The Evidence We Leave Behind
Date Published
May 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Microbiomes
Determining Informative Microbial Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Human Identification
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
DNA Aptamer–Cyanine Complexes as Generic Colorimetric Small-Molecule Sensors
Journal
Angeewandte Chemie
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Postmortem Skeletal Microbial Community Composition and Function in Buried Human Remains
Journal
Msystems
Date Published
March 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The Evidence We Leave Behind, Part 1
May 2022
Series
Gregory Dutton, a physical scientist at NIJ, joins science writer Jim Dawson to discuss the microbiome: what it is, how it applies to forensics, and the evolution of its role in forensic science.
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Audio file
Associations Detected between Measures of Neighborhood Environmental Conditions and Human Microbiome Diversity
Journal
Science of the Total Environment
Date Published
November 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Effects of Extended Postmortem Interval on Microbial Communities in Organs of the Human Cadaver
Journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
Date Published
December 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Aptamer-Integrated Multianalyte-Detecting Paper Electrochemical Device
Journal
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
SERS-based plasmonic nanobiosensing in single living cells
Journal
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Date Published
2009
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Pilot Study of Microbial Succession in Human Rib Skeletal Remains during Terrestrial Decomposition
Journal
mSphere
Date Published
July 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Root and crown rot pathogens found on dry beans grown in Mozambique
Journal
Tropical Plant Pathology
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Forensic Microbiome Database: A Tool for Forensic Geolocation Meta-Analysis Using Publicly Available 16S rRNA Microbiome Sequencing
Journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The human microbiome: an emerging tool in forensics
Journal
Microbial Biotechnology
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Microbiome Tools for Forensic Science
Journal
Trends in Biotechnology
Date Published
2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Transcriptomics Reveals the Putative Mycoparasitic Strategy of the Mushroom Entoloma abortivum on Species of the Mushroom Genus Armillaria
Journal
Msystems
Date Published
October 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Population Informative Markers Selected Using Wright's Fixation Index and Machine Learning Improves Human Identification Using the Skin Microbiome
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Date Published
September 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The gut microbiome and neuropsychiatric disorders: implications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Journal
Journal of Medical Microbiology
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Dysbiosis in the Dead: Human Postmortem Microbiome Beta-Dispersion as an Indicator of Manner and Cause of Death
Journal
Frontiers in Microbiology
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Evaluating Bioinformatic Pipeline Performance for Forensic Microbiome Analysis
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Naturalization of the Microbiota Developmental Trajectory of Cesarean-born Neonates after Vaginal Seeding
Journal
Med
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Detecting personal microbiota signatures at artificial crime scenes
Journal
Forensic Science International
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Characterizing the postmortem human bone microbiome from surface-decomposed remains
Journal
PLoS ONE
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Total RNA Analysis of Bacterial Community Structural and Functional Shifts Throughout Vertebrate Decomposition
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind
Date Published
June 7, 2021
“Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves, even unconsciously, will serve as a silent witness against him.” Edmond Locard (1877-1966), forensic science pioneer