NEST Project Offers Demonstrations at MAAFS 2008 Annual Meeting

NEST Project Demonstrations will be offered when Marshall University Forensic Science Center hosts the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting and workshops April 28 – May 2, 2008 in Huntington, West Virginia. The day-long demonstration covering single-source samples and information about mixture analysis and deconvolution tools will be offered onApril 28.

Please visit the Marshall University Forensic Science Center’s MAAFS meeting webpage or the MAAFS website for the schedule and registration information.

Coming Soon
Information about demonstrations by the NEST Project will be announced in the coming months. At this time, updates to expert systems for single-source sample analysis are being evaluated so the Project Team can stay abreast with the latest technology available to the forensic community. Phase II, the evaluation of different mixture deconvolution tools, is presently underway.

Phase I demonstrations for technical managers and DNA analysts from participating laboratories concluded in January 2008.

If you would like more information, or if you would like the NEST Project Team to participate in a national, regional, or other meeting, please contact:

Rhonda Roby, Technical Director, NEST Project: rhonda.roby@gmail.com

Funding
MUFSC is hosting Phase II of the NEST Project as a partner in the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence. Phase II of the project is supported by Award No. 2007-MU-BX-K008, and Phase I is supported by Award No. 2005-MU-BX-K020 through the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed by this project do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.

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http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/