Dr. John M. Butler
Project Leader
Human Identity DNA
Technologies Group

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD,
http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/butler.htm

Dr. Butler is a pioneer in Forensic DNA typing. He completed his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Virginia in 1995 working with the FBI Research Laboratory first demonstrating STR typing by capillary electrophoresis and developing a method for quantifying mitochondrial DNA. After completing postdoctoral training at NIST, he became a project leader at Gene Trace Systems and is currently a NIST as research chemist developing time-of-flight mass spectrometry for forensic DNA typing.

LECTURE

Developing New Technologies for Forensic DNA Typing: Multiplex PCR and MALDI-TOF-MS, new markers and assays from mtDNA and the Y chromosome

Friday, March 9th, 2001 at 3:30 PM
Chemistry & Physics Building CP145

Co-sponsored by The FIU Department of Chemistry Seminar,
The IFRI Frontiers in Forensic Science Seminar Series and
The FIU Chemistry Club