Microbial analysis
Detecting personal microbiota signatures at artificial crime scenes
NCJ Number
302225
Journal
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Uncovering the Horseshoe Effect in Microbial Analyses
NCJ Number
255262
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Description
Publication Link
Potential Postmortem Microbial Biomarkers of Infant Death Investigation
2020-75-CX-0012
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$530,242
Linking Internal Organ Microbiome and Metabolome Composition to Cause of Death in Medicolegal Investigations
2017-MU-MU-4042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$393,503
Developmental evaluation of a combinatorial qPCR multiplex for forensic body fluid identification
2020-R2-CX-0031
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$49,994
Vertebrate Decomposition is Accelerated by Soil Microbes
NCJ Number
248278
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Metagenomic Assessment of the Bacteria Associated With Lucilia Sericata and Lucilia Cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
NCJ Number
249281
Date Published
January 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Publication Link
Confounding Effects of Microbiome on the Susceptibility of TNFSF15 to Crohn's Disease in the Ryukyu Islands
NCJ Number
252351
Journal
Date Published
April 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Publication Link
Human Decomposition: Effect of Indoor Versus Outdoor Decomposition on the Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Implications for Future Forensic Research
2019-DU-BX-0025
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$808,296
Development of a Human Virome Based Microarray as a Forensic Tool
2019-R2-CX-0048
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$146,805
Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
2019-75-CX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$443,931
Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools
2019-DU-BX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$390,748
Microbial Communities on Skin Leave Unique Traces at Crime Scenes
Date Published
December 10, 2018
Investigators in two NIJ-supported studies have demonstrated that people carry unique microbial communities on their skin, and traces of those communities, left on touched objects, can be linked to the individual.
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
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
2018-DU-BX-0180
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$726,629
Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition
2016-DN-BX-0010
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2018
$35,000
Improving Machine Learning Methods for Predicting the Postmortem Interval Using Microbiome Data
2018-R2-CX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$150,000
Estimating the Postmortem Interval at Longer Timescales Using Bone
2018-R2-CX-0018
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$150,000
Trace Microbiome: Presentations from the 2018 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Symposium
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Symposium
Registration Status
Open
Linking Suspects to Crime Scenes with Particle Populations
Date Published
December 10, 2017
Two researchers with a long record of research into the forensic value of very small particle populations examined cell phones, handguns, drug packaging, and ski masks from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office to determine if such particles can make phys
Linking internal organ microbiome and metabolome compositions to cause death in medicolegal investigations
2017-MU-MU-0042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$532,286