local minister by the name of Duncan McLeod for $5,000 for the replacement of his barn. It had been particularly...