The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ
Microbial analysis
Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation
2020-75-CX-0012
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
$530,242
Linking Internal Organ Microbiome and Metabolome Composition to Cause of Death in Medicolegal Investigations
2017-MU-MU-4042
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$393,503
Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification
2020-R2-CX-0031
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2020
$49,994
Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research
2019-DU-BX-0025
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$808,296
Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool
2019-R2-CX-0048
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$146,805
Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
2019-75-CX-0017
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$443,931
Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools
2019-DU-BX-0010
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$390,748
DNA Contamination, Degradation, Damage and Associated Microbiomes: A Comparative Analysis through Massive Parallel Sequencing and Capillary Electrophoresis
2018-DU-BX-0205
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$477,609
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
2018-DU-BX-0180
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$726,629
Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone
2018-R2-CX-0018
Open
Funding First Awarded
2018
$150,000
Improving Machine Learning Methods for Predicting the Postmortem Interval Using Microbiome Data
2018-R2-CX-0017
Open
Funding First Awarded
2018
$150,000
Trace Microbiome: Presentations from the 2018 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Symposium
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Symposium
Registration Status
Open
Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations
2017-MU-MU-0042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$532,286
Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics
2016-DN-BX-4194
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$684,273
Postmortem Interval Estimation from Bone Marrow Lipids
2017-DN-BX-0146
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$377,535
The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation
2017-IJ-CX-0025
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$698,382
Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
2017-R2-CX-0008
Open
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Anthropology & Microbial Forensics
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Symposium
Registration Status
Open
A Predictive Knowledgebase Linking Microbial Signatures to Human Lifestyle Characteristics
2015-DN-BX-K430
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$564,735
Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution
2016-DN-BX-0151
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$443,598
Expansion of Microbial Forensics
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
Basics of Microbiology as Applied to Microbial Forensics
Event Dates
–
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open