Back to the Midwest for ISHI 31
In 2020, we’re taking a break from the west coast and ‘mooving’ to San Antonio, Texas for ISHI 31. While foodies already know a taste of what San Antonio has to offer, those who have never been will find that there is a lot to explore as well. written by: Tara Luther, Promega […]
Catalyzing Solutions with Synthetic Biology
The keynote speaker for this year’s International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI), Andrew Hessel, describes himself as a catalyst for big projects and ideas (1). In biology, catalysts are enzymes that alter the microenvironment and lower the energy of activation so that a chemical reaction that would proceed anyway happens at a much faster rate—making a reaction […]
Network While Bowling at Lucky Strike!
This year ISHI is offering a special networking event at Lucky Strike. The informal event on Monday evening will include access to bowling lanes, pool tables and a light buffet. Form teams and compete against fellow attendees to win prizes and bragging rights! Written BY: Tara Luther, Promega Lucky Strike opened its […]
Building Mental Strength for Career Sustainability
Last year, Amy Jeanguenat of Mindgen, LLC introduced us to mindfulness for forensic scientists. The workshop was so popular, that Amy has offered to return this year to share how to build mental strength to assist with the stress that working in a lab can bring. In this interview, Amy explains how practicing mindfulness can […]
Corona Ranch – ISHI 29 Networking Event
When the Phoenix sun sets on Wednesday night, grab your lassos and spurs and join your fellow ISHI attendees for a night of good food, cocktails, dancing, and mingling at Corona Ranch. Corona Ranch was founded in by Bill and Maria Smith in 1991. The Smiths began working in the food and beverage industry at […]
Wanted: The Tomb of the Father of Modern Astronomy
Written by: Sara Klink, Promega What do Swedish war booty, the Frombork Cathedral in Poland, and Napoleon all have in common? Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus. While much is known about the cleric and astronomer, the location of his burial site and the identity of his possible remains were cloaked in mystery. Over the […]
Countdown to 2017: Internal Validation of the New CODIS Loci
Written by: Carolyn Steffen, Erica Romsos, Michael Coble, and Peter Vallone The original core set of 13 Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci were selected in November 1997 and are required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for upload of DNA profiles to the U.S. national DNA […]
Toward Validation and Implementation of the MiSeq FGx Forensic Genomics System
Submitted by Illumina Advances in massively parallel sequencing (MPS) and bioinformatics can now deliver more insight from forensic DNA samples than traditional methods have offered. Targeted MPS genotyping provides the highest resolution (at the nucleotide level) than ever before possible. MPS, also known as next generation sequencing (NGS), routinely provides economical, large volume sequencing to […]
The Living Disappeared
Submitted by: Alexa Barrett Last summer, an unprecedented number of unaccompanied children were crossing the U.S./Mexican border. The number of children crossing had grown to 54,000 in 2014, a drastic jump from the 25,000 that had crossed the year before. As detention centers overflowed, researchers, politicians, and humanitarians, began searching for ways […]
