DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
Forensic Biology Research and Development at NIJ
Forensic Biology involves the collection, study, and analysis of biological material on evidence from crime scenes to provide unbiased, scientific reports for a criminal or civil court case to give a better understanding of the crime that occurred. Historically, one of the earliest forensic biologists was Sir Alec Jeffreys in 1985 using DNA fingerprinting or DNA typing to individually identify humans.[1] He targeted variable...
Droplet digital PCR: assessing the increased performance for DNA quantification in forensic science
15PNIJ-24-GG-03854-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$422,235
Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles - Draft Final Report, January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2023
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Improved Nucleic Acid Recovery From Trace and Degraded Samples Using Affinity Purification
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Hidden Markov Models for DNA Sequencing
Date Published
2002
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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
Nuclear DNA from Rootless Hair for Forensic Purposes
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Forensic DNA Interpretation and Human Factors: Improving Practice Through a Systems Approach
Date Published
May 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Comparative Assessment of Emerging Technologies for Body Fluid Identification
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NamUs Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report
Date Published
January 2024
Publication Type
Program/Project Description,
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit
Date Published
February 2024
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Predicting the Origin of Stains From Next Generation Sequencing mRNA Data
Date Published
May 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Recent publications from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: Reviewing progress toward improved AD clinical trials
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Targeted Multiplexed Next Generation RNA Sequencing Assay for Tissue Source Determination of Forensic Samples
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A complete pipeline enables haplotyping and phasing macrohaplotype in long sequencing reads for polyploidy samples and a multi-source DNA mixture
Date Published
January 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Exonuclease Digestion Assay for Streamlining Aptamer Characterization, Engineering, and Sensor Development
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Meta-Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies Identifies 8 Novel Loci Involved in Shape Variation of Human Head Hair
Date Published
February 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Broadly Applicable Assay for Rapidly and Accurately Quantifying DNA Surface Coverage on Diverse Particles
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Global Skin Color Prediction From DNA
Date Published
July 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis (Article)
Date Published
June 2023
Series
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
A Study of PCR Inhibition Mechanisms Using Real Time PCR
Date Published
2010
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Development of Bioaffinity-based Concepts for On-site Forensic Analyses: Blood, Sweat, and Fingerprints?
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Extending the discrete Laplace method: Incorporating multi-copy loci, partial repeats and null alleles
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored