Agenda
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Sunday, August 8 |
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| 3:00–6:00 p.m. | Arrival time; check in at residence halls |
| 7:00 | Welcome; Introduction of the week’s activities; pizza and soda |
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Monday, August 9 |
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| Part I: Hair Analysis: An Unbiased Approach to Hair Analysis and Reporting Results | |
| 7:30–8:00 a.m. | Final on-site registration; Penn State CAC accounts (classroom to be determined) |
| 8:00–8:30 | Introductions; Safety and Bloodborne Pathogen Training |
| 8:30–10:00 | Why Analyze Hair? Philosophy and Background of Hair Analysis |
| 10:00–10:15 | Break |
| 10:15–11:45 | What If Someone Needs to Look at Your Documents in Five Years? Archiving the Results and Report Results |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Teaching Microscopy and Analysis Techniques as Applied to Forensic Hair Analysis and Comparison of Hair |
| 12:15–1:30 | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30–3:00 | Where’s the Evidence? Searching for Hair Evidence (team approach) |
| 3:00–3:15 | Break |
| 3:15–4:45 | Hands-on time to apply what you have learned |
| 4:45–5:15 | Teaching Comparison Microscopy |
| Dinner on your own | |
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Tuesday, August 10 |
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| Part II: Body Fluid Analysis: An Unbiased Approach to Analysis of Blood, Saliva, and Urine and Reporting Results | |
| 8:00–10:00 a.m. | What is That Stain Doing on Your Shirt? Technology at the Scene and Laboratory |
| 10:00–10:15 | Break |
| 10:15–11:45 | The Biological Crime Scene – Blood |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Finding Blood on Evidence and Teaching Blood Analysis |
| 12:15–1:30 | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30–3:00 | More blood; Differences between presumptive and confirmatory tests |
| 3:00–3:15 | Break |
| 3:15–4:45 | Hands-on – finishing up blood |
| 4:45–5:15 | Bioterrorism – with guest lecturer |
| Dinner on your own | |
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Wednesday, August 11 |
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| 8:00–10:00 a.m. | What is That Cigarette Doing in My Student’s Hand? |
| 10:00–10:15 | Break |
| 10:15–11:45 | Teaching Saliva Presumptive and Confirmatory Tests |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 12:45–2:30 | Teaching Saliva Analysis from Various Types of Evidence |
| 2:30–3:00 | Discussion of techniques and input from teachers |
| 3:00–3:15 | Break |
| 3:15–5:00 | Bringing Forensic Biology and Hair Evidence into the Courtroom – guest lecturer |
| Dinner on your own | |
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Thursday, August 12 |
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| Part III: DNA Extraction from Body Fluids | |
| 8:00–11:30 a.m. | Chelex and Robotic Extraction of Saliva and Blood: DNA Laboratory Exercises |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 12:45–3:00 | What is that Stain on the Snow? Analysis of Urine Samples |
| 3:00–3:15 | Break |
| 3:15–4:30 | Teaching Students How to Write Reports for Investigative Purposes |
| 4:30–5:00 | What is Mixture? What is Contamination? How Do You Avoid Contamination? |
| 6:30–8:30 | Banquet dinner at The Nittany Lion Inn |
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Friday, August 13 |
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| Part IV: DNA Profile, Ethics and QA/QC, and Feedback | |
| 8:00–11:00 a.m. | Forensic DNA Profile and the Theory Behind It – Delivering DNA to High School Students |
| Teachers’ Feedback | |
| 11:00–11:30 | What is Quality Assurance and Quality Control? Why Must We Do Them? What are Forensic Ethics and Issues in the Field? |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Lunch (on your own; shorter period due to shorter last day) |
| 12:30–2:00 | Wrap-up |
| 2:00 |
Workshop concludes.
Check out of residence halls. |
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