Develop non-PCR-based target enrichment reagents and methods for MPS analysis of forensic DNA
2020-R2-CX-0029
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$100,000
Trace DNA
Improving Crime Lab Evidence Analysis and Efficiency in Utah in Support of DNA/Biology, Chemistry/Trace, Firearms and Impression Casework
Date Published
January 2005
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Analysis of Artificially Degraded DNA Using STRs and SNPs-Results of a Collaborative European (EDNAP) Exercise
Journal
Forensic Science International
Date Published
2005
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Specific and Sensitive mRNA Biomarkers for the Identification of Skin in Touch DNA Evidence
Journal
Forensic Science International: Genetics
Date Published
September 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence
2017-IJ-CX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$50,000
Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods
2019-DU-BX-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$453,146
Development of a 2bRAD-seq Paternity Testing Pipeline for Complex and Mixed DNA Samples
2019-R2-CX-0049
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$150,000
Probabilistic Genotyping for Microhaplotypes
2019-DU-BX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$192,764
Quantifying the Accuracy of Two Innovative Forensic Genetic Identification Techniques: Genealogical Searching and Low-Template DNA Mixture Analysis
2019-DU-BX-0028
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$395,773
Towards Commercialization: Preliminary developmental validation of a high resolution melt curve mixture prediction assay and SVM tool
2019-DU-BX-0003
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2019
$399,699
Strengthening Our Nation's Crime Laboratories
April 2018
As technology improves, demand for analysis of DNA and other forensic evidence to help solve crimes grows. This video describes some of the challenges crime laboratories face in meeting this demand and how National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funding has strengthened crime labs and encouraged innovation in forensic techniques.
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Making Sense of the DNA Backlog - NIJ Conference Panel
June 2009
Panelists will present findings from two NIJ studies that examined the DNA backlog in law enforcement agencies and crime labs. Panelists will discuss research findings related to new and potential time- and cost-saving approaches.
Audio file
1 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Mark Nelson, National Institute of Justice
, 2 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Kevin Lothridge, Chief Executive Officer, National Forensic Science Technology Center
, 3 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Kevin J. Strom, Senior Research Scientist, Crime, Violence, and Justice Research Program, RTI International
, 4 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Greg Matheson, Director, Los Angeles Police Department Criminalistics Laboratory
, 5 of 5: Making Sense of the DNA Backlog, Question and Answer Session
Four Model Variants Within a Continuous Forensic DNA Mixture Interpretation Framework: Effects on Evidential Inference and Reporting
Date Published
November 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis
2018-DU-BX-0192
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$649,938
A fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in sequence-based DNA profiles
2018-DU-BX-0202
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$431,917
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
Resolving the Forensic DNA Mixture Problem through the Development of End-to-End Single-Cell Pipelines
2018-DU-BX-0185
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$546,727
Better Forensic Markers: Microhaplotypes and Ancestry SNPs
2018-75-CX-0041
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$1,083,499
Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Automated Fraction Collection for the Forensic Analysis of Sexual Assault Evidence
2017-IJ-CX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$50,000
Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool
2017-DN-BX-0134
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$556,910
Developing SPLiT-Seq: A Massively Parallel Sequencing Method to Remove PCR Artifacts for Forensic STR Genotyping
2017-DN-BX-0160
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$509,728
Nanoscale Imaging and Chemical Analysis of Extracellular DNA in Trace Evidence Samples
2017-DN-BX-0186
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$311,609
Efficient sequencing and analysis of degraded and trace DNA samples using a novel targeted ligation-free method
2017-DN-BX-0140
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2017
$993,718
Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery from difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" processes of DNA typing
2017-DN-BX-0137
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$286,931