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Previewing the Posters of our ISHI Student Ambassadors: Julia Wang
Aug 23 2023
Conventional methods for testing sexual assault evidence are based on preferential lysis and rely on the presence spermatozoa to identify perpetrators. Low concentrations of m...
May 2023 Issue of The ISHI Report Now Live
May 25 2023
Greetings from Madison and welcome to the May edition of the ISHI Report. This issue is filled with contributions from many familiar names in the forensic science community. R...
The New Superior: Leadership in a Forensic Laboratory
May 04 2023
Now retired from his forensic science career, John M. Collins works in private practice as an executive leadership coach specializing in people, teams, and organizations in po...
Bacterial Transfer Between Monogamous Couples to Detect Sexual Contact
Jan 19 2023
Recently, the human microbiome has been studied for applications in human identification and its potential transfer to various surfaces. However, there has been little researc...
Recapping ISHI 33 with our Student Ambassadors
Dec 08 2022
We recognize that many students in forensic science have limited opportunities to attend conferences, including ISHI, and may not know what to expect as they hit the “Re...
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...