Forensic Gin-etics

PhDrinking

**Head's up, we had some technical difficulties when recording this episode. There was a break in our audio that we filled with some pleasant elevator music (courtesy The Mini Vandals) before continuing the conversation. Sorry about that!** Have you ever wondered if DNA is the only way to identify a unique person? What if we could use the microbiome on a person's skin? Allie Sherier's research focuses on just that question! Suggested Reading: Scientific article on the skin microbiome and forensics: https://www.fsigenetics.com/article/S1872-4973(18)30373-9/abstract Editorial on human identification using the skin microbiome: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1751-7915.12699 General piece on forensic genetics: https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/forensics-dna-fingerprinting-and-codis-736 Follow Allie: @alliesherier @UNTCHI_RDU Follow me: [e-mail], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing