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! East Asia DNA has Changed Little Since the Stone Age, Study Reports (Science Recorder […]
Application of Massively Parallel Sequencing in Forensic Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Using Custom Panels Including Markers Linked to Human Behavioral Traits
Behavior is affected by both the environment and genetics. Oxytocin and serotonin are two main neurotransmitters that are associated with social behavior. Genes associated with oxytocin and serotonin contain polymorphic sites that can be studied in order to relate or link to certain behavioral traits. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are single base variations found at […]
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! Who Was Detective X? (NIST – 2/9/2017) In the gangster era of Prohibition and […]
Who Was Detective X?
It was called the Trial of the Century, and it ended on February 13, 1935. On that winter night, the Hunterdon County Courthouse in Flemington, New Jersey, was surrounded by thousands of people awaiting the verdict. When it came, camera operators on the newsreel trucks launched flares that lit up the night sky and illuminated […]
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! The Disconnect Between Science and Law – and How the Past Can Fix […]
Human Identification of Skeletal Remains in Missing Persons During Trujillo’s Dictatorial Regime in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola. It is the second largest island of the Greater Antilles chain in the Caribbean Sea, sharing the island with Haiti. It is also known for one of the cruelest dictators in history; General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Submitted […]
Meeting the New Forensic ISO Standard: ISO 18385
Sue Wigdal, Senior Quality Assurance Scientist at Promega, explains why there was a need for an international standard governing how forensic kits are manufactured, how this standard was created, and what this means for the forensic community. TRANSCRIPT: My name is Sue Wigdal. I work at Promega Corporation as a Quality […]
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! New Research on Rape Kit Processing Sees Improvements (Forensic Magazine – 2/24/2017) Nearly one […]
Familial Searching Solves Cold Cases—At What Cost?
A cold case that had stumped investigators for nearly 41 years was solved recently. The 1976 sexual assault and murder of Karen Klass, ex-wife of Righteous Brother’s singer Bill Medley, shocked her Hermosa Beach, CA community and captured the public interest. Failing to make any arrests for decades, detectives were able to use DNA evidence to […]
