26th International Symposium on Human Identification Poster Abstracts

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Poster #	Author	Title
1	Campbell	Quick Screening: An Efficient and Effective Method for Screening Sex Assaults Kits for the Presence of Male DNA
2	Routh	Evidentiary and Reference Sample Stabilization and Recovery Device for Superior Forensic DNA Sampling, Storage and Profiling
3	Balcer	Effective DNA preservation technology for room temperature storage
4	Richard	Improved Recovery of Sperm Donor Profiles from Vaginal Swabs Using Laser Microdissection (LMD)
5	Castriciano	Copan NUCLEIC-CARD™ for storage and preservation of biological samples for DNA data base for forensic human identification.
6	Savoldi	Improved Copan CPA200™ (Card Processing Automation 200) a semi-automatic punch system for processing sample card for human DNA profiling data banking registry.
7	Baksh	Comparison of DNA IQ Casework Pro Kit and Organic Extraction Methods on Super Glue Fumed Items
8	Lodhi	Degradation of Extracted DNA from Human Male Sperm Cells by UV Radiations and Exposure Time
9	Chang	Improving DNA Recovery with Polyester Swabs and SDS
10	Grimes	Increased DNA Yield from Specimens using Alternative Reducing and Alkylating Agents
11	Triva	Examination of Stamps on Postcards and Letters from the Early and Mid-1900's for the Recovery of DNA
12	Noureddine	Recovery of STR DNA Profiles from Fingerprints Developed on Adhesive Side of Duct Tape.
13	Duke	Evaluation of Collection Techniques for Contact DNA Services
14	Simpson	Increasing buccal sample collection efficiency and DNA (STR) profile first pass success rates: A study into collaborative product improvement.
15	Thompson	Success rates from DNA in property crimes
16	Reich	Obtaining DNA-STR Profiles from Latent Friction Ridge Impressions Developed with Powder and Transferred to Adhesive Tape: Sensitivity Down to a Single, Individual Fingerprint
17	Dominguez-Cruz	Touch DNA obtained in a safety lever of hand grenade with a water reconstitution method.
18	Li	Using A DNA Barcoding Technique To Identify Diatoms From Cardiac Tissue Samples For Drowning Investigations
19	Park	Application of PreCR Repair Enzyme to Forensic Evidences
20	Frippiat	Effect of two different nylon flocked swabs (FLOQSwabs™) with or without surfactant on sensibility of Hexagon Obti and Hemdirect human blood detection tests
21	Gentile	Comparative evaluation of five DNA extraction techniques to increase laboratory's performance
22	Hughes-Stamm	Evaluation of a One-Step DNA Extraction Method for "touch" Samples
23	Sorensen	Direct-to-PCR tissue preservation for DNA profiling
24	Zhou	Two cell sorting strategies to separate spermatozoa involving multi-contributors from mixtures for STR identification
25	Podini	Semen and Sperm Cell Detection Via Proximity Ligation Real-Time PCR
26	Gemp	Lux: A Tool System for Improved Microscopic Sample Collection
27	Gigl	Direct Amplification of Blood Deposited on Substrates Commonly Encountered at Crime Scenes Using the PowerPlex® Fusion and PowerPlex® 18D Systems
28	Combs	Improved Analysis of Bone Samples by Performing Sample Type-Specific Sensitivity Studies
29	Proctor	Effect of anionic detergent selection on STR profile development from bone-derived DNA extracts
30	Hartman	Toenails as an alternative source material for the extraction of DNA from decomposed human remains
31	Dawson Cruz	A microchip module for differential extraction of sexual assault samples and improved IR-mediated STR amplification for a rotation-driven microdevice
32	Seashols-Williams	Single molecule forensic DNA characterization with laser-induced nanopore heating
33	Solomon	Improved Methods for Retrieval and Extraction of DNA from Tape-Lifted, Paper-Backed Stored Archived Latent Fingerprints
34	Stienmetz	Automated Differential Extractions Using the Qiagen QIAcube
35	Hellwig	Amplification Stables: Where Workflow Can Gain Horsepower Using a Stabilizing Matrix
36	Tang	Evaluation of Tape Lifting Versus Swabbing for Collection of Trace Biological Samples from Vehicle Headrests
37	Reynaga	Investigator Quantiplex HYres Validation
38	Sinha	InnoQuant® as a tool to Determine Profile Suitability and Improve Profile Success Rates for High Throughput Property Crime Specimens
39	Ewing	Developmental Validation of the PowerQuant™ System
40	Machia	Cupcake Wars qPCR Style: A Bake-off Comparing Quantitation Chemistry For Y-Screening and Forensic Workflow
41	Prochnow	Analysis and interpretation of difficult samples - the interaction of a suitable DNA Quantification kit with the right STR assay may facilitate processing of critical trace material
42	Liu	Direct qPCR quantification using the Quantifiler® Trio DNA quantification kit
43	Green	Integrating PowerQuant into a forensic lab that utilizes Y-screening
44	Montano	Preparing PowerSeq® Auto/Mito/YSTR libraries with the NeoPrep™ Library Prep System
45	Paquet	Validation of the Maxwell 16 Instrument for casework samples - a smaller and more rapid platform for urgent samples
46	Birch	Enzymatic DNA Liberation On A Polyester-Toner-PMMA Hybrid Centrifugal Microdevice
47	Ruddock	NIMBUS: Clear skies for pre-amp workflow
48	Young	Evaluation of the ExactID® v2.0 Method for Accurate and Rapid Typing of Forensic Loci from Sequencing Data
49	French	Developmental Validation of the DNAscan™ Rapid DNA Analysis™ Instrument and Expert System: Reference sample processing for upload to the National DNA Index System
50	Wiley	An evaluation of a new Rapid DNA platform for field forward applications
51	Kitayama	Evaluation and comparison of the quality of STR profiles generated by modified rapid DNA systems
52	Dowden	The perfect field test result of rapid portable analysis system
53	Asogawa	The development of rapid portable YSTR analysis system
54	May	Use of the ANDE Rapid DNA Analysis System for Field-Forward Disaster Victim Identification
55	Le Roux	Multiplex PCR on PET Microfluidic Chip on a Portable Spinning Device
56	Tsuei	Inexpensive And Highly Portable Rotationally-Driven Microdevice For Forensic DNA Separation
57	Parsons	Human Identification in less than 45 minutes: A Rapid and Fully Portable DNA Solution
58	Selden	Rapid DNA Analysis Based on Interrogation of 27 STR Loci
59	Parker	Increased Power of Discrimination from Genetically Variant Peptides in Human Hair: reaching the "one-in-a-million" threshold
60	Layne	An evaluation of the differential stability of nucleic acids in biological fluids compromised by environmental exposure
61	Stanciu	Differentiation of Individual Cell Populations in a Touch Mixture Using Antibody Probes and Flow Cytometry
62	Shannon	Leveraging Laboratory Data in Decision Making
63	Walsh	A Universal Analysis Software for Next Generation Sequencing Data: Modern Forensic Bioinformatics
64	Russell	Database Searching - taking mixtures further than ever before.
65	Riley	Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Mathematically Distinguishing Low Level Alleles from Artifacts and Noise
66	Melton	Demystifying MIST -Practical Applications and Implementation Strategies for DNA Mixture Interpretation Software Tools
67	Lun	MatchIt: A Continuous DNA Interpretation Method that Generates Likelihood Ratio Distributions
68	Greenspoon	Further Exploration of TrueAllele® Casework
69	Kalafut	Genotypes and Conservative Statistics: Allowing For More Contributors in the Interpretation Should Give a More Conservative Number
70	Gerow	Direct MiniFiler™ Amplification of Degraded DNA Database Samples
71	Vela Calvinato	Promega PowerPlex® Y23 Internal Validation and its application to kinship studies in Laboratorio de Genética Molecular- Cruz Vital
72	Anstead	An independent assessment of the relative performance of the Promega PowerPlex® Fusion and InnoGenomics InnoTyper™ 21 kits for use with challenging samples
73	Shilen	A Performance Evaluation And Comparison Study Of The PowerPlex® Fusion 6c System
74	Sinelnikov	iPLEX-STR - multiplex STR kit for 18 STR loci and Amelogenin
75	Kutranov	Rapid Processing of Casework and Reference DNA Samples Using Standard Protocols
76	Park	Internal Validation of PowerPlex® Y23 System and Yfiler® plus Kits for Genetic Study
77	Murphy	Novel Methods to Obtain Nuclear DNA Profiles from Rootless Hair Shafts
78	Kilpatrick	Comparison of Three 6-dye STR DNA Typing Kits
79	Ensenberger	Developmental Validation of the PowerPlex® Fusion 6C System
80	Scherer	Development and validation of the Investigator 24plex QS and 24plex GO! Kits
81	Lago	PowerQuant and PowerPlex Fusion 6C: New "Streamline" Tools for the Up-to-Date Forensic Laboratory Workflow
82	Houston	Evaluation of a 13-loci STR multiplex system for Cannabis sativa genetic identification
83	Rabbach	Improvements to the 4-dye and 5-dye Matrix Standards and Internal Lane Standard for 5-dye PowerPlex® Systems
84	Frazier	Evaluation of Investigator STR GO! Lysis Buffer for Fast DNA Extraction from Cotton Swabs
85	Setlak	Databank Applications of Direct Amplification Using SwabSolution™ and the PowerPlex® Fusion Amplification Kit: A Validation Study
86	Buchanan	Evaluation of PowerPlex Fusion (5C) Data Interpretation Challenges between the 29 and 30 cycle amplification methods
87	Homa	Casework Experience and Interesting Cases with the GlobalFiler® Casework and Express Kits
88	Watsula	The New Kit On The Block: Optimization of the Qiagen Investigator® 24plex GO! Kit for Direct Amplification
89	Plaza	Human STR Profiles from Blood-fed Mosquitos
90	Jiang	Developmental validation of the PowerPlex® Fusion 6c System: A 6 dye STR kit with 27 loci multiplex
91	Baird	Chimeric Germline Tissue: Alleged Father's Genetic Contribution to Child Found in Semen Sample but not in Buccal Sample
92	King	Autosomal and Y-STR Analysis of Degraded DNA from the 120-Year-Old Skeletal Remains of Ezekiel Harper
93	Holt	Novel Y-Screen Assay using the Quantifiler® Trio DNA Quantification Kit
94	Reddy Nandineni	Study of 22 autosomal and 23 Y-chromosomal STRs in Indian populations for applications in forensic human identification
95	Tabulina-Angustia	Characterization of the Philippine Y STR Population Involving 23 Loci: Population Information, Mutation Analysis and Forensic Assessment
96	Ge	A convenient guideline to determine if two Y-STR profiles are from the same lineage
97	Barretto Cicarelli	A puzzle to identify the corpse of the alleged father.
98	Wilson	Optimization and initial validation of mtDNA D-loop sequencing on the MiSeq
99	Bussmann	Development and Validation of the new Investigator Argus X-12 QS Kit (P)
100	McElhoe	Identifying, Reporting, and Leveraging the Discrimination Potential of mtDNA Heteroplasmy through Next Generation Sequencing
101	Rathbun	Assessing the impact of DNA damage on the interpretation of low-level mtDNA heteroplasmy
102	Sage	Two Novel Multiplex INDEL Assays for Determining Ancestral and Individual Identity for Use with Degraded DNA samples
103	Bus	DNA analysis of the human remains found on the Vasa warship.
104	Fitzpatrick	Geographical Relationship ID System (GRIDS) for Cold Case Work and for Identification of Victims of Mass Disasters
105	Walsh	The HIRISPLEX-S System: Combined Prediction of Eye, Hair and Skin Color From DNA
106	Alshehhi	Massive Parallel Sequencing of Individuals from the Arabian Gulf Countries Using the Ion PGM™ System for Human Identification Purposes
107	Ambers	Characterization of Unidentified 140-Year-Old Human Skeletal Remains using Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing
108	Lee	SEQ Mapper: A DNA sequence searching tool for massive parallel sequencing data
109	Farris	Computational Algorithms for Development of Identity-Linked SNP Islands for Analysis by Massively Parallel Sequencing
110	Novroski	Detection of Intra-Allelic Sequence Variants in Autosomal and X Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats using Massively Parallel Sequencing
111	Takahashi	One Amplification – Two Analyses: A Combined CE and MPS Workflow
112	Wendt	Analysis of single-source short tandem repeat (STR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci using a custom HaloPlex Target Enrichment System panel
113	Churchill	Evaluation of a Multiplex Whole Mitochondrial Genome Panel System on the Ion PGM™
114	Bintz	Assessment of low-level error in massively-parallel sequencing (MPS) data sets generated using the Illumina® MiSeq® platform and synthesized human mitochondrial DNA oligonucleotides
115	Grisedale	Use of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) to assist with deconvolution of STR mixture profiles.
116	Hickman	Amplification of whole mitochondrial genome from challenging samples via multiplex PCR assay
117	Chang	Mock Missing Person Study With Single Hair Roots and Bone Samples Using Capillary Electrophoresis & Next Generation Sequencing Workflows
118	LaBerge	Familial DNA Database Search System
119	Katsanis	Development of a middle school learning experience to teach forensics concepts using a mock wrongful convictions canine crime scene
120	Builes Gómez	Colombian Results Of The Interlaboratory Quality Control Exercise 2013-2014
121	Johns	Expect the Unexpected!
122	López Carrera	Creating a Database of Genetic Profiles from Unidentified Bodies, Bones, Skeletal Remains and Relatives of Missing Persons
123	Scheible	A technological evaluation of next-generation sequencing for the fight against human trafficking
124	Hitchcock	Innovative strategies leading to backlog elimination and efficiency gains for a high through put Forensic DNA Laboratory
125	Santos	Disaster Victim Identification through DNA Analysis in Kentex Fire Disaster
126	Stollberg	ISO18385: Implementation of a New Forensic Manufacturing Standard
127	Profili	Cold Case Backlog Reduction-Overcoming Obstacles to Success
128	Girdwoyn	Identification Of Perpetrators Based On Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
129	Gittelson	Low-Template DNA: Perform a Single DNA Analysis or Two Replicates?
130	Fraga	MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REGION DATABASE IN BANCO NACIONAL DE DATOS GENÉTICOS–ARGENTINA
131	Gavilan	Mutations rates analysis for 21 STR loci in Peruvian population
132	Tahir	Evaluation of forensic efficiency parameters of Short tandem repeat (STR) DNA markers in Saraiki population of Pakistan
133	Pinto	Allele frequencies and genetic attributes of 24 autosomal STR in the Chilean region of Bio Bio
134	Hu	Genetic Polymorphisms of 21 STR Loci in the Chaoshan Han population
135	Cortes-Trujillo	Forensic Efficiency of the kit Investigator Argus X-12 in two Mestizo and seven Amerindian populations from Mexico
136	Imran	Evaluation of population genetic data of 15 Short tandem repeat markers in Pakistan for the establishment of DNA database
137	Gopalakrishnan	Maxwell FSC Instrument: The Advancement of Personal Automation
138	Moura Neto	STR Genotyping Using ION Torrent PGM and STR 24-Plex System: Performance and Data Interpretation
139	Silva	Genetic Population Data on a New Panel of Microsatellite Markers of Human X-Chromosome

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