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The Crisis of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women
Oct 13 2022
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger Jordan Nutting, Promega. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. On May 5 of this year, thousands of people across the...
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Signature Science
May 12 2022
Maddie and David of Signature Science sit down with Travis at ISHI Central. In this interview, they discuss the casework services that they offer crime laboratories and the ne...
Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Othram
Feb 07 2022
Michael from Othram tells Travis about their mission to solve previously unsolvable cases and provide names to unidentified remains cases. To do this, their lab is able to gen...
Under the Microscope – Laurence Devesse
Aug 19 2021
The ability to estimate the geographic ancestry of a donor from a forensic sample can be of vital importance for so called “no-suspect, no-hit” cases. It is a tool that ca...
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...
Under the Microscope with ISHI Student Ambassador Amber Vandepoele
Jun 07 2021
Amber Vandepoele is working towards her BS in Biochemistry and BS in Forensic Science at Syracuse University and will be representing ISHI as a Student Ambassador this year. D...
The Wild Genomes Program: Optimizing Conservation Outcomes Using Genomics
Apr 14 2021
Today’s blog is written by Natalie Larsen, Science Writer at Promega. Reposted from the Promega Connections blog with permission. Although it is easy to get swept up...
NIST Study Will Help Labs Distinguish Between Hemp and Marijuana
Jan 19 2021
Today’s blog is written by guest blogger, Rich Press. Reposted from the NIST blog with permission. Hemp and marijuana both come from the Cannabis plant. But legall...
20 Headlines Making News in Forensic Science During 2020
Dec 31 2020
2020 will not be a year that is soon forgotten, but there is more to look back on than just COVID-19. Forensic Genetic Genealogy continued to see numerous successes and faced ...