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!       When Ancient DNA Gets Politicized (Smithsonian – 7/12/2019) What responsibility do […]

Human DNA Standard — A Q&A With NIST’s Becky Steffen

How do you solve a crime using DNA? First, you have to find biological evidence — such as blood, other bodily fluids, or maybe just a few skin cells — that might be related to the crime. Then you can try to generate a DNA profile from that evidence. That is a genetic fingerprint, and no […]

New Issue of The ISHI Report Released!

We know that you have many options when it comes to forensic DNA publications, and we were gratified by your response to the inaugural issue of The ISHI Report. We are excited to announce the release of the July issue and look forward to hearing your feedback.   Written by: Tara Luther, Promega   The […]

Pollen Genetics Can Help with Forensic Investigations

Pollen Genetics Can Help with Forensics Investigations

Karen L. Bell, Emory University; Berry Brosi, Emory University, and Kevin Burgess, Columbus State University   Imagine you’re a detective working on a murder case. You have a body, but you believe it was moved from another location. Now what? There’s one unexpected tool you might use to follow up on this suspicion: forensic palynology. […]

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!       Conviction Comes After DNA, Family Tree Crack 1987 Killings (ABC News […]

Predict the Future of Forensic Science!

Predict the Future of Forensic Science

Predict the Future – Get a Bumper Sticker!     Forensic science is always advancing. Technologies that seemed futuristic years ago are now commonplace. What do YOU think will be the most significant advances in forensic science in the coming years? Provide your prediction in a 30 second or less video clip and receive a […]

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!       Nearly 8 Decades Later, Remains of Trenton Sailor Who Died 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!       UK and EU Law Enforcement Boost Co-operation on DNA Databases (Gov.UK […]

Reflections on Three Decades of Forensic Science: An Interview with Bill Linton

Reflections on Three Decades of Forensic Science: An Interview with Bill Linton

DNA typing was in its infancy. Random Fragment Length Polymorphism represented the state of the art in forensic science and the world wide web was years in the future when the first International Symposium on Human Identification was held in 1989.   Few at that meeting could have predicted that the arguably unglamorous job of […]