Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Foster + Freeman

Travis chats with Amanda and Alexis from Foster & Freeman, who describe their product used both at the crime scene or in the lab. The Crime-lite® AUTO with a full-spectrum camera can go from UV light to Infrared light with a photo editor built in. Additionally, they discuss examples of which light waves work best […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Puritan Medical Products

Travis chats with Matt from Puritan Medical Products to discuss some of the swabs they have available to forensic laboratories to be used for collecting evidence such as blood or saliva samples, trace evidence off of a firearm, or a cuticle stick make for collecting evidence underneath fingernails.          WOULD YOU […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: GenTegra

Travis sits down with Bob Barrett, president of GenTegra, who discusses their solution to store and preserve and protect DNA samples without the use of expensive freezers by adding your DNA extract and drying it down in the provided tube, plate, etc. Doing so allows laboratories flexibility in their storage solution without concerns of damaging […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Pure Gold Forensics

Travis chats with Theron Vines of Pure Gold Forensics. They discuss the serology and DNA testing that they perform and the variety of samples they see being a private DNA lab. Being a small lab, they are able to assign one scientist to each case that sees it through from start to finish.     […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: DNA Doe Project

Travis sits down with Kevin Lord, Director of Lab and Agency Logistics with the DNA Doe Project. Though he has experience in all facets of utilizing investigative genetic genealogy to solve law enforcement cases, in his current role, he works with agencies to determine the best way to approach each case, and shepherds each precious […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Hamilton Company

Travis sits down with down with Kevin to learn about the instruments that the Hamilton Company offers to automate processes done in forensic laboratories. As a veteran in the field, Kevin has attended all ISHI conferences and provides a great perspective as to how things have changed throughout the years.        WOULD […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: DNA Labs International

Travis sits down with Rachel and Tara from DNA Labs International to discuss how introductions made on the exhibit floor at ISHI led to career opportunities and bringing the latest technologies in-house.   They also touch on the critical function DNA plays in an investigation and trial, the number of times Rachel has been called […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Gentueri

Randy Nagy of Gentueri joins Travis in ISHI Central, where they discuss just how far DNA technology has come in the past 30+ years. Randy also shares how Gentueri’s cotton swabs can help absorb DNA at the time the sample is collected and extract it as well. They also discuss some of the challenges and […]

Meet ISHI Exhibitors: Leeds Forensic Systems

Travis talks with Logan and Neal from Leeds Forensic Systems to discuss why they’ve come back to ISHI for the past 12 years. They also discuss the forensic imaging equipment for DNA screening and lumination that Leeds offers to forensic laboratories to make their jobs more efficient. They even scan Travis’ shorts to see what […]