May 2023

The ISHI Report

News from the World of DNA Forensics

What's inside:

Letter from our Editorial Board

Your Public Persona and You: Navigating Social Media as a Forensic Scientist

Untangling the Past: The Use of DNA Technologies in a Highly Commingled World War II Era Case

Can Improv Really Help Forensic Scientists?

Forensic Scientist of Note: Natalia Yael Sandberg Lacasa

The Other NGS: Preparing the Next Generation of Forensic Scientists for the Workforce

Spotting Trends in Forensic DNA

IDseek®: The Next Revolution in Forensic MPS

NamUs: A Programmatic Update

Genetic Privacy and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy: Today and Tomorrow

An Update from the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science

Meet The 2023 ISHI Student Ambassadors

Innocence After Guilt: The Role of Post-Conviction DNA Testing

2023 Calendar of Events