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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/November 2, 2007

Anthropology Lecture Looks at Applications of DNA

Boise State professor Greg Hampikian, a molecular biologist and forensic scientist, will speak on “Molecular Identity: Anthropological and Forensic Applications of DNA” at 3 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room. The lecture is free and open to the public.

DNA has given us the unprecedented ability to recreate our genetic history, untangle our family roots and even trace our physical steps. It can also show us the future by identifying our predisposition to many diseases. Hampikian’s Boise State lab works on forensic DNA, human migration and novel identification technology. He address will look at the basic methodology of human DNA analysis and highlight two projects he is working on in his lab: The history of the Basque people and identification of small DNA sequences that New Scientist Magazine called “too dangerous to exist.”

The presentation is part of the Friends of Anthropology lecture series aimed at facilitating communication and links between the Department of Anthropology and other academic units on campus. The College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs is a co-sponsor for this event.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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Last reviewed on Friday, November 02, 2007