Forensic Biology Timeline

Crimelab Biology Timeline

<img class='size-full wp-image-19865' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1970-Yes-Were-Open.jpg' alt='' width='500' height='395' /> 1970 – PBSO Crimelab opens <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19561' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/blood-types.jpg' alt='' width='512' height='146' /> 1972 – Blood Typing <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19562' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ASCLD-logo.png' alt='' width='276' height='278' /> 1991 – American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors <p>

</p> <img class='wp-image-19866 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1993-DQ-Alpha-test-strip.jpg' alt='' width='960' height='720' /> 1993 – First DNA testing conducted using DQ-Alpha <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19867' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1995-DNA-sequence.jpg' alt='' width='268' height='188' /> 3 STRs used for case work <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19868' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1998-13-codis-loci.jpg' alt='' width='473' height='400' /> National committee announces 13 CODIS STR’s to be used for the database <p>

</p> <img class='wp-image-19869 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2002-pipette.jpg' alt='' width='660' height='274' /> Manual Extraction used for casework (Promega DNA IQ) <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19870' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2005-crime-lab-cartoon.jpg' alt='' width='1280' height='720' /> Real time PCR first used for casework<br />DNA unit changes name to Forensic Biology Unit <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19871' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2012-x-and-y-chromosomes.jpg' alt='' width='1024' height='939' /> FBU begins testing casework for Y-STRs <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19872' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2015-lean-six-sigma.jpg' alt='' width='542' height='550' /> Lean Six Sigma project begins to improve laboratory efficiency <p>

</p> <img class='size-full wp-image-19873' src='/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2016-Florida_Senate_seal.png' alt='' width='867' height='867' /> Florida Senate implements SB636 – legislation requiring time frames for processing sexual assault kits <p>