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Forensic
This Week in Forensic Science
Nov 22 2019
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...
No Nuclear DNA in Rootless Hair: Myth or Fact?
Nov 21 2019
Hair shafts, particularly rootless ones (telogen hair), are common exhibits found in crime scenes. They can be deposited either normally due to shedding or by force due to hai...
Fall Edition of The ISHI Report Now Live
Nov 19 2019
The Fall edition of The ISHI Report is now live! We hope that many of you were able to participate in the 30th International Symposium on Human Identification that took place ...
This Week in Forensic Science
Nov 15 2019
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...
DNA-Touch™ – Synthetic Fingermarks for Genomic Research
Nov 14 2019
Variability in the amount of DNA deposited by individuals when touching a surface poses a significant hurdle to the evaluation of forensic analysis methods for touch samples. ...
Molecular Dissection of a Crime Scene: Introducing STR Sequencing in Routine Investigation
Nov 12 2019
I currently work as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). My ongoing research concerns the application o...
This Week in Forensic Science
Nov 08 2019
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...
A Solution to a Hairy Problem in Forensic Science
Nov 07 2019
In an effort to make hair comparison a more useful technique for investigating crimes, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a...
Using Isotopes to Tell the Stories of the Unidentified
Nov 04 2019
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States each year. While many are quickly found, it is e...