Category
Forensic
How Do We Identify Human Remains?
Jun 18 2020
Jodie Ward, University of Technology Sydney The recent case of a surgical implant found inside a Queensland crocodile has highlighted the challenges forensic scientists...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jun 12 2020
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...
Advancing Forensic Science in Latin America
Jun 10 2020
The Grupo Cientifico Latino-Americano de Trabajo Sobre Identificación Humana or Latin American Scientific group on Human Identification Work began at ISHI 21 in 2010. It was ...
Reverse Complement PCR: A Novel System for the Target Capture of Identity SNPs for Typing Highly Degraded DNA
Jun 08 2020
Rachel Kieser, former PhD student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, shares the poster that she presented at ISHI on a new method to target degraded DNA. ...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jun 05 2020
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...
The Foundling: Resolving a Case of Unknown Parentage Through the Use of Genetic Genealogy
Jun 01 2020
On April 27, 1964, a nurse came into the hospital room of Dora Fronczak, who had just given birth to her young son, Paul. She took the baby and left, saying it was time to&hel...
This Week in Forensic Science
May 29 2020
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...
The Power of Genetic Genealogy
May 28 2020
In this interview, Diahan Southard, Founder of Your DNA Guide, shares how researching ancient Egyptian mummies led to the inception of the genetic genealogy databases that we ...
Forensic Linguists Explore how Emojis Can be Used as Evidence in Court
May 26 2020
Zakeera Docrat, Rhodes University and Russell H. Kaschula, Rhodes University Emojis have become ubiquitous in text communication – messages are peppered with smile...