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Differential Decomposition Among Pig, Rabbit, and Human Remains

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Not by the Book: Observations of Delayed Oviposition and Re-Colonization of Human Remains by Blow Flies

Journal

Insects

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Body Mass Index (BMI) Impacts Soil Chemical and Microbial Response to Human Decomposition

Journal

mSphere

Date Published

September 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...

Animal Models for Understanding Microbial Decomposition of Human Remains

Journal

Drug Discovery Today

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA

15PNIJ-22-GG-04407-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$139,905

Expanding and validating microbiome database for estimating the postmortem interval

15PNIJ-22-GG-04402-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$834,503

Microbial succession in human rib skeletal remains and fly-human microbial transfer during decomposition

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

The Human Virome as Trace Evidence in Forensic Investigation

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Design and optimization of a 16S microbial qPCR multiplex for the presumptive identification of feces, saliva, vaginal and menstrual secretions

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Interaction of age and temperature on heat shock protein expression, sperm count, and sperm viability of the adult black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Journal

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Date Published

2021

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

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

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)

Postmortem Interval Determination from Bone: A Metabolomics and Lipidomics Approach

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Controlled GPR Grave Research: Comparison of Reflection Profiles Between 500 and 250 MHz antennae

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Microbial Community Assembly and Metabolic Function During Mammalian Corpse Decomposition

Journal

Science

Date Published

January 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Developmental Plasticity of the Flesh Fly Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) on Different Substrates

Journal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Functional characterization of calliphorid cell death genes and cellularization gene promoters for controlling gene expression and cell viability in early embryos

Journal

Insect Molecular Biology

Date Published

April 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Structural and genetic investigation of the egg and first-instar larva of an egg-laying population of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) a species of forensic importance

Journal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex determination mechanisms in Calliphorids (blow flies)

Journal

Sexual Development

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Molecular Biology in Forensic Entomology

Journal

Forensic Entomology: International Dimensions and Frontiers

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Terrestrial Laser Scanning and a Degenerated Cylinder Model to Determine Gross Morphological Change of Cadavers under Conditions of Natural Decomposition

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Initial Insights into Bacterial Succession During Human Decomposition

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Microbiome Tools for Forensic Science

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored