Author
Tara Luther
What Advice Would You Give to Someone Just Starting Out in Forensics?
Dec 13 2018
Maybe you’ve just graduated and are looking for your first job in forensics, or maybe you’re just starting work as an analyst. Either way, trying to find your foot...
Learning New Things About mtDNA Inheritance from a Four-Year-Old Boy and a Tenacious Team of Scientists
Dec 11 2018
We inherit our cells’ mitochondria from our mother. These energy-producing organelles are present in large numbers in most cells, meaning that cells can contain thousands of...
This Week in Forensic Science
Dec 07 2018
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...
Innovative DNA Recovery Techniques Could Help Victims Catch Rapists in Kenya
Dec 05 2018
Written by: Lisa Smith, Jon Wetton, and Mark Jobling, University of Leicester; Heather D. Flowe, university of Birmingham A huge global health challenge is physi...
The Monster of Durrës
Dec 04 2018
On October 11, 2012, an 18 year-old girl was found murdered and decapitated in the Durrës District of Albania. The victim, Ajshe Vata, was a good and honest girl who had a re...
This Week in Forensic Science
Nov 30 2018
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...
Meet Your Fellow ISHI Attendees: Rosary
Nov 29 2018
Our man on the street interviewer, Travis, chats with Rosary as she describes work that she’s done at crime scenes. Transcript: Travis: Hi, I’m...
A Cost-effective Workflow for Massively Parallel Sequencing of Drug Metabolizing Enzymes
Nov 27 2018
After taking a course in Pharmacogenomics as part of my PhD program, I found the transdisciplinary approach required to understand the subject, combining both genetics and dru...
Ethical and Social Considerations for Implementation of Rapid DNA
Nov 20 2018
Rapid DNA has been under development for over a decade, but now it is beginning to be implemented in law enforcement and, potentially, other contexts. The new technology is a...