DNA | Forensic Magazine

DNA Sample Prep

Inside the Black Box: Testing and Validation of a Rapid DNA Instrument
Technological advances will soon make rapid DNA testing (R-DNA) feasible and practical. But these new “lab on a chip” portable forensic DNA sampling systems also pose new challenges for the forensic DNA typing community.
Accessibility and the Backlog: Rethinking DNA Capability and Capacity
The DNA testing community must rethink its conventional mindset and reexamine traditional DNA analysis procedures.
Property Crime Sample Processing: Law Enforcement Experiences and Crime Laboratory Efficiencies
Careful attention to sample collection and improved extraction methods coupled with implementation of enhanced amplification systems will greatly benefit laboratories seeking to harness the power of DNA evidence for property crime samples.

Crime Lab Backlog

Rapid DNA Analysis is Coming—Rapidly
R-DNA testing, when fully implemented and integrated into CODIS, will be the most transformational event in the use of forensic DNA since the advent of PCR.
Rape Kit Backlog
As long as rape kit backlogs are part of our current events stories rather than our historical retrospectives, I think it important to occasionally point out how far we have to go.
Tragedy in South Africa
The most important factor influencing the potential effect of DNA in any criminal justice system is what the law allows you to do with it.

DNA Analysis

Rapid DNA Analysis is Coming—Rapidly
R-DNA testing, when fully implemented and integrated into CODIS, will be the most transformational event in the use of forensic DNA since the advent of PCR.
Observation of a Validation
The Full-Scale Implementation of Automation in a Small Casework Laboratory
Ushering in a New Generation of DNA Analysts
Establishing the Life Technologies Center for Forensic Excellence