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Microbial Community Assembly and Metabolic Function During Mammalian Corpse Decomposition

Journal

Science

Date Published

January 2016

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Functional characterization of calliphorid cell death genes and cellularization gene promoters for controlling gene expression and cell viability in early embryos

Journal

Insect Molecular Biology

Date Published

April 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Structural and genetic investigation of the egg and first-instar larva of an egg-laying population of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) a species of forensic importance

Journal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex determination mechanisms in Calliphorids (blow flies)

Journal

Sexual Development

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Molecular Biology in Forensic Entomology

Journal

Forensic Entomology: International Dimensions and Frontiers

Date Published

2015

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NIJ-Sponsored

Terrestrial Laser Scanning and a Degenerated Cylinder Model to Determine Gross Morphological Change of Cadavers under Conditions of Natural Decomposition

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Initial Insights into Bacterial Succession During Human Decomposition

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Soil nematode functional diversity, successional patterns, and indicator taxa associated with vertebrate decomposition hotspots

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Prediction of minimum postmortem submersion interval (PMSImin) based on eukaryotic community succession on skeletal remains recovered from a lentic environment

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) estimation from the microbiome of sus scrofa bone in a freshwater lake

Journal

Journal of Forensic Science

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Dual Low-Rank Decompositions for Robust Cross-View Learning

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Date Published

January 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

Comparative Decomposition of Humans and Pigs: Soil Biogeochemistry, Microbial Activity and Metabolomic Profiles

Journal

Frontiers in Microbiology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Thermal and spectroscopic analysis of nitrated compounds and their break-down products using gas chromatography/vacuum UV spectroscopy (GC/VUV)

Journal

Analytica Chimica Acta

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Deep Learning Methods for Post Mortem Interval Estimation

15PNIJ-21-GG-04161-SLFO

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$406,468

The Search for a Microbial Death Clock

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Search for a Microbial Death Clock

Date Published

September 24, 2021

Criminal investigators use physiological changes and insect development to determine how long a body has been dead, but scientists are using the trillions of microbes involved in human decomposition to find more accurate postmortem intervals.

In-Field Collection and Preservation of Decomposing Human Tissues to Facilitate Rapid Purification and STR Typing

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Factors Affecting Species Identifications of Blow Fly Pupae Based upon Chemical Profiles and Multivariate Statistics

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Total RNA Analysis of Bacterial Community Structural and Functional Shifts Throughout Vertebrate Decomposition

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Eukaryotic Community Succession Based Method for Postmortem Interval (PMI) Estimation of Decomposing Porcine Remains

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Expanding on Total Body Score With Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Proteomic and microRNA Markers of Fly Development: Stable Correlates of Insect Age To Improve Forensic Entomology Casework

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

ICPUTRD: Image Cloud Platform for Use in Tagging and Research on Decomposition, Final Report

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Human Decomposition: A Mosaic Model for Community Succession and Implications for Future Forensic Research

Date Published

September 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue

Date Published

September 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description