Thursday, January 10, 2008

Forensic DNA Presentation

This morning I listened to a talk by Joan Bienveneuve of the Army Forensics lab. The presentation was part of a seminar held at my day job--Chemical Heritage Foundation. She spoke about identifying the remains of soldiers using DNA. With this process, unknown soldiers have been identified from as far back as the Civil War. Although most IDs are from the Viet Nam and Korean wars.

Visiting the Curie Museum in Paris

The Pierre and Marie Curie Museum —tucked quietly into the old Radium Institute on the campus of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Pa...