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This Week in Forensic Science
Oct 15 2021
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...
Recreating Faces of Egyptian Mummies Using Ancient DNA
Oct 13 2021
In this interview, Ellen Greytak (Director of Bioinformatics at Parabon Nanolabs) discusses how DNA advances have changed the field of anthropology and what we know about anci...
Evaluation of the ForenSeq MainstAY Kit with Challenging Samples
Oct 11 2021
My previous work involved the development of a kit using alternative markers, specifically Insertion Deletions (INDELs). The goal was to design a kit using ancestry informativ...
This Week in Forensic Science
Oct 08 2021
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...
The Wrongful Conviction of Lydell Grant for Murder in Texas: A Cautionary Tale of Faulty Eyewitness Identification and the Perils of “Inconclusive” DNA Mixture Statements
Oct 06 2021
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger, Angie Ambers, MA, MS, PhD (Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science) and Mike Ware, JD (Innocence Project of Texas). Reposted fro...
Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: How Misattributed Parentage and Other Challenges Can Complicate Your Investigative Genetic Genealogy Case
Oct 04 2021
DNA Doe Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to name the nameless – to identify John and Jane Does using investigative genetic genealogy. While the human...
This Week in Forensic Science
Oct 01 2021
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...
Extracting and Purifying DNA from Challenging Calcified and Adhesive-Based Samples in Parallel Using a Walkaway Robotic System
Sep 29 2021
Calcified samples or those that include an adhesive substrate may require more robust processing compared to routine forensic sample types. When performed manually, DNA extrac...
This Week in Forensic Science
Sep 24 2021
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...