Category
Forensic
The Use of Methylation Markers for Age Estimation of an Unknown Individual Based on Biological Traces
Jan 16 2017
According to public data form e.g. UK database around 30% of DNA profiles generated do not return a match from a database search. In many countries the percentage is much high...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 12 2017
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...
Into the Wild: Translating DNA-Based Human Identification Techniques to a Wildlife Attack
Jan 09 2017
Maureen Hickman of Western Carolina University describes how researchers were able to apply forensically relevant methods and techniques to wildlife cases, including identific...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jan 05 2017
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...
Real-World Tips on How to Excel as an Expert Witness
Jan 03 2017
In part one of our series on being an expert witness (Demystifying the Thoughts of Juror During Expert Witness Testimony), we examined what jury members were thinking during...
STR and SNP Genetic Analyses of the Yavapai Native Americans using Massively Parallel Sequencing
Dec 29 2016
The forensic science community is moving towards implementation of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) in routine casework pretty rapidly, and a key limitation in the field ca...
This Week in Forensic Science
Dec 29 2016
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...
15 Headlines Making News in Forensic Science During 2016
Dec 26 2016
From the rape kit backlog to RapidDNA and phenotyping, forensic science has been top of mind in the media during 2016. Let’s take a look back on some of the bigge...
This Week in Forensic Science
Dec 21 2016
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...