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An Interview with Dr. Peter de Knijff, a Pioneer in Forensic DNA
Apr 22 2020
Leiden University’s Peter de Knijff humbly declines being called a guru, but, as a pioneer in forensic DNA, his contributions to the field have been plentiful. Dr. de...
An Interview with Author Ed Humes on Writing True Crime Novels
Apr 16 2020
In this interview, author Ed Humes shares how he became a true crime novelist, where he finds inspiration, and what he’s working on now. From his first book on the kidnappin...
Human Skin Microbiome: Selecting Informative SNPs for Human Identification
Mar 05 2020
ISHI Ambassador, Allison Sherier of UNTHSC, describes her PhD thesis work, in which she hopes to use the human skin microbiome as an alternative source of DNA to identify evid...
Winter Edition of The ISHI Report Now Live
Feb 13 2020
The weather may still be arctic in Wisconsin, but we’re doing our best to think Spring! The latest issue of the ISHI Report should warm the heart of any forensic scientist. ...
Identifying the Victims of the Conception Boat Fire
Feb 06 2020
On Labor Day, 2019, The Conception caught fire on the last day of a 3-day diving trip off of the coast of California. Tragically, all 33 passengers and 1 crew member perished ...
Long-Read Sequencing Technique As A Powerful Tool In Forensic Investigations
Jan 22 2020
In the past twenty years, the statistical data on murders in USA stated that males account for most of the violent crimes. The work of the forensic analyst is very hard when d...
The Future of Forensic Science: An Interview with Athina Vidaki
Jan 09 2020
Athina Vidaki, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands discusses the newest technologies and techniques in forensic science. From sequencing...
Identifying the Golden State Killer: An Interview with Paul Holes and Barbara Rae-Venter
Dec 12 2019
In April of 2018, news broke that the elusive Golden State Killer had been identified through a new technique called genetic genealogy (or investigative genealogy). In just 4 ...
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 ...