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Forensic Identification of Blood in the Presence of Contaminations Using Raman Microspectroscopy Coupled with Advanced Statistics: Effect of Sand, Dust, and Soil

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation and Verification of a microRNA Panel Using Quadratic Discriminant Analysis for the Classification of Human Body Fluids in DNA Extracts

Journal

Genes

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

MPKin-YSTR: Interpretation of Y chromosome STR haplotypes for missing persons cases

Journal

Electrophoresis

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

2023 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Innovative Vibrational Spectroscopy Research for Forensic Application

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

January 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Touch DNA Evidence Collection in Sexual Assault Cases: Knowledge to Inform Practice

Event Dates

April 18, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2023 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Webinar Series: Novel Research on Sexual Assault

Two-year review of firearm-related DNA casework evidence: A triage process to improve quality and efficiency

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A Dental Anthropological Databank for Use in the Statistical Estimation of Ancestry and Sex in Forensic Anthropology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sex-Based Targeted Recovery of Cells in a Heterogeneous Mixture: Separating Male and Female Like-Cells

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing Technology for Routine Forensic Casework

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Adaptation of the DNase I Procedure to the Biomek® NXP Robotic Platform for More Efficient and Automated Sexual Assault Sample Processing

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Interpretation of Y Chromosome STRs for Missing Persons Cases

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Surveying the Total Microbiome as Trace Evidence for Forensic Identification

Date Published

October 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

When DNA Samples Are Complicated: Calculating Variation in Mixed Samples Interpretation

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

When DNA Samples Are Complicated: Calculating Variation in Mixed Samples Interpretation

Just Science Podcast: Just Identifying Gacy's Victims Part 2

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Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Case Study

The microbiome of fly organs and fly-human microbial transfer during decomposition

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Massively Parallel Mitogenome Sequencing: Building a Strong Foundation for the Interpretation of MPS MtDNA

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0005

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$624,692

Optimized variant calling for estimating kinship

Journal

Forensic Science International-Genetics

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The number of alleles in DNA mixtures with related contributors

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ Awards Over $11 Million to Support Forensic Science Research and Development in 2022

On September 30, 2022, NIJ announced $11.6 million in funding to support 23 projects under the “NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes” solicitation. Through its research and development grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the...

Feature correlation evaluation approach for iris feature quality measure

Journal

Signal Processing

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Real-time video-based iris image processing

Journal

SPIE Optics and Photonics

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored