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Identification of a John Wayne Gacy Victim
Mar 08 2017
In an interview from ISHI 24, Dixie Peters describes how the identity of a John Wayne Gacy victim is revealed after more than 30 years. TRANSCR...
Meeting the New Forensic ISO Standard: ISO 18385
Feb 28 2017
Sue Wigdal, Senior Quality Assurance Scientist at Promega, explains why there was a need for an international standard governing how forensic kits are manufactured, how this s...
A New Way to Determine Body Fluid Type from Crime Scene Samples
Feb 01 2017
Joana Antunes of Florida International University describes how forensic laboratories may soon be able to use methylation markers in DNA to determine body fluid type without d...
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...
Identifying Soldiers from 100 Year-Old Remains
Jul 19 2016
Jim Thomson of LGC describes how they worked to identify 250 skeletal remains of soldiers who had fallen during the Battle of Fromelles in 1916. TR...
Generating a Suspect’s Mugshot from Solely DNA
Jun 06 2016
Ellen Greytak of Parabon Nanolabs shares how they can predict a person’s appearance, and how they’re using the technology to help solve crime. TRANSCR...
Identifying Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
May 27 2016
Marie Allen of Uppsala University shares how her team identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus through DNA analysis. TRANSCRIPT: My name i...
Identifying the Disappeared of Guatemala
May 18 2016
Fredy Peccerelli of the Forensic Anthropology Foundation shares how he became involved with identifying the Disappeared of Guatemala and the process of using DNA to empower th...
Phenotyping – What Can and Should We Predict?
May 11 2016
David Ballard of King’s College London describes what phenotyping can accurately predict, the ethical and legal issues surrounding the topic, and the role it should play in ...