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Tara Luther
Massively Parallel Sequencing: Blazing New Trails in DNA Analysis
Mar 16 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger Ken Doyle, Promega. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. Analysis of short tandem repeats (STRs) by capillary elect...
Technological Innovation Aids the Identification of Fallen Soldiers
Mar 15 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger Ken Doyle, Promega. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. For just over five years, our family lived in a town 20 mi...
This Week in Forensic Science
Mar 11 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...
Navigating the Challenging World of Leadership in Forensic Biology
Mar 10 2022
While all leadership roles come with their own unique challenges, those in management roles in the forensic biology field face the difficult task of reducing backlogs, maintai...
The Science that is Helping Researchers Find the ‘Disappeared’ in Latin America
Mar 09 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers Jamie Pringle, Senior Lecturer in Geosciences, Keele University; Alejandra Baena, Researcher in Materials Physics, Geophysics and M...
Using Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Infanticide Cases
Mar 08 2022
Investigative genetic genealogy is becoming a popular topic in the forensic community for its use in solving previously “unsolvable” cold cases for law enforcement. The Un...
This Week in Forensic Science
Mar 04 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...
I-Familia: Identifying Missing Persons Globally Through International DNA Kinship Matching
Mar 02 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest bloggers, François-Xavier Laurent, PhD, DNA Database Manager, INTERPOL and Susan Hitchin, PhD, DNA Unit Coordinator, INTERPOL. Reposted f...
How do Police Forensic Scientists Investigate a Case? A Clandestine Gravesite Recovery Expert Explains
Mar 01 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger, Brendan Chapman, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University. Reposted from The Conversation with permission a Creative...