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Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Parabon NanoLabs
Travis sits down with CeCe Moore, Chief Genetic Genealogist at Parabon NanoLabs. They discuss her first speaking engagement at ISHI in 2014 when she introduced the power of ge...

Under the Microscope – Nathan Scudder
Forensic/Investigative Genetic Genealogy (F/IGG) offers a powerful yet evolving capability for human identification, with its use by law enforcement having far-reaching implic...

The Missing Piece Episode 12: Candice (Candy) Rogers
The 1959 sexual assault and murder of the 9-year-old fourth grader was one of the oldest unsolved cases in Washington State, but using the latest technolog...

FGG Webinar Follow-Up: Rachel Oefelein Answers Your Questions
In Part 2 of our investigative forensic genetic genealogy series, held on May 4th, Rachel Oefelein, Director of Research and Innovation, Quality Assurance Manager, and a Senio...

The Missing Piece Episode 11: Marlene Standridge (Gwinnett Jane Doe)
Marlene Standridge disappeared in the early 1970’s, leaving her family no idea where she had gone or what had happened to her. In 1982, human remains we...

Unearthing History: How Forensic Analysis of a Racial Massacre is Bringing Closure to a Community 100 Years Later
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger Jordan Nutting, Promega. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. On October 19, 2020, in a corner of what was once the...

The Missing Piece Episode 10: Gordon Edwin Sanderson (Septic Tank Sam)
An unknown homicide victim had been tortured, mutilated, and shot twice before being dumped into an abandoned 6-foot-deep septic tank earning him the moniker ...

Webinar: Decoding the Laboratory Options for Genetic Genealogy
For over four decades, the Golden State Killer eluded capture–until 2018, when a revolutionary tool known as forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) unmasked him as 72-year-old Jos...

Webinar: Closing the Genealogy Gap: From Extraction to Prosecution
For over four decades, the Golden State Killer eluded capture–until 2018, when a revolutionary tool known as forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) unmasked him as 72-year-old Jos...