30th International Symposium on Human Identification Poster Presentations

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Poster # Author Title
1 Fassio DNA Elimination Database: The Brazilian Federal Police Experience
2 Oefelein I've got 99 Forensic Problems from Public Perception: Secondary Transfer, Genealogy, Rapid DNA, DNA Mixtures and More
3 Thomas Evaluation of the Use of Automation in the Evaluation of Property Crime Samples 
4 Fitzpatrick A Murder Mystery in Two Chapters Solved by Genetic Genealogy
5 Hubac Mirage 2000 D Fighter Jet Crash: Physical & Biomechanical Approach of the Forensic Science Laboratory of the French Gendarmerie (Ircgntm) in Order to Propose a Putative Scenario of the Crash and a Kinetic Model of Human Bodies Disintegration for Victim’s Identification and Freezing Crash Scene
6 Hubac Scrub, Loop and Break is Like a Child's Play : A Very Fast, Robust and Easy to Use Procedure to Get Standardized Individual DNA Profiles for High Throughput Databasing with 100% of First Pass Success Rate in Less than 80 Minutes
7 Papaioannou Identifying the Missing People in Cyprus: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Resolving Complex Cases
8 Piwonka Strategies for Reconciliation of DNA Profile Data and Biographical Data at an SDIS Databasing Laboratory
9 Zeller Pyrosequencing for the Identification of Forensically Relevant Body Fluids: Comparison to Current Serological Methods and a Proposed Forensic Workflow
10 Staiti Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Degraded Human Remains: A Cold Case Solved with Both CE and MPS Technologies
11 Thurmond Strategies Implemented at the Denver Crime Laboratory to Address the Sexual Assault Kit Processing Backlog
12 Smith Implementing Best Practice Recommendations: Sexual Assault Kit Testing at the San Diego Police Department Crime Laboratory
13 Hughes-Stamm Effectiveness of STR Quality Sensors to Inform Rework Strategies for Challenging Database and Casework Samples using a Semi-Automated Workflow
14 Kwiatkowski Simplified DNA Barcoding Strategy for Forensically Relevant Blow and Flesh Flies
15 Prasad Trace DNA from Cartridges and Cases: A Study of the Comparative Success Rates of Swabbing, Taping and Vacuum Filtration
16 Novroski Optimizing Front-end DNA Recovery for Improved DNA Typing Success
17 Watherston Pointing to an Optimal Post Mortem SampleType - Distal Phalanges and Nails for DNA-based Identification in Compromised Human Remains Cases
18 Parke Acceptance Criteria for Evaluating Negative Control Quantification Data
19 Kwon Evaluation of Innotyper21® System using 469 Unrelated Korean DNA Samples for the Application into Trace and Degraded DNA
20 Comella Utilizing Mosquitos in Human Identification
21 Garver Assessing Crude Extracts from Reference Samples in Massively Parallel Sequencing Workflows
22 Rosso Assessment of DNA Yields from Swabbing Different Areas of the Human Body in a Peruvian Population
23 Lee Results of the pH Test on the Women's Vaginal Discharges Swabs and Possibility as an Indicator of Human Body Secretions
24 Szablowska-Gnap A Set of Specialized Low-Adhesive Tapes for Collecting Biological Traces from a Crime Scene and for Laboratory Use
25 Watsula Crime Scene Culture: How Inadvertent Collection of Bacteria Affects DNA Profiling Success
26 LaRue Alternative DNA Profiling Strategies for Rootless Hair Shafts
27 Chakrabarty Use of Automated Magnetic Levitation Technology for Analysis of Complex Samples in Sexual Assault Forensics
28 Loftus Implementing Nanofiber Materials for Automating Differential Extractions of Sexual Assault Casework Evidence
29 Dawson Cruz A Novel Differential Protocol for Sexual Assault Samples Using a Target-Specific Antibody-Bead Complex
30 Barborich Internal Validation Study of the Direct to DNA Workflow Using the ZyGEM forensicGEM SexCrime Kit with the GeneAmp™ PCR System 9700 Thermalcycler and Applied Biosystems™ Quantifiler™ Trio DNA Quantification Kit with the Applied Biosystems® 7500 Real-Time PCR System and the HID Real Time PCR Analysis Software v1.2
31 Wallin Validation of a Fully Automated Standard Differential Extraction Process on the Hamilton Microlab® AutoLys STAR System
32 Barretto Cicarelli Analysis of the Complete mtDNA in Brazilian Samples: Haplotypes Differentiation and New Variants Identification in Native American Haplogroups
33 Catlin Demonstration of a Mitochondrial DNA-Compatible Workflow for Genetically Variant Peptide Identification from Human Hair Samples
34 Shih Developmental Validation of a Probe Capture NGS System for Analysis of Whole Mitochondrial Genome of Forensically Challenging Samples
35 Holland Modeling Heteroplasmic Rate Estimates for Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA
36 Sherier Human Skin Microbiome: Selecting Informative SNPs for Human Identification
37 Houston A Modified Direct PCR Protocol for DVI Applications using microFLOQ Direct Swabs from Decomposing Human Remains Coupled with the QIAGEN Investigator 24plex GO! Kit
38 Devesse The Flank, The Whole Flank, And Nothing But The Flank
39 Diepenbroek Molecular Dissection of a Crime Scene - Introducing STR Sequencing in Routine Investigation
40 Bintz Looking Towards Utility of Routine Canine STR Typing in Forensic Investigations
41 Liu Applied BioystemsTM SeqStudioTM Genetic Analyzer - a Versatile Fluorescence-Based Benchtop Capillary Electrophoresis System Allowing for Both Multiple Sequencing and Fragment Analyses
42 Holland MaSTR™: An Effective Probabilistic Genotyping Tool for Interpretation of Two-Person STR Mixtures Associated with Differentially Degraded DNA
43 Chen The Applied Biosystems™ Globalfiler™ IQC PCR Amplification Kit: A 24-Plex STR Casework Kit Enhanced by the Addition of an Internal Quality Control System
44 Jardel Experimental Study: The Effects of Excessive Female DNA in Sexual Assault Samples Amplified using PowerPlex® Y23 System
45 Hickman Identification of a Nonhuman Assailant: Forensic DNA Analysis in a Fatal Animal Attack
46 Roman Evaluation of the Investigator® 26plex QS STR Kit and Comparison with Two Commercially Available STR Kits
47 Stanton "Touch DNA Leads to Death Penalty Conviction"
48 Steffen NIST PCR-Based DNA Profiling Standard (SRM 2391d): What is New and Different?
49 Yunis Genetic Analysis of Human Remains (Bones) Between 2014-2018 at the Genetics Institute "Servicios Médicos Yunis Turbay y Cia." in Bogotá, Colombia
50 Builes Gomez Internal Validation of the PowerPlex® Fusion System Kit
51 Smart A New Phylogenetic Approach for De Novo Discovery of Putative Mitochondrial Insertions into the Nuclear Genome (pNumts)
52 Kieser Exploring the Genetic Identities of the Medieval Spanish Royal House of Aragon through Mitochondrial Lineages and Nuclear SNPs Detected by a Novel Enrichment Approach
53 Hewitt Proteogenomic Analysis of Touch Samples to Generate Forensically-Relevant Random Match Probability Values in the Absence of DNA
54 Kieser Reverse Complement PCR: A Novel System for the Targeted Capture of Identity SNPs for Typing Highly Degraded DNA
55 Melia Development of a Whole Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing Strategy to Maximise Discrimination Power for Individuals from Low Genetic Diversity Subpopulations
56 Balamurugan Methylation Markers and Identification of Blood for Forensic Purposes using Pyrosequencing
57 Hall Touch DNA in Forensic Science: The Use of Laboratory-Created Eccrine Fingerprints to Quantify DNA Loss
58 Parker Proteomic Genotyping: Using Mass Spectrometry of Hair Protein to Infer SNP Genotypes
59 Soares Bispo Santos Silva Differentiating Monozygotic Twins with DNA Methylation Technology
60 Williams Classification of Individuals and the Potential to Detect Sexual Contact using the Microbiome of the Pubic Region
61 Williams An Integrated Mixture Screening Assay using High Resolution Melt Curve Analysis and Support Vector Machine Modeling
62 Hanns How to Evaluate Different Commercial Kits for Biological Traces? Procedure by the French Gendarmerie
63 Ghemrawi Pyrosequencing Based DNA Analysis for Species ID
64 Goecker Biogeographic Classification of European and African Hair using Genetically Variant Peptides
65 Taglia Long-Read Sequencing Technique and its Application to Y Chromosome as a Powerful Tool in Forensic Investigations
66 Wurmbach Discrimination of Allele and Artifact by the Sequence Identifier Tool, MixtureAce, as Demonstrated on Data Derived from the ForenSeq™ Signature Prep Kit
67 Peck Performance of a Large, Massively Parallel Sequencing SNP Assay Utilizing Unique Molecule Indices for Missing Persons Identifications
68 LaRue Improved Mitochondrial Control Region Analysis of Degraded Bone and Hair Samples Utilizing a New Small Overlapping Amplicon Library Preparation Method for the MiSeq FGx.
69 Holt Evolution of RapidHit ID System
70 Kawatra Investigation of a Rape Case by Using NGS Based MiSeq FGx Forensic Genomics System – A Case of Deleted Amelogenin Male
71 Petrovick Analysis of Complex DNA Mixtures using Massively Parallel Sequencing of SNPs with Low Minor Allele Frequencies
72 Didier Application of Massively Parallel Sequencing in the Analysis of Degraded Blood Samples & Dental Remains
73 Chang Validation and Implementation of Mitochondrial DNA with Massively Parallel Sequencing
74 Shaw Massively Parallel Sequencing of the Whole Mitochondrial Genome Using the PowerSeq WGM System
75 Divakaran STR Analysis using PowerPlex® 35GY on the Spectrum CE System
77 An Study on the Application of MicroSEQ 500 16S rDNA PCR/Sequencing Kit to Microbial Identification and the Expansion of Primers and Database
78 Moore Evaluation of PowerQuant® System Degradation Standard Curve and its Accuracy
79 Brandhagen Fragmented Nuclear DNA is the Predominant Genetic Material in Human Hair Shafts
80 Cropper An Assessment of Human Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA qPCR Assays for DNA Concentration and Degradation
81 Robertson Performance of the HID-Ion AmpliSeq Ancestry Panel with Forensic-type Samples on the Ion Torrent PGM and Ion S5 Systems
82 McLaren The Spectrum Compact CE System: Verification Testing of Fragment Analysis
83 Lawas Qualitative Assessment of Visible Nuclei in Hair Roots
84 Damaso Evaluation of Custom 2311 SNP Mixture Panel for the Deconvolution of Complex Mixtures
85 Forger Persistence and Recovery of DNA on Submerged Duct Tape
86 McLamb Evaluation of the M-Vac® as a DNA Collection Method
87 Larijani Nanograms or Copy Number: Determining DNA Template Amount for the PowerSeq™ CRM Nested System
88 Calloway Application of SNP Probe Capture Enrichment and Massively Parallel Sequencing in the Analysis of Degraded and Mixed Samples
89 Young The Sequence Identifier (SID) Sequence Labeling Method: An Operational Nomenclature for Mixed-DNA Casework using MPS
90 Sharma ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit Testing Degraded DNA at Various Degrees
92 McElhoe Detailed Analysis of Substitution Error in mtDNA MPS Data from Various Sample Sources and Library Preparation Methods
93 Walichiewicz Performance Evaluation of the ForenSeq mtDNA Control Region Solution
94 Woerner From Peptides to Random Match Probabilities
95 Brachold Addressing Current Data Interpretation Challenges with Applied Biosystems™ 3500 Data Collection Software v4.0 and GeneMapper™ ID-X Software v1.6
96 Coble Considerations for Database Searching with Siblings
97 Manabe Validation of a Probabilistic Genotyping Software Kongoh in DNA Mixtures with Degradation or PCR Inhibition
98 Ahn Prediction of Asia Sub-Population using Gaussian Bayes Classifier with Allele Frequency
99 Ceberio Are Individuals from Populations with Low Genetic Diversity More Likely to be Wrongly Identified as Contributors to DNA Mixtures ?
100 Almohammed Analysis of 55 Kidd Ancestry SNP of Qatari Population using Structure Software
101 Almohammed A Casework Study of Degraded Bone using GlobalFiler™ and ForenSeq Signature Kit
102 Cheang Analysis of Y-Chromosomal Haplotype Diversity in Singapore
103 Layne Novel Colorimetric Isothermal Amplification Method for Cost-Effective, Rapid Body Fluid and Male Identification
104 Greenspoon Hormone-Specific Molecular Probes for Screening and Separation of Trace Mixture Evidence
105 Kleven A Confirmatory Test for Sperm in Sexual Assault Samples using a Microfluidic-Integrated Cell Phone Imaging System
106 Jones Dukes QIAcube Connect for Automated Differential Washing