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Using LIMS Technology (Laboratory information management system) to Obtain High Quality Nucleic Acid Samples
Nov 12 2020
Latin America today is one of the centers of the global health crisis caused by COVID-19, and Brazil is considered the epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America. As of July, ...
Maximizing DNA Yield from Fired Cartridge Casings
Nov 09 2020
Crimes involving guns have become increasingly prevalent in our society and investigative techniques for solving these crimes have been limited due to several factors. One f...
mtDNA Population Databases for Forensic Purposes: An Overview of the Situation in South America
Nov 05 2020
Mapping and understanding the high ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity of South American populations has been the main focus of various studies in different fields of sc...
Loveless Lost: The Case of the Oldest Doe Identified Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy
Oct 27 2020
In the summer of 1979, a family was searching for artifacts in Buffalo Cave, a dark lava tube outside of the small and remote town of Dubois, Idaho. Approximately 200 feet fro...
Forensic Scientist of Note: Dr. Lutz Roewer
Aug 27 2020
Dr. Lutz Roewer is one of the renowned forensic scientists who transformed DNA forensics through studying the Y-chromosome and demonstrating the value of Y-STR analysis for fo...
Forensic Scientist of Note: Walther Parson
Jul 30 2020
One of the most familiar names in forensic genomics is Dr. Walther Parson. An Associate Professor at the Institute of Legal Medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck, hi...
Advancing Forensic Science in Latin America
Jun 10 2020
The Grupo Cientifico Latino-Americano de Trabajo Sobre Identificación Humana or Latin American Scientific group on Human Identification Work began at ISHI 21 in 2010. It was ...
The Foundling: Resolving a Case of Unknown Parentage Through the Use of Genetic Genealogy
Jun 01 2020
On April 27, 1964, a nurse came into the hospital room of Dora Fronczak, who had just given birth to her young son, Paul. She took the baby and left, saying it was time to&hel...
Writing the Books on Forensic DNA: Dr. John Butler
Apr 29 2020
Dr. John Butler has both taught and inspired many in the field of forensic DNA. In this interview, Mirna Ghemrawi, PhD student at Florida International University and former I...