Our Training

We offer the following trainings:

• Introduction to Forensic Genetics.
• Sampling, preliminary analysis, and collection of biological evidence.
• DNA extraction and quantification.
• Stages of DNA amplification and capillary electrophoresis.
• Interpretation of single-source electropherograms.
• Simple statistical calculations (standard trio, reverse paternity, single parent and sibships). 40-hour in-person training.
• Complex statistical calculations (half-sibships, grandparentage, avuncular testing, and family nuclei). 40-hour in-person training.
• Statistical calculations of genetic profiles of simple mixtures. (40-hour in-person course).
• Application of new technologies for human identification, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS).
• The Y chromosome as a tool in forensics.
• Validation of methods in forensic genetics.

We offer the following trainings:

• Simple statistical calculations (standard trio, reverse paternity, single parent and sibships). 40-hour in-person training.
• Complex statistical calculations (half-sibships, grandparentage, avuncular testing, and family nuclei). 40-hour in-person training.
• Statistical calculations of genetic profiles of simple mixtures. (40-hour in-person course).

We offer the following trainings:

• Introduction to and principles of forensic toxicology.
• Analysis of drugs of abuse in biological samples.
• Toxic substances.
• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
• Qualitative analysis.
• Quantitative analysis.
• Method validation/verification in forensic toxicology.
• Estimation of measurement uncertainty in quantitative toxicological analysis.

We offer the following trainings:

• Introduction to Criminalistics for the CSI.
• Protection and preservation of a crime scene: First Response
• Crime Scene Processing: Practical Workshop on Evidence Preservation and Collection.
• Forensic and Expert Investigation Analyst at the Crime Scene.
• Photographic Documentation of the Crime Scene.
• Planimetric Documentation of the Crime Scene.
• Written Descriptive Documentation of the Crime Scene.
• Inspection in Criminal Investigation: Vehicle Inspection.
• Inspection in Criminal Investigation: Corpse Inspection.
• Evidence sampling criteria and Techniques at the Crime Scene
• Crime Scene Reconstruction.
• Validation/Verification of Criminalistics Methods and Procedures.

We offer the following trainings:

• Fundamentals of Lophoscopy.
• Cheiroscopy.
• Dactyloscopy.
• ACE-V Method.
• Pelmatoscopy.
• Lophotechnics.

We offer the following trainings:

• Classification of illicit substances/drugs.
• Substance handling in forensic laboratories and clandestine laboratories
• Screening tests for controlled substances
• Analysis of controlled substances by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).
• Weight determination and measurement uncertainty in substances.
• Analysis of controlled substances by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS).
• Sampling of controlled substances.
• Validation/verification of analytical methods for controlled substances.

We offer the following trainings:

• Management of Storage Facilities for Evidence.
• Drafting Technical Documents: Reports and Expert Opinions.
• Examination and Cross-examination of expert witnesses, police officers, and analysts in Oral Trial hearings.
• Strategic Preparation of Expert Witnesses, Police Officers, and Analysts for Oral Trial Hearings.
• Chain of Custody record.

We offer the following training:

• Firearm manufacturing.
• Firearm operation and examination.
• Specialized equipment and reference collections.
• Micro-comparison of cartridge cases and bullets.
• Identification theory and scientific validity.
• Examination of cartridge cases, bullets, and cartridges.
• History and evolution of firearms.
• Serial number restoration.
• Method verification in the field of ballistics.