Selected presentations from recent years:
Upgrading to STRmix Version 2.11: A Chance to Do It All Again
Ut Dinh presented at the 77th Annual Scientific Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in February, 2025
From Lab to Verdict: The DNA Analyst’s Perspective
Samantha Wandzek, MS co-hosted the workshop, From Lab to Verdict: Navigating the Intersection of Forensic Science, Media, and Legal Decision-Making, at the International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI) in September, 2024. The presentation slides from Ms. Wandzek’s portion of the workshop are now available.
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Necessity is the Mother of Innovation
Leslie Parke presented at the 48th Annual symposium of The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) in April, 2024
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Examining the Risk Associated with Qualitative Exclusions in Forensic DNA Casework
Samantha Wandzek, MS presented at the 76th Annual conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) in February, 2024
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Internal Validation of the QIAGEN ForenSeq Kintelligence Kit
Michelle Peck, MFS presented a live ASCLD FRC lightning talk session in June 2023. The talk highlights her study, which received the FRC Outstanding Evaluation or Validation award. Ms. Peck’s lightning talk begins at timestamp 12:50.
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Investigator® 24plex QS Amplification Kit Validation and Evaluation of New Formulation
Samantha Wandzek, MS presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Conference in February, 2023.
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My Results are Unintuitive, Now What?
Alicia Cadenas, MS presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Conference in February, 2023.
PDF, 1.7MB
Evaluation of Demineralization Parameters for DNA Extraction Methods from Skeletal Remains
Jennifer Snedeker, SigSci Summer 2022 Intern, presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Conference in February, 2023.
Determination of Validated Kintelligence Thresholds for Application to Forensic Genetic Genealogy
Michelle Peck, M.F.S. presented at ISFG in August 2022.
Evaluating the Impact of Dropout and Genotyping Error on SNP-Based Kinship Analysis with Forensic Samples
Dr. Stephen Turner presented at ISFG in August 2022.
Engineering a New Future for Fingermark Sample Processing
Dr. Curt Hewitt presented at the Green Mountain DNA Conference in July 2022.
The Post-Pandemic Laboratory: Balancing the Rise of the Remote Workplace
Presented at the 2022 ASCLD Annual Symposium
Internal Validation of the ForenSeq® Kintelligence Kit for Application to Forensic Genetic Genealogy Cases
Presented at the 2022 AAFS Annual Conference Criminalistics Mixture Deconvolution and Probabilistic Genotyping Scientific Session
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An Evaluation of the QIAamplifier® 96 Thermal Cycler
Presented at the 2022 AAFS Annual Conference Criminalistics Forensic Genealogy Poster Session
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Loading Artificial Fingerprints Onto Brass Shell Casings for Improved Method Development and Proficiency Testing
Presented at the 2022 AAFS Annual Conference Criminalistics Latent Print Scientific Session
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Human Forensic Identification from Fingerprint Touch Samples Using Proteogenomics
Presented at the 2022 AAFS Annual Conference Criminalistics Latent Print Scientific Session
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Developmental Validation of the Illumina Infinium Assay …
Presented at the International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI) Conference in 2021 and at the 2022 AAFS Annual Conference Criminalistics Forensic Genealogy Poster Session
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Unlocking Dependable Forensic Results from Shell Casings
Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Meeting in 2021
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A Characterization of Artificial Fingerprinting Samples
Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Meeting in 2021
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Evaluation of Degraded Human DNA Samples Using the …
Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Meeting in 2021
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Optimizing Sensitivity and Validating the Illumina Infinium Assay for …
Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Meeting in 2020
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