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NCJ Number: 254679 Find in a Library
Title: Just Science Podcast: Just Blowflies and Extreme Temperatures
Document: Audio (iTunes)|Audio (Google Play Music)|HTML
Author(s): Travis Rusch
Date Published: April 2020
Annotation: This fifth episode of the 2020 R&D Season of the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ’s) Just Science podcast series is an interview with Dr. Travis Rusch, a postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M University, who discusses fluctuating temperatures in forensically important blowflies.
Abstract: Background information for the interview indicates that forensic entomologists use predictable developmental rates of certain necrophagous insects to estimate time of colonization, postmortem interval, and time of death; however, extreme fluctuations in temperature can influence these development rates in unknown ways. In his grant-supported research, Dr. Rusch is exploring this issue to increase the knowledge base of forensic entomology. In this interview, he discusses the function of forensic entomology, the life cycle of blowflies, and the next phase of his research. Much of the interview focuses on research methodology, such as the capturing of the blowflies for research, the management of the environment in which blowflies colonize and evolve, how temperatures of the host body are managed and measured, and how laboratory conditions are replicated and measured in various outdoor and indoor environments common in death investigations.
Main Term(s): Forensic sciences
Index Term(s): Death investigations; Environmental influences; forensic entomology; NIJ grant-related documents; NIJ Resources; Time of death determination
Grant Number: 2016-MU-BX-K110
Sponsoring Agency: Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author: Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE)
United States of America
Sale Source: Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE)
c/o RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
United States of America
Page Count: 3
Format: Audio (Online)
Type: Instructional Material (Programmed); Interview; Report (Grant Sponsored); Report (Study/Research); Research (Applied/Empirical)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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