Session: All
Molecular analysis of ancient human remains belonging to multiple unknown burials discovered in an Italian middle age archaeological site
Dr. Denise Gianfreda, PhD Beatrice Corradini, Dr. Francesca Ferrari, Dr. Ilaria Borciani, Dr. Laura Donato, PhD, Associate Professor Cristian Capelli, PhD Gianmarco Ferri, MD, Full Professor Rossana Cecchi
The contribution of seawater in DNA degradation: comparison of genetic results from skeletal remains affected by different taphonomic conditions in forensic contexts
Mr. Mattia Porcu, M.D., Ph.D Lorenzo Franceschetti, Ph.D Venusia Cortellini, Ph.D Lucia Casarino, B.Sc. Debora Mazzarelli, Prof. Francesco Ventura, Prof. Cristina Cattaneo, Prof. Andrea Verzeletti, M.D., Ph.D Camilla Tettamanti
Testing Methods for the Maximum Recovery of DNA from Degraded Remains
Mr. Erin Rawls, Dr. Matthew Emery, Miss Amber Coffman, Miss Stevie Winingear, Dr. Amanda Wissler, Dr. Katelyn Bolhofner, Dr. Jane Buikstra, Dr. Laura Fulginiti, Dr. Adam Rohrlach, Dr. Sreetharan Kanthaswamy, Dr. Cody Parker, Dr. Anne Stone
Further assessment of biogeographical ancestry in Eurasian populations
Francesca Menato, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Javier González-Bao, Lucía Casanova-Adán, María de la Puente, Amelia Rodríguez, Christopher Phillips, María Victoria Lareu, Ana Freire-Aradas
Exploring STRs as an approach to continental biogeographical ancestry inference
Lucía Casanova-Adán, Javier González-Bao, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Ana Freire-Aradas, Amelia Rodríguez, Christopher Phillips, María Victoria Lareu, María de la Puente
Integrating physical anthropological techniques and emerging methodologies using a quasi-landmark mesh to decode the upper facial region from DNA
Mrs. Belén Navarro López, Dr. Victoria Suárez-Ulloa, Mrs. Franziska Wilke, Dr. Miriam Baeta, Dr. Rubén Martos-Fernández, Dr. S. Walsh, Dr. Begoña Martínez-Jarreta, Dr. Susana Jiménez, Dr. Marian M de Pancorbo
Rapidly mutating Y-STRs implemented in the RMplex tool significantly improve discrimination capacity in clan-structured populations
Filippo Barni, Muhammad Farhat Ullah, Ilaria Deidda, Aurora Oppedisano, Marco Gigliucci, Chiara Sanzico, Eugenia D'Atanasio, Arwin Ralf, Beniamino Trombetta, Manfred Kayser, Fulvio Cruciani
Use of 3915 kinship SNPs-Microarrays in missing person identification in the absence of two generations
Degree Sebastian Biagini, PhD Santiago Ginart, Technician Malena Canteros, Degree Federico Picado, PhD Valeria Genoud, PhD Andrea Constanza Mayordomo, PhD Nicolas Furman, Degree Florencia Gagliardi, Dr. Mariana Herrera Piñero
NEWPAT: Development of a non-invasive paternity test with high specificity
Mrs. Letizia Pistacchia, Eugenia D'Atanasio, Francesca Blandino, Pietro La Riccia, Mogge Hajiesmaeil, Francesco Ravasini, Flavia Risi, Elisa Bella, Chiara Sanzico, Noemi Meschino, Daniela Scarabino, Francesca Spinella, Ettore Cotroneo, Andrea Novelletto, Beniamino Trombetta, Fulvio Cruciani
Development of a new automated sexual assault sample processing kit
Dr. Sarah Aurora Hess, Daniele Terramagra, Nina Golob, Melanie Kraemer, Philipp Rink, Anke Prochnow, Amy Liberty, Marina Nastainczyk-Wurf, Mackenzie DeHaan, Erin Ermish, Shane Wilcox, Jody West, Ryan O‘Leary, Paul Berry, Mario Scherer
mRNA profiling and donor association of mock case samples: Results of two EDNAP collaborative exercises
Nadescha Viviane Hänggi, Antonio Amorim, Heloisa Afonso Costa, Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen, Niels Morling, Marie-Louise Kampmann, Cornelius Courts, Annica Gosch, Maximilian Neis, Denise Syndercombe Court, Federica Giangasparo, Ane Elida Fonneløp, Helen Johannessen, Thorsten Hadrys, Walther Parson, Harald Niederstätter, Maja Sidstedt, Titia Sijen, Margreet van den Berge, Erin Hanson, Jack Ballantyne, Prof. Cordula Haas
MitoMetrics: Characterisation of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in hair shafts and its incorporation on likelihood ratio calculations
Dr. Vania Pereira, Floor Claessens, Christina Amory, Cristina Arévalo, Stijn Desmyter, van der Gaag KJ, Kelly Grisedale, Tomasz Grzybowski, Gabriela Huber, Filomena Melchionda, Hiroaki Nakanishi, Tóra Olsen, Cristina Pie, Lourdes Prieto, Katarzyna Skonieczna, Chiara Turchi, Jodie Ward, Mikkel Meyer Andersen, Walther Parson
Ge.F.I. UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE COLLECTION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES FOR FORENSIC GENETIC TESTING IN THE MEDICAL LEGAL CARE OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND/OR ABUSE
Prof. Susi Pelotti, Dr Federica Alessandrini, Dr Filippo Barni, Dr Andrea Berti, Dr Carla Bini, Dr Loredana Buscemi, Prof Sarah Gino, Dr Fabio Oldoni, Prof Andrea Piccinini, Prof Carlo Robino, Prof Paolo Fattorini
Navigating the DNA Database Landscape in India: Development, Implications for Privacy, Justice, and Ethical Considerations
Ms. Kanika Gupta, Dr Chittaranjan Behera, Dr Nidhi Sharma, Dr Harpreet Singh, Dr Braja Kishore Mahapatra, Mr Kamal Chauhan, Dr Millo Tabin, Dr Abhishek Yadav, DR SUDHIR KUMAR GUPTA, Miss Prachi Shukla, MISS KANGANA AGGARWAL, MISS RANI VERMA, MISS SHRUTI JAIN, MISS SNEHAL BABURANJAN
Ongoing research to assess the recovery of nuclear DNA from seminal fluid applied to mock human sexual assault victims exposed to high-intensity, low duration fires
Mrs. Brittania Bintz, Mrs. Hannah Noel, Mr. Darren Solomon, Mr. Dave Schauble, Mr. Charles Giblin, Dr. Rebecca George, Dr. Nicholas Passalacqua
The significance of molecular autopsy in Sudden and Unexpected Death of individuals with Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Dr. Alessia Bernini Di Michele, Dr. Valerio Onofri, Dr. Filomena Melchionda, Dr. Elena Bignozzi, Dr. Lucia Fiordelmondo, Dr. Eleonora Ciarimboli, Dr. Federica Alessandrini, Prof. Chiara Turchi, Prof. Mauro Pesaresi
Sequence-based North-East Italy population data of five autosomal STRs exclusively included in the ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit
Prof. Stefania Turrina, Dr. Chiara Saccardo, Dr. Giulia Soldati, Dr. Dario Raniero, Dr. Riccardo Saccà, Dr Rachele Turrini, Prof. Domenico De Leo, Prof. Francesco Ausania
The genetic structure of the Maltese analysed with genome-wide SNP array data
Dr. Joanna Vella, Dr Christopher Phillips, Dr Jacobo Pardo Seco, Prof Antonio Salas Ellacuriaga, Dr Inés Quintela García,, Dr Maria de la Puente, Ms Ruth Galdies, Dr Josef Borg, Prof Joseph Borg, Prof María Victoria Lareu, Prof Ángel Carracedo, Prof Alex Felice
Genetic relationships of semi-feral sub-populations of Ecuadorian highland creole horse “Paramero” (Caballo Paramero Ecuatoriano)
Prof. Jorge Navarrete-Mera, Eng. Viviana Pazmiño, Dr. Marco Coral-Almeida, Eng. Camila Lara, Mr. Diego Alarcón, Eng. Andrés Ambuludí, Eng. Katherin Barrionuevo-Pérez, Dr. Amparo Martínez-Martínez, Dr. José Luis Vega-Pla, Prof. Germán Burgos
A novel droplet digital PCR system with five different fluorescent dyes for DNA methylation detection of four CpGs
Dr. Yuxiang Zhou, Miss Benyang Xiao, Dr. Mengyuan Song, Dr. Shuangshuang Wang, Dr. Lanrui Jiang, Mr. Zefei Wang, Mr. Hewen Yao, Dr. Chaoran Sun, Miss Zhirui Zhang, Miss Xindi Wang, Prof. Haibo Luo, Prof. Feng Song
Age prediction of burned human remains: application of a blood age estimation model through DNA methylation pattern analysis
Dr. Barbara Bertoglio, Dr. Pierangela Grignani, Prof. Maria Cristina Monti, Dr. Riccardo Cuoghi Costantini, Dr. Ugo Ricci, Dr. Martina Onofri, Prof. Paolo Fattorini, Prof. Carlo Previderè
Impact of lifestyles and presence of disease on age estimation
Borja Dueñas-Álvarez, Mr. Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Lucía Casanova-Adán, Javier González-Bao, María de la Puente, Amelia Rodríguez-López, Christopher Phillips, María Victoria Lareu, Ana Freire-Aradas
Array-based age prediction from bloodstains deposited for up to two weeks
Mr. Brando Poggiali, Mrs. Alberte Honore Jepsen, Dr. Mie Rath Refn, Dr. Mikkel Eriksen Dupont, Dr. Vania Pereira, Dr. Claus Børsting, Dr. Marie-Louise Kampmann, Dr. Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Dr. Athina Vidaki, Dr. Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen
Transferring MPS-based epigenetic age prediction to SNaPshot – introducing technical protocols and predictive models for bone and cartilage tissues
Dr. Tomasz Kupiec, PhD Moon Hyun So, PhD Danuta Piniewska-Róg, Assoc.Prof Ewelina Pośpiech, PhD Andrzej Doniec, Mr Miłosz Januła, Mr Andrzej Sekuła, PhD Marek Kowalczyk, Mrs Agnieszka Parys-Proszek, PhD Magdalena Marcińska, Mrs Grażyna Ba, Prof. Wojciech Branicki, Assoc.Prof. Hwan Young Lee
Uncovering Novel Plastome Variants in Trafficked Cannabis sativa in Brazil: A Potential Tool for Drug Origin Traceability
Mrs. Aline Felkl, Dr. Eduardo Avila, Dr. Lucas Ribeiro, Prof. Flavio Camargo, Prof. Márcio Dorn, Prof. Alessandro Kahmann, Mr. Cássio Bettim, Dr. Camila Cavalheiro, Mrs. Giuliana Kuhn, Mr. Pietro Speransa, Dr. Alexsandro Silva, Prof. Clarice Alho
Development, characterization and qualification of a cellular target to track biological trace transfers for forensic purposes
Stéphane Sauvagère, Sarah Bayol, Mathilde Bastat, Mathilde Récipon, Franck Carreiras, Olivier Gallet, Rémy Agniel, Cédric Picot, Gibert Joséphine, Sylvain Hubac, Johanne Leroy Dudal, Francis Hermitte, Sabrina Kellouche-Gaillard, Christian Siatka, Francis Hermitte*
Disclosing the maternal genetic background of Andean Mestizos from Ecuador
Mrs Alejandra Garzón-Salazar, Professor Germán Burgos, Mr. Rodrigo Flores-Espinosa, Mrs. Katherin Barrionuevo-Perez, Mr. Ignacio Yépez, Dr. Alejandro Cabrera-Andrade, Dr. Elius Paz Cruz, Dr. Andrés Ordóñez Ugalde, Dr. Antonio Amorim, Dr. Leonor Gusmão, Dr. Filipa Simão, Dr. Verónica Gomes
Comparison of Fetal DNA Extraction Techniques for Paternity and Fetal Sex Determination: Implications for Forensic Genetics.
Dr. Patricia Guevara-Ramirez, Dr. Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, Dr. Viviana A. Ruiz-Pozo, Dr. Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo, Dr, Elius Paz-Cruz, Dr, Marcelo López-Carrera, Dr. Juan José Builes, Dr. Aníbal Gaviria, PhD Ana Karina Zambrano
Signature AIMs - a new kind of forensic ancestry marker
Dr. Christopher Phillips, Dr. Maria de la Puente, Mr. Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Dr. Ana Freire-Aradas, Dr. Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Ms. Amelia Rodríguez-López, Mr. Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Ms. Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Mr. Javier González-Bao, Ms. Lucia Casanova-Adán, Mr. Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Professor Maria Lareu
Evaluating the effect of marker panel sizes on estimation of bio-geographical co-ancestry proportions in admixed individuals
María de la Puente, Jacobo Pardo-Seco, Javier González-Bao, Lucía Casanova-Adán, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Ana Freire-Aradas, Amelia Rodríguez, Christopher Phillips, María Victoria Lareu
Analysis of paternity cases with a single exclusion in a genetic marker using precision ID Globalfiler™ NGS STR Panel v2
Dr. Nair Gouveia, Dr. Virgínia Lopes, Dr. Maria João Porto, Dr. Ana Margarida Bento, Dr. Lisa Sampaio, Dr. Armando Serra, Dr. Filipa Balsa, Dr. Vanessa Bogas, Dr. Marta São Bento, Dr. António Amorim
Constructing a microbial model for differentiating monozygotic twins using the combination of feature selection and likelihood ratio when there are two suspects
Dr. Guanju Ma, Dr. Guangping Fu, Mr. Shujie Dou, Dr. Qian Wang, Prof. Lihong Fu, Dr. Xiaojing Zhang, Dr. Chaolong Lu, Prof. Bin Cong, Prof. Shujin Li
Problematic practices and potential policy options for investigative genetic genealogy: results of a modified policy Delphi study
Prof. Christi Guerrini, Dr. Amy McGuire, Dr. Stephanie Fullerton, Dr. John Bridges, Prof. Sara Huston, Jill Robinson, Whitney Bash Brooks, Dr. Louiza Kalokairinou, Diana Madden, Jacklyn Dahlquist, Dr. Norah Crossnohere, Nicola Campoamor
Performance comparison between a novel pentameric STR panel and well-established STR kits for kinship and mixture resolution
Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Dr. María de la Puente, Dr. Ana Freire-Aradas, Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Javier González-Bao, Lucía Casanova-Adán, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Amelia Rodríguez-López, Dr. Christopher Phillips, Dr. Maria Victoria Lareu, Dr. Ana Mosquera-Miguel
Forensic validation of the MPS Forenseq MainstAY assay
Dr. Ana Mosquera Miguel, Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Dr. María de la Puente, Dr. Ana Freire-Aradas, Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Javier González-Bao, Lucía Casanova-Adán, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Amelia Rodríguez-López, Dr. Christopher Phillips, Dr. María Victoria Lareu
Enhanced interpretation of complex DNA mixtures using multiple highly polymorphic MPS-based microhaplotype panels
Ms. Mengyu Tan, Mr. Jiaming Xue, Mr. Yuxuan Tan, Mrs. Haoyan Jiang, Mrs. Qiushuo Wu, Mrs. Guihong Liu, Mrs. Yazi Zheng, Mrs. Yuanyuan Xiao, Dr. Xiameng Chen, Dr. Shengqiu Qu, Prof. Weibo Liang
An empirical comparison of qualitative vs quantitative models in the statistical evaluation of forensic genetic evidence
Javier González-Bao, Lucía Casanova-Adán, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Elena Battaglini, Adrián Ambroa-Conde, Jorge Ruiz-Ramírez, Amaia Cabrejas-Olalla, Miguel Boullón-Cassau, Ana Freire-Aradas, Amelia Rodríguez, Christopher Phillips, María Victoria Lareu, María De la Puente
DNA Preservation in highly degraded skeletal remains from the Vietnam assessed by various extraction methods, quantitative PCR, and MPS testing with nuclear SNP panels
Ms. Ngoc. N Nguyen, Mrs. Thi D. Le, Mr. Anh T. Vu, Mr. Hoang P. Do, Mrs. Huyen L. Tran, Mr. Manh H. Tran, Ms. Phuong Pham, Mrs. Thi Thanh M. Bui, Ms. Thi T. Hoang, Mrs. Thi Tuyet L. Ninh, Mr. Viet V. Tran, Mr. Kieren Hill, Dr. Bethany Forsythe, Dr. Thomas Parsons, Dr. Trung T. Tran
Degradation of nuclear DNA in different types of bloodstain depositions along with increasing time frames of ultraviolet light (UV) exposition. Initial results from an experimental setting us
Saskia Franken, Prof. Dr. Jiri Adamec, Prof. Dr. Oliver Peschel, Prof. Dr. Matthias Graw, Dr. Michael Schwerer
Internal Validation of the Investigator 26Plex QS Amplification Kit: a high-throughput multiplex assay for reference and low copy number DNA samples
Ms. Paula Cardoso, Armando Serra, Vanessa Bogas, Filipa Balsa, Virginia Lopes, Rita Dario, M-João Porto, António Amorim, Francisco Corte-Real, Pedro Brito
Enhancing Forensic DNA Analysis Through the Utilization of HiMedia’s Insta NX® Mag32 Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor with HiPurA® Multi Sample Pre- filled Plates for Insta NX® Mag32
Dr. Subramanian Arunagiri, Dr Sujata Thakku Devadoss, Dr Thilaga Dhanapal, Dr Mahalakshmi Nithiyanandam, Mrs. Radha Hariharan, Dr Utpala Sharma, Dr Sujata Hajra, Dr Kavita Khadke, Dr. Rajas Warke
Comparison of three DNA quantification methods for forensic blood samples
Sofia Urios-Gracia, Alexandra Myers-Escola, Carla Viñas-Genis, Martina Belsa-Partal, Francis Boyle-Garcia, Dr. Marina Mitjans-Niubo, Dr. Francisco Javier Defez-Toran, Dr. Maria Luisa Ortega-Sanchez, Dr. Barbara Arias-Samperiz, Dr. Alexandre Xifro-Collsamata, Dr. Antoni Benabarre-Hernandez, Dr. Carme Barrot-Feixat
Assessment of Diamond™ Nucleic Acid Dye as predictive method for targeting hair follicles suitable for DNA profiling in casework
Dr. Leire Palencia-Madrid, Oscar García, Roberto Izaga, José Juan Lata, Francisco Javier López, Juan Antonio Pérez, Eva Romón, Ainara Aldana, Estibaliz Cuesta, Mónica Encinas, Jokin Ruiz, Laura Palomo, Mikel González
A simple DNA extraction method to selectively purify high molecular weight and low molecular weight DNA
Mr. Todd Bille, Mr. Glenn Fahrig, Dr. Gregory Peiffer, Ms. Rebecca Sloman, Ms. Katherine Hargett, Ms. Jessica Broner, Dr. Jonathan King, Dr. Michael Coble, Vinalon Mones, Ms. Helene Douglas, Dr. Elaine Lewis, Dr. Daniele Podini
A practical proposal for interpreting X-STR profiles from the Forenseq DNA Signature Prep (MPS kit) based on ArgusX-12 population databases
PhD Iran Cortés-Trujillo, MSc Eduardo Rojas-Prado, PhD Mayra Elizabeth García-Aceves, PhD Guadalupe Avalos-Navarro, PhD Gabriela Martínez-Cortés, PhD José Aguilar-Velázquez, Dr. Hector Rangel-Villalobos
Bridging towards ISO 17025 accreditation: Validating automated NGS-based technology with Qiagen ForenSeq MainstAY (MainstAY) and ForenSeq mtDNA Control Region (mtDNA-CR) kits at Bordeaux's Fo
Dr. Julien Papin, Dr. Mathilde Flamant, Sir Guillaume Monique, Madam Audrey Esponda, Sir Antoine Doutremepuich, Pr. Christian Doutremepuich
Genetic typing of Italian soldiers found in a Second World War mass grave: a preliminary report
Mrs. Barbara Di Stefano, Dr. Barbara Bertoglio, Mrs. Monica Concato, Dr. Solange Sorçaburu Ciglieri, Mr. Alessandro Bosetti, Mrs. Yasmine Addoum, Mrs. Raffaella Vetrini, Dr. Carlo Previderè, Dr. Paolo Fattorini
LR values in the identificacion of victims of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The experience of a big consortium.
Prof. Eduardo Arroyo-pardo, Dr. Mar Costa Roger, Prof. Claudia Lopes Gomes, Prof. Sara Palomo-Díez, Dr. Manuel Lozano García, Dr. Sara Bravo Gómez, Prof. Cristina Santos Pereira, Dra. Raquel Rasal Soteras, Dra. Nuria Bonet Martin, Prof. Assumpció Malgosa Morera, Dr. Eduardo Tizzano Ferrari, Dr. Enric Tartera Bieto, Prof. Ana López-Parra