FORENSIC SCIENCES: CRIMINALISTICS - Bio Medical Forensics

The Evaluation of Eight Commercially Available
STR Kits
Using DNA Analysis to Assist in the
Investigation of Stolen Vehicles
Improving Traditional Multiplex STR
Amplification of Low Template DNA Samples
With the Addition of Proofreading Enzymes
Forensic Utilization of Familial Searches in DNA
Databases
Y - STR Haplotype Database Comparison for
Colorado Residents
Micro-Manipulation and Isolation Techniques
for the Collection of Spermatozoa From Smear
Slides and Subsequent Analysis of DNA
Obtaining STR Profiles From Low Copy
Number Biological Materials Utilizing Laser
Microdissection and Optimized Collection
Procedures
Automated Searching of Ignitable Liquids
Database by Summed Ion Spectra
Forensic Analysis of Triacetone Triperoxide
(TATP) for Information on the Synthetic Route
and Precursor Identity
Classification and Discrimination of Container
and Vehicle Glass by Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy (LIBS)
Carrie B. Sutherland, BS*, and Robert I. O’Brien, BS,
National Forensic Science Technology Center, 7881 114th
Avenue North, Largo, FL 33773; Debra A. Figarelli, BS,
11626 North 51st Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85254; and Kirk M.
Grates, BA, and Joan G. Ring, MS, National Forensic Science
Technology Center, 7881 114th Avenue North, Largo, FL
33773
Kellie M. Gauthier, BS*, and Julie M. Marschner, MSFS*, Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department - Forensic Laboratory,
5605 West Badura Avenue, Suite 120-B, Las Vegas, NV 89118
Carey P. Davis, BS*, Lynzee A. Chelland, María José Illescas,
BS, and Tracey Dawson Cruz, PhD, 1000 West Cary Street,
PO Box 842012, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA 23284
Linda C. Rourke, MS, MPhil, PO Box 610104, Bayside, NY
11361; and Cassandra Gershaw, BS*, 25-37 72nd Street, 2nd
Floor, East Elmhurst, New York 11370
Sylvia Thurmond, MFS*, Bonnie Mountain, MA, and Susan
Berdine, MS, Denver Police Department, FBIO/DNA Unit,
1331 Cherokee Street, Denver, CO 80204
Kirsten T. Kelley-Primozic, BS*, McCrone Associates,
Incorporated, 850 Pasquinelli Drive, Westmont, IL 60559;
Terry Melton, PhD, 2565 Park Center Boulevard, Suite 200,
State College, PA 16801; Peter Phelan, MS, Midwest Research
Institute - Florida Division, 1470 Treeland Boulevard
Southeast, Palm Bay, FL 32909; Gloria Dimick, MS,
Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, 2565 Park Center Boulevard,
Suite 200, State College, PA 16801; and Jason Werking, MS,
and Kyle Parker, MS, Midwest Research Institute - Florida
Division, 1470 Treeland Boulevard Southeast, Palm Bay, FL
32909
Dane T. Plaza, BS*, and Robert Driscoll, MFS, Bode
Technology, 10430 Furnace Road, Suite 107, Lorton, VA
22079; and Robert A. Bever, PhD, Bode Technology, 10430
Furnace Road, Lorton, VA 22079
Mary R. Williams, MS*, and Michael Sigman, PhD, University
of Central Florida, National Center for Forensic Science, PO
Box 162367, Orlando, FL 32816-2367; and Kelly McHugh,
BS, and Ryan Bennett, BS, Bureau of Forensic Fire and
Explosives Analysis, 30 Academy Drive, Havana, FL 32333
Kimberly L. Painter, BS*, Charles D. Clark, BA, BS, Meghan
McCormick, BS, and Michael Sigman, PhD University of
Central Florida, National Center for Forensic Science, PO
Box 162367, Orlando, FL 32816-2367
Jose R. Almirall, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Florida
International University, University Park, Miami, FL 33199;
María A. Pérez, BS*, Florida International University,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 11200 Southwest
8th Street, CP 194, Miami, FL 33199; and Cleon Barnett,
PhD, Florida International University, Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, 11200 South West 8th Street,
Miami, FL 33199
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