Building Laboratory Capacity for DNA Profiling
Learn how to implement DNA operations without complications.
Building Laboratory Capacity for DNA Profiling (pdf presentation)
Taking Forensic DNA Operations to the Next Level – Increasing Laboratory Capacity
Learn how you can take your forensic DNA operations to the next level and increase your laboratory capacity.
Taking Forensic DNA Operations to the Next Level – Increasing Laboratory Capacity (pdf presentation)
Helpful Links
Understand DNA terminology
http://dna.gov/glossary/
http://www.genome.gov/10002096
Find facts on STRs using the Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database
http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/
Keep up-to-date on the latest developments in DNA Policy
http://www.dnaresource.com/
Learn about classical and molecular genetics through animations, graphics, audio files, biographies and test cases
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
Search for DNA related information on the National Institute of Health’s Office of Science Education Web site
https://search.nih.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=nih&query=&commit=Search
Learn about the USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Program
https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory/biometric-analysis/codis
Find laboratory resources under the President’s DNA Initiative
http://dna.gov/
DNA and wildlife forensics
http://www.forensicdna.ca/
http://www.lab.fws.gov/
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
http://www.aafs.org/
American Association of Blood Banks
http://www.aabb.org
American Board of Genetic Counseling
http://www.abgc.net
American Prosecutor’s Research Institute
http://www.ndaa.org/apri/index.html
American Society of Human Genetics
http://www.ashg.org
American Society for Quality
http://www.asq.org/
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD)
http://www.ascld.org/
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB)
http://www.ascld-lab.org
California Association of Criminalists
http://www.cacnews.org/
College of American Pathologists
http://www.cap.org
European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) DNA Working Group
http://www.enfsi.eu/
Human Identity Trade Association
http://www.humanidentity.org
International Federation of Human Genetic Societies
http://www.ifhgs.org
International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG)
http://www.isfg.org/
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)
http://www.thename.org/