Tag: conservation

• Genetic Forensics: Streamlining Poaching Investigations

  

  Partners: Sam Wasser, Mary Kuhner, and Ryan Horwitz SSEC Engineer: Niki Burggraf Research Goals and Domain The University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Forensic Science has revolutionized the field of wildlife crime investigation with advancements in genetic forensics. Researchers developed tools to compare  seized elephant tusks to DNA from seized ivory reference databases. This determines…