Meet ISHI Exhibitors: DNA Labs International
Travis chats with Rachel Oefelein, Director of Research and Innovation, Quality Assurance Manager, and a Senior DNA Analyst at DNA Labs International who has been to 7 different ISHI meetings. They discuss evaluative reporting, which helps to develop a framework for a case by looking at how person’s DNA may have come to be […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: SNA International
Travis chats with Allan from SNA International, a staffing firm that provides subject matter experts for government contracts, such as the military, Department of Homeland Security, DOD, and state and local government labs. They also provide software used in underlying Rapid DNA programs around the country. WOULD YOU LIKE TO […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: InnoGenomics
Travis chats with Sudhir from InnoGenomics, who has attended most of the meetings since the second meeting held in Madison, WI over 30 years ago. In this interview, Sudhir shares new products available this year developed based upon common issues seen in forensic laboratories, such as a product that uses a nano fiber material […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Parabon NanoLabs
Travis chats with Ellen Greytak, the director of Bioinformatics, of Parabon NanonLabs who describes the identification of “JB55” who had died in the 1800’s. Unlike other burials of that time in the area, his skull and femurs were neatly arranged in the shape of a skull and crossbones, leading archaeologists to conclude that the man […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Hamilton
Travis chats with Ben, who’s attending ISHI for the first time, from Hamilton. Ben shares the custom automated solutions that Hamilton offers for forensic laboratories working on human identification, such as sample preparation workflows, extraction, etc. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS? SUBSCRIBE TO THE ISHI BLOG […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Pure Gold Forensics
Travis chats with Theron Vines of Pure Gold Forensics, which is a private DNA laboratory specializing in taking a deeper dive into cold cases by applying new technology. Theron also describes an interesting case where they utilized the M-Vac instrument and were able to confirm a male suspect from a highly saturated blood sample. […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Foster + Freeman
Travis chats with Amanda and Alexis from Foster & Freeman, who describe their product used both at the crime scene or in the lab. The Crime-lite® AUTO with a full-spectrum camera can go from UV light to Infrared light with a photo editor built in. Additionally, they discuss examples of which light waves work best […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Puritan Medical Products
Travis chats with Matt from Puritan Medical Products to discuss some of the swabs they have available to forensic laboratories to be used for collecting evidence such as blood or saliva samples, trace evidence off of a firearm, or a cuticle stick make for collecting evidence underneath fingernails. WOULD YOU […]
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: GenTegra
Travis sits down with Bob Barrett, president of GenTegra, who discusses their solution to store and preserve and protect DNA samples without the use of expensive freezers by adding your DNA extract and drying it down in the provided tube, plate, etc. Doing so allows laboratories flexibility in their storage solution without concerns of damaging […]