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Michelle Taylor
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Laboratory Equipment
Michelle Taylor has worked on the Laboratory Equipment brand since 2010, and the Forensic brand since 2016. Well established in the industry, Michelle has attended dozens of scientific conferences and conducted interviews with key opinion leaders, including multiple Nobel Prize winners. Always keeping a pulse on the industry, Michelle enjoys
writing about CRISPR-Cas9, CTE, STEM, next-generation sequencing and more. Michelle received her BA in journalism from Elon University in North Carolina. Michelle can be reached at
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Blowfly Database Will Enable More Accurate Estimations
February 01, 2023
Blowflies are often the first to arrive to the scene of a crime, lured by body fluids and gasses emitted from a corpse within 10 minutes of a murder occurring.
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Opioid 20x More Potent than Fentanyl Detected in Pennsylvania, Florida
January 30, 2023
A new nitazene analog that is up to 20x more potent than fentanyl has quickly made its way from Pennsylvania to Florida.
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3 Years after Suspect’s Suicide, Fingerprint and Tips Link Him to 1994 Murder
January 23, 2023
One day after police tried to interview school bus driver Jeremiah Guyette about a murder that took place in 1994 in the town he briefly lived in, Guyette fatally shot himself.
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Supreme Court Sides with Death Row Inmate, DA in Light of Faulty DNA Evidence
January 18, 2023
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate who is trying to overturn his conviction due to possibly faulty DNA evidence. In a rare situation, the inmate received the support of the prosecuting district attorney.
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The Controversial Ethics of Ancient DNA Research
January 13, 2023
A group of 21 Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars has published a commentary (Kowal et al.) suggesting that Alpaslan-Roodenberg et al. do not sufficiently consider the interests of Indigenous communities.
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9,000 mph Ballistics Tests Will Help Inform Hypersonic Weaponry
January 11, 2023
Vaporization? Exotic ice? Light creation? These are all possible results when Bryan Schmidt fires an 18-millimeter-diameter projectile against a wall of water at 9,000 miles per hour this summer.
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DNA, Genealogical Testing Played Key Role in Kohberger Arrest
January 06, 2023
Genetic genealogy in the traditional sense—which involves the searching of publicly available databases and the construction of a family tree—was not used, although parentage testing did play a vital role.
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Will the University of Idaho Murders be a Turning Point for Genetic Genealogy?
January 04, 2023
When Idaho police could not—presumably—match the DNA retrieved from the crime scene to anyone in CODIS, did they immediately turn to IGG?
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Forensic’s Top 10 News Articles of 2022
December 28, 2022
As we prepare to move into a new year, let’s take a look back at Forensic’s most popular news of the year, while reflecting on how far forensic science has come in the last 12 months.
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JonBenet Ramsey Detective Disciplined for Failing to Investigate Cases
December 14, 2022
A former lead detective on the JonBenét Ramsey murder case—and the person who interviewed JonBenét’s parents four months after the murder—has been disciplined for failing to investigate cases. However, not all parties involved agree the reprimand doled out fits the seriousness of the misconduct.
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2022 Holiday Gift Guide for Forensic Professionals
December 12, 2022
If you have a forensic scientist, science-lover or even budding scientist on your list this year, check out the top 10 gifts on this year’s Forensic Holiday Gift Guide.
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'Boy in the Box' is Identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli
December 08, 2022
After 65 years, "America's Unknown Child" has been identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli. Colleen Fitzpatrick and Identifinders International helped give Joseph back his name.
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Drugs of Abuse Update: A Safer Opioid and 3 New Biomarkers
December 05, 2022
Recent research by scientists at the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore seeks to address at least some of today’s challenges in forensic toxicology.
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NJ College Launches World’s First Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center
December 02, 2022
A small public liberal arts college in Bergen County, New Jersey launched the world’s first investigative genetic genealogy center on Thursday.
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Cabanatuan Prison Camp: Using Modern DNA Tech in Highly Commingled WWII Cases
November 30, 2022
During initial processing, analysis, and identification—any subsequent attempts in the years to come—commingling of skeletal elements among individuals within the same common grave and between common graves likely occurred.
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Real-time NPS Report: Overwhelming Fentanyl Use, Fentanyl Analogs on the Rise
November 21, 2022
Fentanyl is overwhelmingly the most commonly detected opioid nationally, although geographical differences are present for opioids, poly-drug use and novel psychoactive substances (NPS).
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New Technology Creates ‘Digital Alibis’
November 18, 2022
If you have a map app and location services enabled on your phone, it pretty much knows where you are 24/7/365. Well, it knows where it is—not necessarily you.
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DNA Databases Key to Preventing Future Victims
November 07, 2022
If Ashley Spence’s rapist was arrested in Arizona, where he brutally raped the then-19-year-old, he would likely still be roaming the streets.
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Forensic Genetic Genealogy Needs International Cooperation
November 02, 2022
If countries do not work cooperatively on an FIGG framework, the forensic community could end up with a fractured system vulnerable to inadvertent legal missteps.
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Whole Genome Targeting, Phenotypic Data Give 1800’s 'Vampire' a Face
October 31, 2022
If any kids dressed as vampires come to your door tonight requesting candy, they probably won’t look like the 19th century “vampire” in this reconstruction.
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