Unraveling crime scenes strand by strand: the forensic odyssey of Bruce Budowle
Bruce Budowle speaks to Ashling Cannon, Journal Development Editor for BioTechniques, about advancements & challenges in forensic science. Budowle completed his doctorate in genetics at Virginia Tech (VA, USA) formally known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He then went on...
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| description | Bruce Budowle speaks to Ashling Cannon, Journal Development Editor for BioTechniques, about advancements & challenges in forensic science. Budowle completed his doctorate in genetics at Virginia Tech (VA, USA) formally known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL, USA) to study genetic risk factors for acute lymphocytic leukemia, diabetes and melanoma. Budowle was early in his career and hadn't spent much time in forensics at this stage, but in 1982 an advert caught his eye for a job with the FBI to develop genetic marker systems to identify people who have left biological evidence at crime scenes. Budowle spent 26 years with the FBI and helped develop a plethora of genetic analysis methods. In 1985, it became a reality that DNA could be a signature for identifying people, and there were huge developments in DNA forensic analysis. In 2009, Budowle moved into academia and went to the University of North Texas Health Science Center (TX, USA), eventually becoming the Director of the Center for Human Identification, where he oversaw missing person and traditional crime cases, taught students and carried out fundamental and applied research. Budowle feels incredibly lucky to have had the resources, opportunities and academic infrastructure to learn and develop his knowledge. Budowle recently retired from academia and now spends his time building capacity for DNA forensics applications in Africa through the Department of Justice, with a well-established program known as the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) as well as with the non-government organization (NGO) DNAforAfrica. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d7b182493d248d8b77ecb53fcedc4e62023-11-03T12:07:30ZengFuture Science LtdBioTechniques0736-62051940-98182023-09-01753858910.2144/btn-2023-0069Unraveling crime scenes strand by strand: the forensic odyssey of Bruce BudowleBruce Budowle01Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandBruce Budowle speaks to Ashling Cannon, Journal Development Editor for BioTechniques, about advancements & challenges in forensic science. Budowle completed his doctorate in genetics at Virginia Tech (VA, USA) formally known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL, USA) to study genetic risk factors for acute lymphocytic leukemia, diabetes and melanoma. Budowle was early in his career and hadn't spent much time in forensics at this stage, but in 1982 an advert caught his eye for a job with the FBI to develop genetic marker systems to identify people who have left biological evidence at crime scenes. Budowle spent 26 years with the FBI and helped develop a plethora of genetic analysis methods. In 1985, it became a reality that DNA could be a signature for identifying people, and there were huge developments in DNA forensic analysis. In 2009, Budowle moved into academia and went to the University of North Texas Health Science Center (TX, USA), eventually becoming the Director of the Center for Human Identification, where he oversaw missing person and traditional crime cases, taught students and carried out fundamental and applied research. Budowle feels incredibly lucky to have had the resources, opportunities and academic infrastructure to learn and develop his knowledge. Budowle recently retired from academia and now spends his time building capacity for DNA forensics applications in Africa through the Department of Justice, with a well-established program known as the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) as well as with the non-government organization (NGO) DNAforAfrica.https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/btn-2023-0069DNA analysisDNA sequencingforensic profilinggenetic markergenetic profilenext-generation sequencing |
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| title | Unraveling crime scenes strand by strand: the forensic odyssey of Bruce Budowle |
| title_full | Unraveling crime scenes strand by strand: the forensic odyssey of Bruce Budowle |
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| title_short | Unraveling crime scenes strand by strand: the forensic odyssey of Bruce Budowle |
| title_sort | unraveling crime scenes strand by strand the forensic odyssey of bruce budowle |
| topic | DNA analysis DNA sequencing forensic profiling genetic marker genetic profile next-generation sequencing |
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