This Week in Forensic Science
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 what you need to know to get out the door! Granite County Sheriff’s Office Partners with Othram to Identify a […]
DNA Dead End? Protein Sequencing for Forensic Analysis
Today’s blog is written by Curt Hewitt, PhD, Signature Science, LLC. Read the full version in the November 2020 issue of The ISHI Report. Introduction A crime scene. A suspect. A brass shell casing to tie them together. The trace amount of DNA collected is too degraded for DNA profile generation. With that, the […]
The Boundless Utility of Rapid DNA Identification
Today’s blog is written by Julie L. French, Senior Vice President of Global Scientific Support, ANDE Corporation. Read the full version in the February 2021 issue of The ISHI Report. Rapid DNA Identification has been successfully used by agencies around the world for over 10 years. Even so, sometimes it is still referred to as […]
Predicting Appearance, Ancestry, and Age from DNA
Unknown perpetrators of crime cannot be identified with the current forensic use of DNA. The European Horizon 2020 Project VISAGE (Visual Attributes Through Genomics) aims to overcome this limitation by developing, validating, and implementing a set of molecular genetic tools for predicting appearance, age, and ancestry from unknown trace donors directly from their traces left […]
Newly Launched G.O.L.D. Unit in Cuyahoga County Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy to Identify Most-Wanted Cold Case Rapists
In 2013, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office (CCPO, Ohio) launched their Sexual Assault Kit Task Force (SAKTF) to investigate leads stemming from the testing of previously unsubmitted rape kits between 1993-2011. Over the years, the Task force finalized over 7,000 investigations which resulted in indictment of 817 defendants and justice for 915 victims. Last […]
Bayes’ Theorem: Can Statistics Help Guide a Verdict in the Courtroom?
Today’s blog is written by Ken Doyle, Content Lead at Promega. Read the full version in the Februrary 2021 issue of The ISHI Report. In the early hours of the morning on April 6, 1991, a young woman (referred to in court documents as “Miss M”) was walking home alone in a town north […]
This Week in Forensic Science
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 what you need to know to get out the door! Forensics Professor’s Body Farm Work is ‘Way Grosser’ but Meaningful […]
The Wild Genomes Program: Optimizing Conservation Outcomes Using Genomics
Today’s blog is written by Natalie Larsen, Science Writer at Promega. Reposted from the Promega Connections blog with permission. Although it is easy to get swept up in the dark year that was 2020, one advantage of overwhelming darkness is it makes it easier to find the bright spots, the beacons of hope, the people […]
Three Pillars of ESI Mastery: A Future Vision that Shapes Today’s Behavior
Today’s blog is written by Malynn Utzinger, Director of Integrative Practices, and Tim Weitzel, ESI Architect at Promega. Reposted from the Promega Connections blog with permission. In one of our earliest blogs, we shared one of our favorite parables about a stonecutter. it went as follows: In medieval times, a traveler happens upon a stonemason […]