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Under the Microscope – Dane Plaza
Aug 18 2021
Rapid DNA technology can provide investigators with real-time investigative information, enhance border security and public safety, aid in prevention and detection of human tr...
Previewing the Posters of Our ISHI Student Ambassadors: Nidhi Sheth
Aug 17 2021
Interpreting mixture samples from a bulk pipeline is arduous since the signal is a cacophony of low-fidelity fluorescence from noise, artifact and incomplete allele signal fro...
This Week in Forensic Science
Aug 13 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...
Under the Microscope – Curt Hewitt
Aug 11 2021
For the past three years, Signature Science has been working on the IARPA PROTEOS program to demonstrate that protein sequencing can successfully be used for human forensic id...
Under the Microscope – Allison Sherier
Aug 10 2021
Over the past decade microbial forensics has shifted from solely biosecurity applications to include human identification (HID). Studies have shown that the human skin microbi...
Previewing the Posters of Our ISHI Student Ambassadors: Amber Vandepoele
Aug 09 2021
Forensic DNA analysis is typically used to target a single organism that is only one component of a more diverse biological sample, e.g., human DNA. Forensic samples can be co...
Under the Microscope – Jianye Ge
Aug 04 2021
Y chromosome STR haplotypes have been used in assisting forensic investigations primarily for identification and male lineage determination. The Scientific Working Group on DN...
Under the Microscope – Rachel Oefelein and Tarah Nieroda
Aug 04 2021
As the world slowly starts to return to business, new challenges are faced by restrictions in the courtrooms. Combining the nerves of regular testimony with personal protectiv...
Previewing the Posters of Our ISHI Student Ambassadors: Olivia McCarter
Aug 03 2021
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...