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Greg Hampikian
Professor of Biology Department of Biology and Department of Criminal Justice Director of the Idaho Innocence Project greghampikian@boisestate.edu
LIBRARY:
Forensic
Population Genetics
Materials & Energy
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NEWS: Idaho Innocence Project's National DNA Mixtures Project. To view the segments, visit: http://tinyurl.com/MixedSampleDNA and http://tinyurl.com/MixedSampleTest.
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Graduate
Courses:
Boise State University
Biology 597 Forensic Biology class pictures
Biology 597 Advanced Topics in Genetic Analysis
Biology 598 02 Genomics Seminar #10089
Biology 598 Sec. 05 15512 /498 Sec. 01 Biotechnology Seminar, #15511
Biology 696 Directed Research
Biology 596 Graduate Independent Study
Biology 593 sec. 05 Thesis, 13866
Criminal Justice
597 Sec. 02 15618 /497
Sec. 04 15619 Forensic Evidence in Cold Cases
Criminal Justice
597/497 02 DNA
Evidence in Wrongful Convictions, Special Topics
Criminal Justice 590 Internship
Undergraduate
Courses:
Boise
State University
Biology
347
Forensic Biology
Biology 343 Genetics
#70356
Biology 343SL #70358 Genetics Service Learning Lab
Biology 301
Cell Biology
Biology
496
Section 03
Independent Study, #75883
Criminal
Justice
497
Forensic Biology
Clayton
State University
Courses: Biotechnology, Biotechnology Lab, Genetics, Human
Genetics (on-line), Recombinant DNA Laboratory,
Biobusiness and Regulatory Affairs, Microbiology, Microbiology Lab, Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) sequence,
A&P Labs, Sex
and Reproduction, Introductory Biology (majors and non-majors sequence),
Introductory Biology Labs, Biotechnology for teacher education students
Research
Interests
Lab Group
As the Biotechnology revolution comes of age, its impact on society is felt in
every endeavor of human behavior from agriculture to criminal justice.
While the applications of biotechnology differ, the same scientific principles
are applicable in all of these fields. Our laboratory group encompasses a
wide range of interests centered around DNA sequence analysis and the control of
gene expression. We are especially interested in basic research related to
the development of technology applicable to forensic science and cancer
research.
Comparative
Bioinformatics and "DNA Safeguard"
We have designed
an algorithm which identifies small sequences common to, or excluded from,
selected genomes. The study of these sequences is being used to create DNA
Barcodes and to identify
potential therapeutic targets. We have coined the terms
“nullomers” (sequences absent from a selected species or groups of species), and
“primes” (sequences absent from all GenBank data). We refresh the GenBank mirror
on our BSU Beowulf cluster each day, and have developed a web tool to allow
other researchers to search for nullomers and primes. These sequences are
being used to develop artificial sequence tags to safeguard DNA samples against
tampering and accidental contamination.
2007 publication and web links
Personnel: Greg Hampikian, Tim Andersen, Denise Wingett, Owen
McDougal, Abdelkrim Allileche, Jayita Goswami, Mike Davis, and Amit Jain
Funded by DOD, $3,300,000, Greg Hampikian PI, (2006-2009).
Biohazard and
Bioterror Analysis Technology
Our lab is
developing sampling protocols and biosensors to enhance the analysis of minute
amounts of DNA. Together with collaborators in the College of Engineering, we
are designing a miniature sensor capable of detecting environmental biohazards
and bioterror agents. Our first project is the
design of a miniature PCR device.
Personnel: Abdelkrim Alileche
Funded by an Environmental Protection Agency grant, Greg Hampikian
Co-PI (2006-2008)
See
http://coen.boisestate.edu/sensor
DNA database and
Population Studies
We are working with the Connecticut Advanced Genomic Technology Center to
produce databases representing American geographic subpopulations. Our
focus is American ethnic and tribal subpopulations. We have sampled 98 Basque
American families and are sequencing their mitochondrial HVI and HVII regions.
We have also begun a study of Native Alaskan populations.
Personnel: Michael Davis, MS student Biology
Funded by National Science Foundation, EPSCoR
Instrumentation Acquisition Fund, Greg Hampikian and Kevin Ferris (2005),
$21,500 (total with match from BSU)
Identification of Exhumed and Ancient DNA
We are performing DNA analysis on exhumed tissue from a 100 year old murder, in
conjunction with the University of Alaska anthropology department. In this
case, an Alaskan
murder victim from the early 1900s was recently exhumed, and his skeletal wounds do not
match the historical description of injuries. Namely, the skull was intact
while the victim was supposedly shot in the head. We are working with descendants of the victim and
physical anthropologists at the University of Alaska to determine if the grave
contains the correct remains. We have identified descendents of the victim's
sister who share his mitochondrial profile, and have succeeded in amplifying and
sequencing the mitochondrial HV2 region from the remains.
A second project involves characterizing ancient pollen grains and other
biological material in arctic ice cores.
Sponsored by Qiagen, (EZ1-robot and DNA extraction kits) $25,000, 2005-2006
Antimicrobial Regulation by
Modified Food Carbohydrates, and Plant Extracts
We are studying the antimicrobial properties of
novel modified carbohydrates (pdf),
developed in collaboration with Lucien Lucia at North Carolina State University,
Department of Wood and Paper Science. We are also studying the non-contact
inhibition of microbial growth by volatile agents from plant extracts
Models of Complex Genetic Control Mechanisms
Using the cell cycle regulated transcription of Drosophila histone
genes, we are developing models of complex regulatory control. These models can
serve as templates for other developmental systems, and lead to new rational
approaches for target identification for diagnostic, therapeutic, and biosafety
applications.
Collaborator: Linda Strausbaugh, University of Connecticut, (see
Insilco Biology, Oct 2004)
Outreach
Schools: Learning Science with Forensic Investigations
High School Forensic Curriculum Aids
We have developed a series of forensic science activities that can be used to
teach basic scientific concepts to students in all levels of K-12. In
conjunction with the Boise State Forensic Science Club, we have tested and assessed the
activities in several schools in Idaho, and across the country. Dr.
Hampikian has presented his findings and run workshops for local and national
groups including, The Idaho Science Teachers Association (Keynote 2006), National Science Teachers Association (2004), and The
Summer Institute on Enrichment Learning and Teaching (Confratute 2004 and 2005).
Funded by an
Improving Teacher Quality State Grant – Title II,
Part A of the No Child Left Behind Act (Greg
Hampikian PI, 2004-05), and by
BIO-RAD, a Fortune 500 Biotechnology company
Personnel: MS Biology Student Jason Besecker
BS Biology Students (Chuck Cato,
Nick Bock)
Idaho Science Teachers Workshops/Presentations
Idaho Science Teachers, annual meeting keynote, 160 teachers, Oct. 6, 2006
Treasure Valley Science Teachers Workshop, Vallivue High School near Caldwell, 20 teachers, Oct. 18, 2005,
Forensic Science and Evolution in the High School Classroom, October 6
and 7, 2005 at Boise State,
Sponsored by a grant from Bio-Rad, 7 teachers
“DNA Evidence: Molecules of Truth,” for
"Biology Labs Workshop for AP High School
Teachers," 8 teachers, May 20, 2005
Examples of Workshops and Internships for Idaho partnership schools
Mountain View High School, Host Kristi Brown, Forensic
Science Classes, 200 students, 5 teachers, September 30, 2009
Discovery Center of Idaho,
Forensic Science Camp, 18 students, 5th and 6th graders, 3 teachers, instructor
Michael Merkly, June 17, 2008
"Forensic DNA," Boise High Forensic Class, Teacher Heidi Pluska and Erik Quissell, 42 students, 3 teachers, May 21, 2009
Van Burren Elementary School, visit to Hampikian lab, May 21, 2009
"Clones, Twins, and the Rest of Us," Boise High School, AP
Biology Classes, swabbed a set of identical twins and processed their DNA, 45
students, 3 teachers, May 20, 2009
Salmon High Biology, visit to Hampikian Lab, 2 teachers, 26 students, 4.23.09,
pdf
North Junior High School, Boise, Ms. Viegal's Classes, 32 students 3 teachers, 4.16.09, pdf
Mountain View High School, presentation for Mike Knutson's Sociology Class at the high school, 40 students and two teachers, 4.09.09
Boise State University Preschool, 12 students under 5 years old, and 2 teachers, microscope,
mosses, magnets, and snakes,
February 6, 2009
Kuna High School, 150 students, auditorium
presentation, "Forensic Science and The Good
Life," December 18, 2008.
Greenleaf Christian Academy, 40 students, 7th and 8th grade, 4 teachers, 3 parents, Lab visit
and research presentation at
BSU, pics, November 21, 2008
Nampa High School, 50 students, 3 teachers, Lab visit and research
presentation at BSU, pics,
November 13, 2008
Hawthorne Elementary 6th Grade, 24 students, three teachers, October 27, 2008, 5mb pdf pictures
North Junior High School, 60 students 5 teachers, at BSU, October 10, 2008, 1.5mb pdf, 7mb ppt
Science for preschoolers," Boise State University Daycare, 8 very young visitors, 3 teachers, June 25, 2008
Discovery Center of Idaho, Forensic Science Camp, 24 students, 5th and 6th graders, 5 teachers, June 17, 2008
Mountain View High School, Meridian, Visit to
School, 75 students 5 teachers, April 23, 2008
Lincoln Elementary School, Nampa, lab visit and
department tour, 28 students, 4 teachers, April 15, 2008
Homedale High School, Laboratory visit and
discussion, teacher
Mark Weeks,
20 students, April 7, 2008
Homedale Middle school 25 students, 3 teachers, lab tour, April 7,
2008,
pics (ppt)
Mountain View High School, 100 Students in
sociology classes, Mike Knuston Teacher, April 23, 2008
Emmett Junior High, 14 students, 2 teachers, visit to Biology
Department, March 19, 2008
Fairmont Junior High, Special Education Program,
20 students, 5 teachers, Ahfong room, Boise State University, April 7, 2008
David Wisniewski Idaho City High School, shadow
a scientist, March 7, 2008
YMCA Eagle Idaho-16
students (k-5th), 3 teachers, Feb. 5, 2008,
pdf pics 4mb
Football Recruits Breakfast
talk, Saturday, December 15, 2007
Kuna High Lab Day at Boise State Biology, 20 students and teacher George
Carpenter
spent the day in our lab, Dec. 14, 2007
Discovery Center of Idaho,
with BSU Biology Club, Saturday, Dec 8, 2007, "DNA Forensics," Talk, and Biology
Outreach
activities,
Pics, 250 students with parents
Discovery Center of Idaho, with BSU Biology Club, Saturday, November 10, 2007
volunteer training, Biology
Outreach activities
YMCA Eagle Idaho-18
students (k-5th), 2 teachers,
pics
Highlands Elementary, DNA
Science, 18 students 1 teacher:
Weeblos troop visit to lab: 2 hour hands on DNA, for 6 students and
10 parents
Boise State Summer Academy, 60 students,
6 teachers,
June 29, 2007
Discovery
Center Forensic Camp, 18 students 3 teachers, June 22, 2007
Boise High workshop, teacher Heidi Pluska, 17 students in
Forensic Science, May 8, 2007
Chris
Andersen, High School Intern in Hampikian Lab, 2007
North Junior High School, 52 English Students, 3 teachers,
"Writing in Science," Mrs. Veigel's classes,
4.11.07
Christina
Ballard, High School Intern, 2007
Visit to Fairmont Junior High, 21 students with 9th grade teacher Tammy
Burk, 3.13.07
Fairmont Junior High visit to Boise State Forensic DNA
Laboratory, DNA Forensics workshop for
Accelerated Science, 21 students with 9th grade teacher Tammy Burk, 3.08.07
Kuna High, lab visit for ornithology students, 14 students and
teacher George Carpenter, 3.05.07
Highlands Elementary, archeology stories, Miss Linn's 3rd and
4th combined, 3.01.07
Camas County High School, DNA Workshop at BSU, Jeff Rast and 15
Sophomores, 2.2.07,
pdf pics
Kuna High School,
DNA workshop at BSU, George Carpenter and 16 students, Dec. 4, 2006,
powerpoint
Highlands Elementary, Gifted program, 20 students, 2 teachers, Oct .17, 2005
Keystone Montessori Center, 29 preschoolers ages 4-6, 4
teachers, July 21, 2005
Forensic
Science Camp with Discovery Center of Idaho, 24 students, 4 teachers, July 18-22, 2005
Longfellow Elementary
(photos),150
students, 8 teachers, May 27, 2005
Eagle Elementary, 90 students, 8
teachers, May 5, 2005
Discovery Center of Idaho: 550 students,
12 teachers, 9am-6PM, Forensic Science Club outreach, April 30, 2005
Spalding Elementary (photos),
18 GATE
students, 1 teacher, April 19, 2005
Mary McPherson Elementary,
175 students, 8 teachers, February 11, 2005
Treasure Valley Mathematics Science
Center (photos),
28 students, 2 teachers, February 9, 2005
Borah High: 250 students; 8 teachers,
February 2, 2005
Caldwell Jefferson Charter (Idaho
Statesman article) photos,
30 students, 5 teachers, January 26, 2005
ANSER Charter school, Forensic Science Club visits school for
latent print mystery,
3-hour program, 35 students, 6 teachers, December 8, 2004
ANSER Charter:
40 students; 6 teachers, visit BSU lab for hands-on DNA, December 1, 2004
National educational outreach
Georgia Science Teachers,
Forensic DNA and
Biotechnology Workshop, November 5 and 6, 2009, Georgia State University,
24 teachers from Georgia Schools, Sponsoring Institutions: Georgia
State University's Bio-Bus Program; Boise State University Outreach;
Bio-Rad; Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Undergraduate Science Education
Division
Georgia Science Teachers,
Forensic DNA and
Biotechnology Workshop, Sept. 15 and 16, 2008, Georgia State University,
20 teachers from Georgia Schools, Sponsoring Institutions: Georgia
State University's Bio-Bus Program; Boise State University Outreach;
Bio-Rad; Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Undergraduate Science Education
Division
Atlanta Area Science Teachers, Forensic DNA and Biotechnology Workshop, Sept. 17 and 18, 2007, Georgia State University, 27 teachers from Georgia Schools, Sponsoring Institutions: Georgia State University's Bio-Bus Program; Boise State University Outreach; Bio-Rad; Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Undergraduate Science Education Division
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science,
88th Pacific
Northwest Annual Meeting, Molecular Biology for High School Teachers, 2
Day workshop with Bio-Rad, June 20, 21, 18, 2007 teachers from around the
Northwest
Atlanta, in conjunction with the
US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; 500 Students, 26 teachers, May
25, 2005
50 hours of laboratory with teachers, followed by sustained contact and a
forensic science day for students.
Each year we work with high school teachers to develop a forensics based science
curriculum for participating schools. The
High
School Curriculum in Forensic Science has received national recognition from
Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, Fox news and others. In
Idaho we will be working with students in education and the sciences, and
teachers in local schools to develop hands on science activities for school
children. With support from BIO-RAD
See
Atlanta Forensic
Science for Schools, 2005
Connecticut,
Forensic
Science and Biotechnology for Teachers
in Conjunction with Center for Applied Genetics Technology, sponsored by
BIO-RAD
University of Connecticut, July
7-10, 2005, 30 hour intensive lab course, 22 teachers
Hartford Courant article
Confratute workshop for teachers
of gifted children, Storrs, CT, 48 teachers, July 12, 2005
Undergraduate educators workshop in forensic science, Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 12 undergraduate
professors, July 12-14
NSTA Short course: "Forensic
Biotechnology Laboratory for Teachers," National Science Teachers
Association Annual Convention, laboratory course, Hampikian and Burke,
Atlanta, April, 2004, 6 hours, 23 teachers from around the country
Invited Presentations and Lectures
"The Innocence Project," Federal Defenders of Idaho,
CLA, August 29, 2009.
"Safeguarding DNA," New England Biolabs, Ipswich Massachusetts, August
13, 2009
DNA in Genealogical Studies", Idaho Gemological Society workshop, May 9, 2009, 79 participants.
"Forensic Science and Justice," Introduction to Criminal
Justice, Professor Mary Stohr, Bosie State University, 90 students, 4.30.09
Health Professions College, Boise State University,
Lab tour, 14 students 3 professors, 4.27.09,
pic1,
pic 2
"DNA as Narrative," College of Idaho, Prison Experience course, February
2, 2009
"Forensic Science and Justice," Boise Vista Lions Club, July 3, 2008
Dinner speaker for the American College of Trail Lawyers (ACTL), Idaho,
Arid Club, 35 ACTL Fellows and their guests, June 28, 2008
"Comedy, Science, Justice: Sometimes Colbert says it best," School of Arts and Sciences talk for Broncoventure at BSU, 80 incoming students, 8 professors, July 8, 2008
"Forensic Lab Tour," Science and Chardonnay Series, 26 community members, June 24, 2008
"Science vs Testimony, lessons from the Innocence Project Cases," 3 hour guest lecture for Psychology and Law, PSYC 459, April 7, 2008
"DNA and other chemicals," Lecture for Toxicology class, Boise State University, March 20, 2008
"Students Free the Innocent," Capitol Scholars Program, Boise State University, March 8, 2008
"Hurricane Carter at the University of Washington Law School," panel discussion and talk on Burns Rafay case, March 4, 2008
"Statistical DNA," guest lecture in
MATH 297 / BIOL 497 Biomolecular Computing in Nature, BSU,
February 27, 2008
"Novel Applications in Forensic DNA: Nullomers, Primes, and the
protection of Innocence," NCBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Maryland, February 20, 2008
"Forensic non-fiction," College of Idaho, February 13, 2008
"DNA, Social Sciences, and The Arts How Collaboration Frees the Innocents," President's Food for Thought series, BSU, November 8, 2007, BSU
"Molecular Identity: Anthropological and Forensic Applications of DNA," Friends of Anthropology, Boise State University, November 4, 2007
"DNA and Justice," American
University in Paris, 70 students, University Lecture, and 2 lab presentations,
October 23, 24, 2007
"The Science of Innocence," 3-hour
guest lecture for Psychology and Law, PSYC 459, BSU, April 30, 2007
"Forensic Science and Genetic Engineering:
DNA Speaks for the Dead and Missing," Evening with Industry,
Society of Women Engineers fundraising dinner, March 15, 2006
“DNA Freeing the Innocent: Two Exonerations after 17 Years in Prison," New Horizons in Forensic Science, 2005 International Forensic Science Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, November 8, 2005
"Solving Crimes with DNA: How Science Convicts and Exonerates, "10:00 AM-Noon, Renaissance Institute, The Flicks, 646 Fulton St., Boise Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005
"True Life from the Innocence Project," True West Film Festival, panel discussion with Jessica Sanders, Director of the Sundance Winning film, "After Innocence," Boise, ID., August 28, 2005
"DNA analysis in the application of justice" Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) Workshop, Boise State Univ., July 23, 2005
“Ethics in the genetics class: But why
is it wrong?,” invited seminar for Forensic Science for College Educators, The
Center for Advanced Genetics Technologies at the University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT, July 12, 2005
"DNA and the Death Penalty," NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Airlie, Virginia,
July 23, 2005
“Idaho and Georgia Innocence Projects,” invited presentation for Court TV producers and reporters, Manhattan, July 11, 2005
“Forensic DNA: questions and answers on current Innocence Project cases,” Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, July 11, 2005
"Forensic DNA databases: Opportunities and limits," Invited talk, Practical Bioinformatics Workshop, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, June 21-22, 2005
“DNA evaluation in post-conviction cases,” seminar for law interns at the Georgia Innocence Project, Atlanta, June 8, 2005
“DNA fingerprints and civil rights,” Invited Talk for the University of Connecticut, DNA and Civil Liberties course, in conjunction with the dedication of the Center for Applied Genetics Technology forensic laboratory, April 29, 2005
"Courtroom data: the impact of science in jury trials," Guest
lecture for Psychology and Law, PSYC 459, April 11, 2005
"Forensic writing," Coeur du Bois Chapter writers association, 2-hour presentation, Saturday March 5, 2005 Boise, ID
“Justice; how much is just enough,” Professor’s Upper Room Dinner Dialogue,
cornerstone Bookstore, Boise, February 15, 2005
"DNA: Molecular truth Serum, Department of Chemistry Seminar, Boise State, January, 28, 2005
"Forensic Technology," guest lecture for Emerging Technology Entrepreneurship, MBA 585, (appointed to the MBA 585 Scientific Advisory Board), January 24, 2005
"Cell Biology for Engineers," guest lecture for Biocompatability and Environmental Degradation, MSE 497/597, Boise State College of Engineering, January 19, 2005
"Nullomers and Primes," for the Bioinformatics Seminar, Boise
State, November, 2004
"DNA in the Courtroom," Boise State University Student Center, April 2004
"DNA evidence and exonerations," Science in the Courtroom," Seminar, Atlanta, April 22, 2004
"Writing science and fiction," International Author’s Seminar Series, Shakespeare and Company, Paris, December 13, 2004
"DNA, Justice and Science," faculty of the University of Paris, Department of Contemporary Criminology, December 10, 2004
"The Calvin Johnson Case: the Miracle of DNA,” International Author’s Seminar Series, Shakespeare and Company, Paris, December 6, 2004
"Sexual Development," Point of View conference, Boise State University, August 17, 2004
"Applications of molecular biology in Forensic Science,"
Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) Workshop, Boise State Univ.,
August, 2004"
Natural Born Killers: Bioactive Surfaces. Lucia, L.A.; Montegna, J.; Hampikian,
G. (Presented by L. Lucia), MARTECH (Materials Research and Technology, FSU, Tallahassee, FL (June 2004).
"DNA and the first test of the new Georgia evidence
preservation law," Biology Seminar, Georgia State University, February 20, 2004
Innocence Project Activities
Director of the Idaho
Innocence Project
DNA Expert and
Board member of the Georgia Innocence Project
Links
Keynote at Freedom March for the Wrongfully Convicted, Boise,
ID, June 27, 2009
Forensic Science, Law, and Police Presentations
American College of Trial Lawyers, dinner speaker, Boise, ID, 48 participants, June 27, 2009
UK Innocence Project. invited talk for London barristers
and court professionals, Temple Law Courts, Arundel House, London, 170
participants, June 8, 2009
Idaho Sheriff's Association, DNA preservation, (Greg Hampikian, Michael
Davis and Rick Visser) presented by Visser and Davis
"DNA in the Courts", Blood and Urine Conference, San Diego, CA, 120
participants, May 14-17, 2009
Wyoming Public Defenders, "Forensic DNA Analysis," October 3, 2008
Alaska Innocence Project, "DNA in Post conviction Testing," September 12, 2008
Service central de preservation des prelevements biologiques, Cergy pontoise, France, June 4, 2008
Ada County Sheriff's Office, 3 hour DNA workshop for crime lab personnel,
March 21, 2008
Nampa Crime Lab, 3 hour DNA workshop for crime lab personnel, February 14,
2008
Centre Technique De La Gendarmerie Nationale, Institut de researche criminelle de la gendarmerie Nationale, Cergy Pontoise, France, October 21, 2007
National Bar Association, Atlanta, GA "DNA in Cold Cases, and
Postconviction," panel discussion, August 7, 2007
July 10, 2007, Georgia Innocence Project, DNA Evidence: Intern Training
Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia
Boise Association of Legal Professionals, "DNA for the legal
professional," April 27, 2007
March 25, 2007, Advanced DNA: What You Need to Know About Y-STR and
Mitochondrial DNA Testing,
Panelists: Greg Hampikian (Idaho Innocence Project, Georgia
Innocence Project), Cassie Johnson (Orchid Cellmark Laboratory), Nina Morrison
(Innocence Project, New York), Innocence Network Conference 2007,
Harvard
University
February 20, 2007, "DNA
101," Carll Ladd (Connecticut State Police Forensic Lab), Greg
Hampikian, Eric Carita (Connecticut State Police Forensic Lab), American Academy
of Forensic Sciences, 59th Annual meeting, San Antonio, Session Co-chair, 3.75
CE Units
October 20, 2006, "Hands-on Forensic Biology and DNA Fingerprinting," This course was been approved by the Idaho State Bar, Idaho Nurses Association, and the State of Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training for Continuing Education Credits, 8.5 hour lab course: coroners, police, lawyers, 10 participants
March 18, 2006,
Innocence Network Conference,
University of Washington School of Law, "DNA Evidence Explained: What Do All
These Numbers Mean?", 27 participants
February, 2006 "Forensic DNA for the Non-scientist," American
Academy of Forensic Sciences, organizer and instructor, 50 participants, 2 hour
continuing education workshop, annual meeting in Seattle
July 23, 2005 "DNA and the Death Penalty," NAACP Legal
Defense Fund, Airlie, Virginia
June 8, 2005 "DNA Evaluation in Old (Post-Conviction) Cases", workshop for Innocence Project Law Interns, Atlanta, GA
June 7, 2005 "Forensic DNA for Lawyers,"
CEU course for lawyers, Atlanta, GA
March 11, 2005 “DNA evidence interpretation,” for the Idaho Criminal
Defense Lawyers, Annual Meeting. Two workshops given, 2-hours, Continuing Legal
Education (CLE) credit, 60 participants, Sun Valley, ID,
August 18, 2004,"DNA evidence: cases in point," Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, 1 hour legal CE, 24 participants, Boise, ID
Selected Publications
and Abstracts
(academic)
Gribb, M.M., G. Hampikian,
W. Kuang, D. Plumlee, and D. Russell, New sensor developments at the Boise State
University Center for Environmental Sensing,
Central & Eastern Europe
Conference on Health and the Environment,
sponsored by
US Environmental Protection Agency,
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
Texas A&M Superfund Basic Research Program,
European Environment Agency (EEA),
Environmental Health Center (EHC),
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE),
and the
World Health Organization,
poster presentation, October
19-22, 2008, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Greg Hampikian and Michael Davis, "Basque DNA in Idaho: the Origin and Frequency of Mitochondrial Haplotypes in Immigrants to a Northwestern American State," DNA in Forensics< bi-annual meeting of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG), Ancona, Italy, presentation by G. Hampikian, May 29, 2008
Tim Andersen , Jeff Cope, Ken Cornell, Greg Hampikian, "Web Client and Server for
Simultaneous and Multiple Protein Analysis," Submitted
Micheal Davis, Jayita Goswami and Greg Hampikian, "STR
Variation in the Immigrant Basque Population of Southwest Idaho," poster
presentation and abstract, 18th International Symposium on Human Identification,
Hollywood, CA, 2007
Michael Davis and
Greg Hampikian, “Median Network Analysis of mtDNA Haplotypes in the Basques of
Southern Idaho,” Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
Annual Meeting, 2007.
Jason R. Besecker, Korey Moeller, Ken Cornell, and Greg Hampikian, "Development of a Bioterrorism Agent Multiplex PCR for Use in a Novel Ceramic Biodetector," Presented at the American Society of Microbiology 107th General May 21-25, 2007, Toronto, Canada
K. Moeller, J. Besecker, G. Hampikian, A. Moll, D. Plumlee,
J. Youngsman and J.M. Hampikian, "A
Prototype Continuous Flow Polymerase Chain Reaction LTCC Device," Materials
Science Forum Vols. 539-543 (2007) pp. 523-528
K.
Moeller, J. Besecker, J.M. Hampikian, A. Moll, D. Plumlee, J. Youngsman, G.
Hampikian, "A Prototype Continuous Flow Polymerase Chain Reaction LTCC Device",
Proceedings of the International Conference on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic
Microsystems Technologies, Denver CO April 25-27, 2006.
G. Hampikian, The Future of Forensic DNA, The Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services, Spring, 2005, 3:1, 5-16
M. Crayton, C. Ladd , M. Sommer,
G. Hampikian, L. Strausbaugh, An organizational model of transcription factor
binding sites for a histone promoter in D. melanogaster, In Silico
Biology 4, 0045 (October, 2004)
C. Johnson and G. Hampikian (written by Hampikian), Exit to Freedom" the
Calvin C. Johnson, Jr.
story, 2003, University of
Georgia Press. The true story of a man wrongly convicted of
rape. Mr. Johnson spent 16 years in Georgia prisons until DNA evidence
freed him. Afterward by Barry Scheck. Includes an appendix on
DNA evidence by Hampikian. For reviews see: http://a-s.clayton.edu/hampikian/CJ/ajc9.14.03.htm
P. Henderson, D. Jones, G. Hampikian, Y.
Kan, and G. Schuster, "Long-distance charge transport in duplex DNA: The
polaron-like hopping mechanism," Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, Vol. 96, Issue 15,
8353-8358, July 20, 1999
Click for Press
release in layman's terms
G. Hampikian, J. Graves, D. Cooper, 1994,
"Sex-determination in the marsupial," in Molecular
genetics of sex determination, (Ed. S. Wachtel), Academic Press
From review in Science: "I found
the rather personal chapter by Hampikian et al. on marsupials to be particularly useful in conjunction with the Drosophila chapter; together they provide a sense of the commonalities and differences that determine sexual dimorphism in each of these groups relative to each other and to the eutherian mouse-human group."
--Science, 264:118,
1994
M. Gaudette, G. Hampikian, V. Metelev, S. Agrawal and W. Crain, 1993, "Effect on embryos of phosphorothioate modified oligos. into pregnant mice," Antisense Res. & Dev.,3:391-397
J. Graves, J. Foster, G. Hampikian, F. Brennan, 1993, "Sex-determination in marsupial mammals," in Sex chromosomes and sex determining genes, (Editors, K. Reed and J. Graves) Gordon and Breach, Melbourne
J. Foster, F. Brennan, G. Hampikian, P.N. Goodfellow, A. Sinclair, R. Lovell-Badge, L. Selwood, M. Renfree, D. Cooper and J. Graves, 1992, "Evolution of sex determination and the Y chromosome: SRY-related sequences in marsupials," Nature 359:531-533
F. Deak, Y. Kiss, K. Sparks, S. Argraves,
G. Hampikian and P.
Goetinck, 1986,
"Amino acid sequence of chicken cartilage link
protein from c-DNA clones," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:3766-3770
Publications (other technical)
US Patent Applied for October 14, 2006:
Micromotion Power, (Hampikian and Mullner filed by Boise State University)
US Patent Application December 2003: DNA Safeguard, #2876599877, a DNA
marker to be added to voluntary samples as a safeguard against planting, or
accidental switching of reference and evidence samples. The oligomers are based
on sequences not found in GenBank, and can be coded to contain a wide variety of
information.
Publications (popular press, performance)
Inflection Point, staged reading at the Alley Repertory Theater, Bose, ID, July 20, 2009
"A student's sacrifice," Idaho Statesman, September 7, 2004, article about a student and mother who went off to war. See also story in Newsweek July 18, 2005
"Cloning advance: theologians will have to play catch-up," The Hartford Courant, February 16, 2004
"Ideology holds the reins (evolution in Georgia schools)," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, February 2, 2004
"Things
Not Seen," a play, premiere at CSU, Dec 4-6, 11-13, 2003
"Your Name in
Bold," a play, premiered at CSU in February, 2002
Winner in the Percolating Playwright contest, presented as a staged reading in
the series, Theatre in the
Square, Marietta, GA, June 23, 2003
"Gingrich praise a bit over the top," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, December 6, 1999
"A Connecticut lesson in happiness," The Hartford Courant, November 8, 1999
"Lessons I learned from my father," The Hartford Courant, August 26, 1999
"Mini me; the genetics of family resemblance," Parents magazine, (consultant for) Isadora Fox, September, 1999
"Academic Regalia (Dad's glad rags)," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, June 16, 1998
"The Genetics of Iceman," The Salt Lake City Tribune, (consultant for) Terence L. Day, March 28, 1997
"Judging Rightly," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Dec. 15, 1997
"Leftovers," The Georgia Journal, November, 1997
"Building Bridges," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1996
"The Cost of Education," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Oct. 12, 1995
"Electronic Junk Mail," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Oct. 1, 1994
