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Pills and Particles: Toxicology and Linking Trace Evidence

eaustin — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This Live Forensic Research Seminar Series will include presentations by experts within the Forensic community. Our subject matter experts for these events are Dr. David Moody, Dr. Barry Lavine and Dr. David Stoney. Presentation topics for this series will include in vitro inhibition of oxycodone oxidative metabolism, a pattern recognition assisted infrared library used to search automotive paints, and the exploitation of small particles to enhance the value of carpet fibers. These presentations were recently given at the AAFS Grantees Conference in February 2013.

Law Enforcement Backs NC Attorney General on SBI

eaustin — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

By Steve Sbraccia

CMU Professor Takes DNA Testing To New Levels

eaustin — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

By Andy Sheehan

Senate Panel OKs Plan to Fingerprint People Leaving US

eaustin — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:42 +0000

By Alan Gomez

The Low-tech Way Guns Get Traced

eaustin — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:10 +0000

By Melissa Block

Biocontainment Is a Bigger Challenge in Medical Examiner Facilities

rwaters — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

How well do biocontainment and biosafety guidelines written for research facilities apply to medical examiners?

The mission of medical examiners and the procedures they use present significantly different challenges. Major differences between medical examiner and research operations with respect to biocontainment and biosafety include:

Forensics Utilized in Animal Abuse Crackdown

eaustin — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

By Cindy Swirko

Regional Crime Lab Taking Shape

eaustin — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

By Brian Freskos

In 2009, the Wilmington Police Department created a small in-house facility to analyze blood samples for alcohol content, easing the city's dependence on North Carolina's overburdened and, many argue, underfunded state-run crime labs.

Over the past four years, as the state labs' backlog grew and wait times for evidence testing hit the year-long mark, an increasing number of law enforcement agencies, including some in Brunswick and Onslow counties, have come to rely on Wilmington for blood-alcohol analysis to prove their drunken driving cases.

Closed System DNA Purification for Degraded, Compromised Evidence in Microfluidic Devices

eaustin — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

By James Landers

The aims of this grant were to develop a volume reduction solid phase extraction (vrSPE) microchip capable of accommodating large volumes. The device was then to be applied to degraded and compromised samples as well as the purification of mitochondrial DNA. The device was also to be demonstrated in a multiplexed format for as few as two samples. Finally devices were to be field tested in a forensic laboratory using non-probative evidentiary samples.

Police Retain DNA from Thousands of Children

eaustin — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

By Vikram Dodd