Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Microbial analysis
The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ
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
Confounding Effects of Microbiome on the Susceptibility of TNFSF15 to Crohn's Disease in the Ryukyu Islands
Date Published
April 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Microbial Similarity between Students in a Common Dormitory Environment Reveals the Forensic Potential of Individual Microbial Signatures
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Vertebrate Decomposition is Accelerated by Soil Microbes
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Metagenomic Assessment of the Bacteria Associated With Lucilia Sericata and Lucilia Cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Date Published
January 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts
2019-75-CX-0017
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$443,931
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
Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains using rapid, inexpensive microbiome tools
2019-DU-BX-0010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$390,748
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
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
The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation
2017-IJ-CX-0025
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$698,382
Improving Estimates of the Postmortem Interval with Metagenomics and Metabolomics
2016-DN-BX-4194
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$684,273
Microbial Community Succession in Human and Pig Decomposition
2016-DN-BX-0010
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000
Soil fungal and nematode community changes as a methodology for determining long-term postmortem interval after cadaver mass loss
2017-R2-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$50,000