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Tara Luther
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 10 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...
The Future of Forensic Science: An Interview with Athina Vidaki
Jan 09 2020
Athina Vidaki, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands discusses the newest technologies and techniques in forensic science. From sequencing...
Demonstration of a Mitochondrial DNA-Compatible Workflow for Genetically Variant Peptide Identification from Human Hair Samples
Jan 07 2020
Hair is an evidentiary sample that typically does not provide sufficient nuclear DNA for forensic analysis. Therefore, state-of-the-art forensic examination for hair samples i...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 03 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...
Tales from the Trenches: Career Growth in Biotechnology
Jan 02 2020
Building a successful career in the biotechnology industry is really just a series of transitions from one role to another. But the devil is in the details—when to make a ch...
Application of SNP Probe Capture Enrichment and Massively Parallel Sequencing in the Analysis of Degraded and Mixed Samples
Dec 31 2019
Samples that are highly degraded and mixed in nature are commonly found in mass disaster events, missing persons, and forensic casework and often pose issues with conventional...
Kennedy Assassination Bullets Preserved in Digital Form
Dec 26 2019
In the palm of his hand, Thomas Brian Renegar held two small metal objects that had changed the course of history. Twisted pieces of copper and lead, they were fragments of th...
15 Headlines Making News in Forensic Science During 2019
Dec 24 2019
Genetic genealogy saw numerous successes and faced challenges. Rapid DNA proved to be invaluable in mass casualty situations. Massively parallel sequencing led to a conviction...
This Week in Forensic Science
Dec 20 2019
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...