If you look into the number of crime related television series, you know it is a topic that interests many. In this talk, join Wim Develter and Bram Bekaert in this real-life crime scene investigation, and discover the new technologies that can be used to investigate a homicide.

Wim Develter is a forensic and clinical pathologist linked to Gasthuisberg, the University Hospital of Leuven. His area of expertise focuses on corporate damage.

Bram Bekaert started his career in 1996 as a police officer in Brussels while studying part-time for a BSc in Biotechnology. He moved to the UK to study forensic science and obtained a second bachelor degree and an MSc in Forensic DNA Profiling at the University of Central Lancashire. In 2009, he obtained his PhD in Nutri-epigenomics at the University of Surrey and currently is a forensic geneticist at the Laboratory for Forensic Genetics and Molecular Archaeology at the University Hospitals Leuven.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx