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Just for Students: Launching the Threesis Academic Challenge and Student Ambassador Search
Feb 02 2023
As a student (or someone who recently graduated) in forensic science, it’s exciting to think of all the opportunities that lay before you, but it can also be intimidatin...
Neanderthal DNA and Modern Humans: Svante Pääbo Receives the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Feb 01 2023
Today’s guest blog is written by Ken Doyle, a Science Writer with Promega. Reposted from the Promega Connections blog with permission. What makes humans “human”?...
Identifying Missing Persons Globally through Family DNA Kinship Matching
Jan 30 2023
The identification of human remains belonging to missing persons is one of the main challenges for forensic genetics. Although other means of identification can be applied to ...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 27 2023
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...
Sex-Based Targeted Recovery of Cells in a Heterogeneous Mixture: Separating Male and Female Like-Cell
Jan 26 2023
Today’s guest blog is written by Michael Marciano, Ph.D and Amber Vandepoele, Syracuse University Mixture interpretation remains a central challenge in the forensic D...
What’s the Weirdest Thing You’ve Collected DNA From?
Jan 20 2023
One of our favorite questions to ask is “what is the weirdest thing you’ve collected DNA from?” because the answers always surprise us and lead to great conv...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 20 2023
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...
Bacterial Transfer Between Monogamous Couples to Detect Sexual Contact
Jan 19 2023
Recently, the human microbiome has been studied for applications in human identification and its potential transfer to various surfaces. However, there has been little researc...
Clued In on Forensics Careers: Your Questions Answered
Jan 17 2023
If you are currently a student in forensic science (or have recently graduated) you may be wondering “what comes next”? We’ve gathered a panel of experts to answer all o...