DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
Identification and Detection of Cosmetics Transferred during Close Personal Attacks
Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods
Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool
Determining Time Since Deposition of Epithelial Cell Samples Using Intrinsic Fluorescence Signatures
A DNA Barcoding Strategy for Blow and Flesh Flies Encountered During Medicolegal Casework
mtGenome Sequencing of Human Hair Shafts Using an MPS Approach
Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples
Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool
Probabilistic Genotyping for Microhaplotypes
Adaptation of the DNAse I procedure to the Biomek® NXP robotic platform for more efficient and automated sexual assault sample processing
Verification and evaluation of a miRNA panel for body fluid identification using DNA extracts
Dense DNA Data for Enhanced Missing Persons Identification
Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensor for Rapid Identification of Marijuana from Hemp
Completion of the SONIC-DE 2.0 System for Implementation in Forensic Laboratories
Forensic Application of Pollen DNA Barcoding
Assessment of Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Evidence Selection Leading to Development of SAK Evidence Machine-Learning Model (SAK-ML Model)
Personal Identification and Ancestral Characterization from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair
Optimizing the Analysis of DNA From Burned Bone Using Ancient DNA Techniques
Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis
Cold Case Investigations
Experience has shown that cold case programs can solve a substantial number of violent crime cold cases, including homicides and sexual assaults. Advances in DNA technologies have substantially increased the successful DNA analysis of aged, degraded, limited, or otherwise compromised biological evidence. As a result, crime scene samples once thought to be unsuitable for testing may now yield DNA profiles. Additionally, samples that previously generated...
Supporting States to Test Sexual Assault Evidence
Crime laboratory and law enforcement personnel from three states discuss the value the NIJ-FBI Sexual Assault Kit Partnership to test sexual assault evidence and obtain investigatory leads.
During this partnership, NIJ is working with the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, to test eligible kits from law enforcement agencies and laboratories across the country and develop best practices that can improve the quality and speed of sexual assault kit processing.
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Strengthening Our Nation's Crime Laboratories
As technology improves, demand for analysis of DNA and other forensic evidence to help solve crimes grows. This video describes some of the challenges crime laboratories face in meeting this demand and how National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funding has strengthened crime labs and encouraged innovation in forensic techniques.
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