Forensic Biology and Science - SUNY Cobleskill

ESATYCB Conference Schedule 2013
Friday April 19 th
5:00 – 7:00 pm Registration/Reception Wheeler 230 Lobby
8:00 – 9:30 pm “Astro-Forensics” Wheeler Observatory
Dr. Ed Stander, Professor, SUNY Cobleskill
Saturday April 20 th
7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast/registration Frisbie 200
8:30 – 8.45 am Welcome/Opening remarks by Dr. Debra Thatcher, Provost SUNY Cobleskill
8:45 – 9:45 am “Forensic DNA Analysis”
10:00 – 11:00 am
Julie Pizziketti, NYS Police Forensic Investigation Center
“Firearms Evidence from the Assassination of President John F Kennedy”
John Bates, National Expert Forensic Firearms Investigator
11:00 – 12:00 pm “Bugs and Bodies: New Frontiers and Dimensions of Forensic Entomology”
Dr. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton
12:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch, Vendors, Student Posters, Campus Tours Wheeler Hall 2 nd floor
Concurrent Afternoon Sessions:
2:00 – 2:45pm “Application of Histology in Pathology and Forensics” Frisbie 200
Dr. Pam Colony, Dir., Cobleskill Histotechnology Program
“The Other Forensic DNA Analysis –mtDNA and Wheeler 100
microbial DNA” Lisa Biega, NYS Dept. of Health
3:00 - 3:45pm “The Evidence Never Lies” Wheeler 100
Howard Schindler, Stevenson University, co-author
of Science Sleuths and MSI Forensics
“Forensic Education and the Prospects for Students Frisbie 200
in the Field” Dr. Jerry Fong, Forensic Science Program
Coordinator, SUNY Alfred State College
4:00 – 4:45pm “Skeletal Stories: Human Bones in Forensic Wheeler 030
Anthropology and Bioarchaeology”
Dr. Tom Crist, Utica College, featured on
“Skeleton Stories” on Discovery Channel
“The Relevance of Microscopic Hair Analysis in Wheeler 134
Forensic Science” Wayne Bensley, SUNY Alfred State College
6:00 – 7:30 pm Cash bar/Buffet Dinner Justine’s, Cobleskill
7:00 – 8:30 pm Keynote and questions
“The Making of Pearl”
Gay Malin, sculptor, and Lisa Anderson, anthropologist, NYS museum
8:45 – 10:30 pm Kristina Johnson Jazz Band
Sunday April 21 st
6:00 – 8:00am Traditional Bird walk
Barbara Brabetz, Professor SUNY Cobleskill
9:30 – 12:00am “Wildlife Forensic Pathology: Examples of Typical Casework from NYS”
Kevin Hynes, Wildlife Biologist, NYSDEC Wildlife Health Unit
Breakfast and Business Meeting
Grapevine Farms