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Re-Thinking International Missing Persons DNA Databases
Apr 06 2017
Sara Katsanis of Duke University describes the challenges that exist in identifying international missing persons and the steps that can be taken to design an international sy...
Bones: Improved Technology is Bringing Loved Ones Home
Apr 03 2017
Shakespeare said, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” This is continually true in the case of unidentified remains throug...
A Cold Case Review into the Mind of Serial Killer Joseph Naso
Mar 29 2017
Dawn Romano of the Contra Costa County Crime Lab describes the case of serial killer Joseph Naso, and how he was brought to justice. TRANSCRIPT: My...
DNA Methylation 101
Mar 27 2017
DNA Methylation is a phrase that has gained in popularity lately, but if you’re like me, maybe you’re wondering what DNA methylation is, and more importantly, how can it b...
From Victim to Advocate
Mar 22 2017
Julie Weil tells the horrifying story of how she was kidnapped and raped in front of her children, but through DNA evidence was able to put her attacker behind bars, find clos...
Optimization of the Promega PowerSeq™ Auto/Y System for Efficient Integration within a Forensic DNA Laboratory
Mar 20 2017
For the past 20 years, exploiting length-based differences in short tandem repeats (STRs) through capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been a primary method relied upon by foren...
This Week in Forensic Science
Mar 16 2017
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Body Fluid Identification and DNA Profiling as a Tool for the Forensic Nurse
Mar 14 2017
Ashley Hall of the University of Illinois – Chicago describes how forensic nurses can apply traditional crime scene techniques to cases of elder abuse. &nb...
How DNA Technologies Are Being Used to Combat Wildlife Crime
Mar 13 2017
Poachers have been reaping financial rewards while depleting wildlife populations for years, and they’ve been notoriously hard to catch and prosecute. Thankfully, recent dev...