{"id":2563,"date":"2011-10-07T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:51","slug":"ron-fourney-speaks-at-the-next-science-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2011\/ron-fourney-speaks-at-the-next-science-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Fourney speaks at the next Science Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Ron Fourney speaks at the next Science Cafe\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div>\n<div>October 12, 2011<\/div>\n<div>Forensic DNA and human identification<\/div>\n<div>Ron Fourney<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>DNA has revolutionized forensic science and aided human identification, much as fingerprinting did in the 18th century. DNA has been called the silent witness. DNA has (1) been challenged in court, (2) helped identify victims of mass disasters, and (3) provided the basis of popular television. Dr Fourney will provide an introduction to forensic DNA analysis, with emphasis on its history, process, future, and examples.<\/p>\n<p>Wild Oat Caf\u00e9<br>\n817 Bank Street&nbsp;<br>\nOttawa, ON&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?hl=en&amp;q=817+Bank+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K1S+3V7&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=2&amp;geocode=FTnJtAIdyhd9-w&amp;split=0&amp;sll=45.387772,-75.675723&amp;sspn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=817+Bank+St,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K1S+3V7&amp;ll=45.403286,-75.68799&amp;spn=0.007909,0.015085&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=r0\" target=\"_blank\">View Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Seating is limited, so plan to arrive early. Please note that free parking is available at Lansdowne Park during the Bank Street construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 12, 2011 Forensic DNA and human identification Ron Fourney &nbsp; DNA has revolutionized forensic science and aided human identification, much as fingerprinting did in the 18th century. DNA has been called the silent witness. DNA has (1) been challenged in court, (2) helped identify victims of mass disasters, and (3) provided the basis of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}