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DNA Contamination, Degradation, Damage and Associated Microbiomes: A Comparative Analysis through Massive Parallel Sequencing and Electrophoresis

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Recovery of Whole Mitochondrial Genome From Compromised Samples via Multiplex PCR and Massively Parallel Sequencing

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Stability and Persistence of Blood and Semen mRNA and miRNA Targets for Body Fluid Identification in Environmentally Challenged and Laundered Samples

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sperm Cell Purification From Mock Forensic Swabs Using SOMAmer (TM) Affinity Reagents

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Interpreting Short Tandem Repeat Variations in Humans Using Mutational Constraint

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comparative Tolerance of Two Massively Parallel Sequencing Systems to Common PCR Inhibitors

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Four Commercial Quantitative Real-Time PCR Kits With Inhibited and Degraded Samples

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Inter-Sample Contamination Detection Using Mixture Deconvolution Comparison

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving Analysis of “Trace DNA” Evidence

Date Published

January 16, 2024

Researchers try a new way to maximize DNA in low-yield situations and reduce costs.

Applications of Probe Capture Enrichment Next Generation Sequencing for Whole Mitochondrial Genome and 426 Nuclear SNPs for Forensically Challenging Samples

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Further Evaluation of the Efficacy of Contamination Removal From Bone Surfaces

Date Published

September 2013

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Questioning the prevalence and reliability of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy from massively parallel sequencing data

Date Published

October 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis

Date Published

August 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Assessing the Effects of DNA Damage on Next Generation mtDNA Sequencing

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Preservation & High Throughput Methods for Human Tissue Samples in Tropical Climates; An Improved DVI Approach

Date Published

September 2015

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identification of Forensically Relevant Fluids and Tissues by Small RNA Profiling

Date Published

December 2013

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Effective Long-term Preservation of Biological Evidence

Date Published

June 2014

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

DNA Forensics Using Single Molecule Technology: From DNA Recovery and Extraction to Genotyping Degraded and Trace Evidence Without PCR

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

DNA Contamination, Degradation, Damage and Associated Microbiomes: A Comparative Analysis through Massive Parallel Sequencing and Capillary Electrophoresis

2018-DU-BX-0205

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$477,609

Decontamination of Crime Scene Equipment: Evaluating Current Methods and Determining Best Practices

2018-DU-BX-0226

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$171,041

NIJ and DNA: Polymerase Technologies Addressing a Key Challenge for PCR-Based Forensic Tests

Date Published

April 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ and CHORI: Collaboration With SoftGenetics and California Department of Justice - Customizing NextGENe Software for Forensic Applications

Date Published

April 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Trace DNA From Fingernails: Increasing the Success Rate of Widely Collected Forensic Evidence

Date Published

December 2015

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Coverdell 15 NIJ

2015-CD-BX-0073

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$50,011