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Tara Luther
This Week in Forensic Science
May 15 2020
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...
Spring Edition of The ISHI Report Now Live
May 14 2020
What a difference a couple of months make. In February we were lamenting the cold weather and this month we are dealing with the ugly impact of COVID-19 on every facet of our ...
Skype a Scientist While You Stay at Home
May 11 2020
Reposted from the Promega Connections blog with permission. A few weeks into Wisconsin’s Safer at Home order, I saw a tweet from Sarah McAnulty, PhD, the founder and ...
This Week in Forensic Science
May 08 2020
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...
AI Could Revolutionize DNA Evidence – But Right Now We Can’t Trust the Machines
May 06 2020
Karen Richmond, University of Strathclyde DNA evidence often isn’t as watertight as many people think. Sensitive techniques developed over the past 20 years mean that pol...
Heading East for ISHI 33
May 04 2020
With many travel plans being put on hold for now, let’s look ahead to the 33rd International Symposium on Human Identification, which will be held at the Gaylord National Ha...
This Week in Forensic Science
May 01 2020
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...
Writing the Books on Forensic DNA: Dr. John Butler
Apr 29 2020
Dr. John Butler has both taught and inspired many in the field of forensic DNA. In this interview, Mirna Ghemrawi, PhD student at Florida International University and former I...
In Glowing Colors: Seeing the Spread of Drug Particles in a Forensic Lab
Apr 27 2020
When two scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) brought black lights and glow powder into the Maryland State Police crime lab, they weren’...