Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland
Dr Caitlin Curtis (@DrCaitlinCurtis) is a research fellow at The University of Queensland. She has broad expertise in genetics including conservation genetics, ancient DNA, DNA forensics, and vector genomics. Caitlin is fascinated by the intersection between genomics and technology and the ensuing privacy and data protection issues.
How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are
Apr 01, 2019 17:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Have you ever wondered who you are or where you come from? I think its a fundamental human desire to want to know this. One way were seeing this curiosity play out is in the rise of the at-home DNA ancestry business....
Dramatic advances in forensics expose the need for genetic data legislation
Dec 19, 2018 15:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Many people first became familiar with DNA testing through its use in the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1994. Now, 24 years later, there have been two dramatic advances in the capability of forensic genetics that mark the...
DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficult
May 02, 2018 16:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Technologies for amplifying, sequencing and matching DNA have created new opportunities in genomic science. In this series When DNA Talks we look at the ethical and social implications. Everywhere we go we leave...
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