What Advice Would You Give to Someone Just Starting Out in Forensics?
Maybe you’ve just graduated and are looking for your first job in forensics, or maybe you’re just starting work as an analyst. Either way, trying to find your footing can be tough. That’s why we’ve asked our ISHI 29 speakers to share some pearls of wisdom for those just starting out in the field of […]
The Power of DNA
Amanda Sozer, President of SNA International, discusses the power of DNA to reunite families after tragedies like Hurricane Katrina and the World Trade Center attacks. Transcript: Laura Barten: You managed a lot of the Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 efforts; that must be incredibly challenging. Amanda Sozer: It was. I mean, […]
A Genetic Genealogy Television Show?
Margaret Press and Colleen Fitzpatrick, founders of the DNA Doe Project, discuss the likelihood of staring in a reality television show. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS? SUBSCRIBE TO THE ISHI BLOG BELOW! SUBSCRIBE NOW!
Setting up the General Sessions Ballroom and Exhibit Hall
A lot goes into getting the ISHI ballroom ready for the speakers and in setting up the exhibit hall. This video shows a time lapse of our A/V crew getting building the stage in the ballroom and how quickly the exhibit hall comes together. WOULD YOU LIKE TO […]
ISHI 29 Closing Video
Did you miss ISHI 29 in Phoenix this year? Experience all the greatest moments of 2018! WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS? SUBSCRIBE TO THE ISHI BLOG BELOW! SUBSCRIBE NOW!
Under the Microscope – Kyleen Elwick
Missing persons’ cases, unidentified human remains, and mass disasters are problems faced not only within the United States, but also many other countries worldwide. Routinely in missing persons’ cases, challenging skeletal remains (bone and teeth) are the only samples available for DNA analysis. However, some samples are more challenging to process than others because of their […]
Under the Microscope – Tim Augsback
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) confronted a state-wide Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) testing initiative to eliminate the backlog of untested kits. As part of this initiative, over 13,000 kits were submitted. In order to process these kits in-house, BCI developed a tiered approach that enabled scientists to complete processing in a five year […]
Under the Microscope – Kate Stevenson
SWGDAM outlines validation requirements for individual laboratories which include concordance, reproducibility, accuracy and precision, sensitivity and stochastic effects and mixture studies. The details of these requirements are informative but balancing of sample numbers versus robust results to establish conclusions and subsequent guidelines is more tricky. In her presentation at ISHI, Kate Stevenson (a Senior Scientist at the […]
Under the Microscope – Lynndsey Simon
Current extraction methods employed by the Columbus Police Forensic Services Center use incubation times that can exceed two hours and require subsequent purification on robotic instrumentation. Promega’s Casework Direct kit allows for the rapid processing of casework samples with no subsequent purification of the lysate required prior to STR amplification. In her presentation at ISHI, […]
