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Biological Terrorism: Recommended Protection for First Responders
 Plans involving a biological hazard should be based on relevant infectious disease or biological safety recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other experts. This article is based on current understanding of the potential agents and existing recommendations for biological aerosols and is oriented toward acts of terrorism.
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PRODUCT FOCUS

Ensure Amplicon Quality in Forensic and Ancient DNA Studies

The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer is an easy-to-use platform that allows you to:

  • rapidly size and quantify mtDNA amplification products
  • validate high-quality PCR amplification
  • easily identify G-stutter or PCR by-products
(www.chem.agilent.com)
FORENSIC NEWS
  • New Technology Solves Old Cold Case in Foxboro, Massachusetts
    New technology helped solve a 12-year-old cold case in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Foxboro Police Department was recently testing a new Spex Forensics Print Quest fingerprint analyzer that the department obtained a year ago, and inadvertently solved the theft of officer Chuck Gallagher's car, stolen in 1997.
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  • Evidence: Handle With Care
    Aurora police are preparing to relocate 40,000 pieces of evidence collected over the past 50 years. Due to the sensitive nature of the materials, officers will be moving the evidence themselves to maintain unquestionable chain of custody.
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  • Omaha CSI Director Faces Federal Charges
    The commander of the Douglas County crime scene investigations unit in Omaha, Nebraska, is now facing federal and state charges following accusations that he planted evidence in a double-murder case.
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  • Beetles Help Coroner Strip Flesh From Bones
    The Dauphin County coroner's office ordered 600 dermestid beetles this month as a forensics tool. Their specialty: Gnawing the flesh and tissue from bones.
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  • Triad's SBI Crime Lab Could Fall Victim to Budget Cuts
    Local law enforcement officials in Greensboro, North Carolina, are fighting to keep the Triad crime lab open. They pushed to have the State Bureau of Investigation open the crime lab in July 2008 to analyze evidence for 12 counties, and now it faces budget cuts.
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  • Closed Detroit Crime Lab Creates Crisis
    Closing Detroit’s crime lab has created a public safety crisis that has lengthened some criminal investigations by months, and may have put innocent people behind bars, law enforcement and city officials say.
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  • First-Ever Vet Forensics Program to Launch
    The University of Florida at Gainesville and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are launching the first-ever veterinary forensics science department at a major university in the spring of 2010.
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May 1, 2009
NJAFS Spring Seminar
Atlantic City, NJ

May 4 – 8, 2009
MAAFS Annual Meeting
Hunt Valley, MD

May 5 – 9, 2009
North Carolina Division of the IAI Spring Conference
High Point, NC

May 11 – 15, 2009
Spring 2009 Seminar California Association of Criminalists
Arrowhead, CA

May 12 – 14, 2009
2009 Annual Biometrics & Forensics Summit
San Diego, CA

May 17 – 21, 2009
Eighth Annual Advanced DNA Technical Workshop
East Amelia Island, FL

June 9 – 14, 2009
Texas Division of the IAI Conference
Fort Worth, TX

June 15 – 17, 2009
The NIJ Conference 2009
Arlington, VA

August 16 – 22, 2009
Annual IAI International Educational Conference
Tampa, FL

September 11 – 16, 2009
NAME Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA

September 13 – 17, 2009
ASCLD Annual Symposium
Anaheim, CA

Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2009
The 1st International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime
Albany, NY

October 2 – 3 2009
Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO) Annual Training Seminar
Burbank, CA

October 3 – 7, 2009
IACP Annual Conference & Exposition
Denver, CO

October 6 – 9, 2009
Tri-Division Educational Conference
Las Vegas, NV

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