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UIndy impresses at forensic science conference

Primary Transfer - web [1]DNA researchers: Human Biology graduate students Kathleen Paschal (left), Helen Brandt and Amanda Khan won an award for their presentation at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual conference.

A contingent of about 30 UIndy students, alumni and prospective students have been making their mark this week at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 68th Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas.

Latham [2]
Latham

Guiding the group is Dr. Krista Latham, associate professor of Biology [3] and Anthropology [4] and director of osteology for UIndy’s Archaeology & Forensics Laboratory [5], the go-to facility in the Midwest for public agencies seeking to identify human remains.

Among the conference highlights so far:

Tertiary Transfer [7]Grad students Marisa Teal Ketchum and Erin Vollmer presented on tertiary DNA transfer and were nominated for the Emerging Forensic Scientists Award.