Optimization of Microhaplotypes for Advanced DNA Mixture Deconvolution
15PNIJ-22-GG-04393-DNAX
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$607,799
Probabilistic genotyping
Comparative Evaluation of Massively Parallel Sequencing STR kits with the Emphasis on Mixture Deconvolution Utilizing Probabilistic Genotyping.
15PNIJ-22-GG-03560-SLFO
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$297,292
Inter-laboratory variation in interpretation of DNA mixtures
2020-R2-CX-0049
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
$132,817
Reducing noise and stutter in short tandem repeat loci with unique molecular identifiers
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research Paper
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Validation of a top-down DNA profile analysis for database searching using a fully continuous probabilistic genotyping model
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Allele frequencies and minor contributor match statistic convergence using simulated population replicates
Date Published
May 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Micromanipulation of single cells and fingerprints for forensic identification
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Success Story: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis with NOCIt
Date Published
September 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles - Draft Final Report, January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Erratum to “The interpretation of mixed DNA profiles from a mother, father, and child trio”
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Exploring likelihood ratios assigned for siblings of the true mixture contributor as an alternate contributor
Date Published
February 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The effect of a user selected number of contributors within the LR assignment
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
DNA Mixture Study: Novel Metrics to Quantify the Intra- and Inter-Laboratory Variability in Forensic DNA Mixture Interpretation
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ Announces $1.3M to Fund Research in Public Forensic Laboratories
On January 11, 2022, NIJ announced $1.3 million in funding to support 5 new projects under its Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories (Public Labs R&E) program. Through its funding of forensic science grants, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, continues to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence across the...
Are low LRs reliable?
Date Published
2020
Publication Type
Research Paper
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Probabilistic interpretation of the Amelogenin locus
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Exploring the advantages of amplifying the entire extract versus splitting the extract and interpreting replicates using a continuous model of interpretation
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures
15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2021
$377,311
Using the Nondonor Distribution to Improve Communication and Inform Decision Making for Low LRs from Minor Contributors in Mixed DNA Profiles
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A comparison of likelihood ratios obtained from EuroForMix and STRmix™
Date Published
September 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Performance of a method for weighting a range in the number of contributors in probabilistic genotyping
Date Published
September 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The interpretation of mixed DNA profiles from a mother, father, and child trio
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Variability and additivity of read counts for aSTRs in NGS DNA profiles
Date Published
September 2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Testing whether stutter and low-level DNA peaks are additive
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored