DNA Mixtures – Page 3 – Forensic Technology Center of Excellence

AFDAA 2021 Summer Meeting

Overview The Association of Forensic DNA Analysts and Administrators (AFDAA), RTI International, and NIJ’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) partnered to host the AFDAA summer meeting virtually on July 28th and 29th, 2021. This virtual conference allowed the continued…

Just the Biology and DNA Portfolio

Original Release Date: June 25, 2021 In episode four of our 2021 NIJ R&D and Beyond mini season, Just Science sat down with Tracey Johnson, a physical scientist and program manager in the Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences at NIJ, to…

Introduction to Touch DNA Evidence for Sexual Assault Groping Cases Video Series

Overview: The Importance of Touch DNA Evidence in Sexual Assault Groping Cases video series is presented by Dr. Julie Valentine and Heather Mills as a companion to the Journal of Forensic Nursing article entitled “Evidence Collection and Analysis for Touch…

Stability and Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis

This webinar originally occurred on March 11, 2021 Duration: 1 hour Overview Touch DNA evidence (i.e. the low quantities of DNA that can be left behind when someone touches an object) is of increasing importance in criminal investigations. However, many…

Sexual Assault Response Fact Sheets

The Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) is leading an effort to organize and transfer knowledge and best practices of sexual assault response to the criminal justice community. Whether through webinars, podcast episodes, reports, or conferences, the FTCOE is working…

Emerging Methods for Body Fluid Analysis

This webinar originally occurred on January 14, 2021 Duration: 1.5 hours Overview The Forensic Technology Center of Excellence hosted a panel of subject matter experts to discuss emerging methods for body fluid analysis. This webinar is broken up into three…

An Automated Single Cell Separation Technique to Improve Mixture Deconvolution

This webinar originally occurred on November 12, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview Although the interpretation of mixed DNA samples is commonplace in forensic analyses, complex samples often present interpretational challenges. These complexities are introduced through a variety of environmental, biological,…

Effects of DNA Extraction Methods on Recovery, Degradation, and Loss

This webinar originally occurred on August 20, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview DNA recovered from forensic and ancient DNA (aDNA) sources is generally expected to be in low copy number and degraded in strand length. However, considering the following equation,…

Success Story: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis with NOCIt

National Institute of Justice and Rutgers University Date September 2020 Overview DNA samples recovered from crime scenes often contain at least two contributors. Complex forensic DNA mixture interpretation can be challenging and requires computational advancements that support its use. Using…

virtual depiction of DNA strands on computer screen

Validation and Tutorial of NOCIt for Determining the Number of Contributors

This webinar originally occurred on July 14, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview Forensic DNA signal is notoriously challenging to interpret and requires the implementation of computational tools that support its interpretation. While data from high-copy, low-contributor samples result in an…

Category: DNA Mixtures (page 3)

Category: DNA Mixtures (page 3)

AFDAA 2021 Summer Meeting

Just the Biology and DNA Portfolio

Introduction to Touch DNA Evidence for Sexual Assault Groping Cases Video Series

Stability and Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis

Sexual Assault Response Fact Sheets

Emerging Methods for Body Fluid Analysis

An Automated Single Cell Separation Technique to Improve Mixture Deconvolution

Effects of DNA Extraction Methods on Recovery, Degradation, and Loss

Success Story: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis with NOCIt

Validation and Tutorial of NOCIt for Determining the Number of Contributors