Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee hears evidence on performing arts touring in the EU.
Witnesses:
Matt Hood – Managing Director at Spotlight
Euan Livingstone – Agent at Global Artists
Tom Peters – Head of Policy & Public Affairs at Equity
Hanna Madalska-Gayer – Head of Policy and Communications at Association of British Orchestras
Naomi Pohl – General Secretary at Musicians’ Union
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26155
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
University Professors give evidence in front of the Education Committee on the decline in reading for pleasure.
Witnesses:
Professor Teresa Cremin CBE – Professor of Education (Literacy) at Open University
Dr Helen Hendry – Senior Lecturer in Education (Primary) at Open University
Professor Jessie Ricketts – Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Jeanne Shinskey – Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Jo Taylor – Department of Language and Cognition, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London (UCL)
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26382
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
This webinar will demonstrate the use of the open source 3D Slicer software platform (www.slicer.org) for visualizing 3D medical imaging datasets and collecting quantitative data from those images, including linear/angular, landmark-based, and volumetric data.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on October 28, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
In the third webinar, participants will learn about the image data included in the New Mexico Decedent Image Database, including how to open and view an image series, the different viewing functions, and how to access detailed information about the images.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on October 21, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
Based on the review of various forms of STR typing results and factors that impact the presence or condition of DNA on evidence, instructors in this installment of Probabilistic Genotyping of Evidentiary DNA Typing Results lay a foundation for the interpretation of forensic DNA typing results. The session will begin with background information on forensic DNA analysis, including terminology and mechanisms, to help all participants comprehend the material covered in this series. A retrospective view of approaches to interpretation and statistical analyses will be reviewed for the purpose of understanding the origin of strategies, methods, issues and solutions that comprise the history of forensic STR testing.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on October 14, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
This first webinar is an introduction to NMDID. Attendees will learn about the history of the database and the team that developed it. There will be a tour of the website, including data use agreement, “how to use” videos, descriptions of basic data types, and an introduction to the data dictionary.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on October 7, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
This webinar will provide an evaluation of the DEPArray™, a system that enables the identification, separation, and recovery of single cells or groups of cells from heterogeneous mixtures. The workflow described in this webinar will highlight the impact this instrument, with standard forensic processes, will have on processing sexual assault evidence and improving the success of single cell analyses. We will present results of the NIJ funded study—An automated dielectrophoretic-based single cell separation technique to improve laboratory efficiency, mixture deconvolution and combat sample inhibition, (2015-NE-BX-K002)—and provide new data on the viability of single cell analysis.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on November 12, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
Many working with genomic DNA can afford to lose large portions of it during its extraction without negatively impacting downstream analysis. However, with work targeting highly degraded DNA sources, retention of every molecule can be key to successful analyses. This webinar addressed the insufficient documentation of absolute efficiencies of extraction methods and the nature of DNA loss associated with the study of low copy number and degraded DNA samples.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 20, 2010.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
This webinar discussed intact low explosives analysis with a focus on microscopical methods. It covered terminology for explosives, the rationale of low explosives analysis for most crime laboratories, six categories of low explosives, and examples of three analyses using microscopical methods.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 16, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
This webinar focused on the use of PACE™, a method developed by Syracuse University, to perform artifact management and probabilistically predict the number of contributors (NOC) in forensic DNA samples. This is performed using a combination of biological modeling and machine learning, permitting high accuracy NOC calls (greater than 90%) of complex mixtures. It does so rapidly (seconds to minutes) without the need for high performance computing resources. We discussed the design and development of the PACE system, how to interpret the output, and provided recommendations on how to implement the system in a forensic laboratory. This included a full demonstration of the software and how to navigate the interface and read reports. Finally, we discussed a current project funded by the NIJ that seeks to develop PACE for sequencing-based analyses.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 28, 2020.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
