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The Missing Piece Episode 3: Rodney Johnson (Lake Stickney John Doe)
Jul 21 2021
The search for answers began in 1994 when a fisherman discovered a body in the lake. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s office determined the de...
The State of DNA Forensics in Latin America
Jul 13 2021
In this interview, Ronaldo Carneiro de Silva Junior, Custodian of the National DNA Database of Brazil, discusses challenges the Latin American region faces around forensic DNA...
DNA as an Eyewitness: Phenotyping Applications for Forensic DNA
Jul 08 2021
Like many teenage girls in the 1990s, Dr. Susan Walsh, Associate Professor at IUPUI, was fascinated by Agent Dana Scully’s work as a forensic pathologist on the television s...
Poster Abstracts due July 12th
Jun 28 2021
The organizing committee invites you to submit your abstracts for poster presentation. Abstracts will be considered for presentation on topics related to advances in the DNA t...
The Missing Piece Episode 2: Lisa Todd (Publicker Girl)
Jun 23 2021
For years, victims were listed on cold case files in law enforcement evidence boxes. While never forgotten, limitations in forensic science prevented their ca...
Searching for Unsung Heroes
Jun 08 2021
What does a hero look like to you? They are unlikely to be wearing a cape, but may be wearing a uniform, or camouflaged in plain clothes. During the COVID pandemic many of our...
The Missing Piece Episode 1: Carla Walker
May 18 2021
For years, victims were listed on cold case files in law enforcement evidence boxes. While never forgotten, limitations in forensic science prevented their cases fr...
Applying Ancient DNA Techniques to Forensic Samples
May 13 2021
In this interview, Kelly Harkins Kincaid, co-founder of Astrea Forensics shares how her background in paleogenomics makes her uniquely qualified to tackle degraded DNA found i...
Predicting Appearance, Ancestry, and Age from DNA
Apr 29 2021
Unknown perpetrators of crime cannot be identified with the current forensic use of DNA. The European Horizon 2020 Project VISAGE (Visual Attributes Through Genomics) aims to ...