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Episode 62: Dr. Bruce McCord on the Chemistry behind Crime Scene Investigations

October 26, 202526 min · 4,290 words

Show notes

Often in crime shows and movies, we usually skip to the result of forensic testing. But have you ever wondered how investigators get those results? On this exciting episode of Let’s Talk Chemistry edited by Presley Vu, hosts Amber Bakkum and Mehreen discuss our interview with Dr. Bruce McCord, Analytical and Forensic Chemistry Professor at Florida International University and deputy editor for the journal ELECTROPHORESIS. Dr.

Highlighted moments

one day, one of my bosses came by and said, can you do DNA with that thing? Because everyone thought at the time that electrophoresis was usually for large molecules, and I had been using it for little explosives.
we realized that with these little chips, we could get a DNA separation in 80 seconds, which normally took about 40 minutes.
It has to be something so much better than what people are currently using now. And so it's a complex problem

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