Pre-game lecture to feature international DNA expert

Have you ever watched a TV crime show or followed a trial in the media and wondered how DNA is used to find and convict a criminal?

Biological sciences professor Dan Krane, Ph.D., will present "The Science (and Pseudoscience) of DNA Profiling," showing audiences why DNA profiling is the gold standard of forensic science.

The Wright State University Athletics Council will offer a pre-game lecture on DNA profiling before the Raider men’s basketball home game against the Detroit Titans on Friday, Feb. 25. Those who attend will receive free tickets to the game.

Biological sciences professor Dan Krane, Ph.D., will present “The Science (and Pseudoscience) of DNA Profiling,” showing audiences why DNA profiling is the gold standard of forensic science. Krane has testified more than 75 times as a DNA expert. His consulting company, Forensic Bioinformatics, reviews testing results from hundreds of criminal cases each year.

Krane has twice been appointed by governors of Virginia to the Commonwealth’s Scientific Advisory Committee, which oversees the policies and practices of Virginia’s Department of Forensic Science. The BBC has called him “the world’s leading expert on low copy number DNA testing.”

The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Wright State University Nutter Center Berry Room. The lecture and parking are free. Pre-game snacks will be offered. The basketball game will begin at 7 p.m.

The lecture is sponsored by the Wright State College of Science and Mathematics, which will recognize its student-athletes at the event. Co-sponsors are the Wright State Department of Athletics and the University Athletics Council.

Tickets for the basketball game will be on a first-come, first-served basis. To receive free tickets, RSVP to Bobbi Skipton at (937) 775-3180 or bobbi.skipton@wright.edu no later than Friday, Feb. 18.