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Description
Forensic Biology/DNA analysis has played a critical role in the investigation and resolution of thousands of crimes since the late 1980s. Over time the forensic biology field has expanded to include techniques that target DNA, RNA, or proteins from all types of organisms and technology has improved in quality, sensitivity, and analysis time.
While there has been strong advancement in the field, the demand for better tools and technologies far exceeds the current capabilities of the field. To help meet that demand, the NIJ has funded numerous forensic biology and forensic DNA research and development projects.
On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to forensic biology.
Awards
Publications and Grant Reports
- Proteomic Genotyping for Individual Human Identification: Inferring SNPs in the Absence of DNA Evidence
- Technical Note: A novel method for simultaneous recovery of DNA, RNA, and proteins from trace biological samples for forensic application
- Assessment of a microhaplotype panel for human identification and ancestry inference in Brazil