The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Microbiomes
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
Genetic distance to improve human identification from the skin microbiome
2020-R2-CX-0046
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$81,058
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
Journal
HUMAN GENETICS
Date Published
April 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Frozen: Thawing and Its Effect on the Postmortem Microbiome in Two Pediatric Cases
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
January 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Vertebrate Decomposition is Accelerated by Soil Microbes
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Date Published
August 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Microbial Similarity between Students in a Common Dormitory Environment Reveals the Forensic Potential of Individual Microbial Signatures
Journal
mBio
Date Published
July 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Metagenomic Assessment of the Bacteria Associated With Lucilia Sericata and Lucilia Cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Journal
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Date Published
January 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Carcass Mass Has Little Influence on the Structure of Gravesoil Microbial Communities
Journal
International Journal of Legal Medicine
Date Published
January 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Skin Microbe Colonies Used for Human Identification
Date Published
November 4, 2019
Humans transfer trace signatures of unique colonies of microbes on our skin to objects we touch. The tiny size of that signature make it difficult for investigators to identify an individual. Research now has made that identification more likely.
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
Evaluating the Skin Microbiome as Trace Evidence
Date Published
June 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
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