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The objective of these workshops is to provide high quality hands-on training in the area of population genetics, advanced topics in DNA typing and non-human DNA typing to forensic science practitioners that work in the state and local public forensic laboratories. The training will be provided at no charge to the participants.

Academic credits from the workshop can be applied toward an on-line Master’s degree or certificate program in forensic science, forensic serology and DNA typing.

The following workshops will be provided:

1)       Population Genetics (Intermediate and Advanced level) and

2)       Advanced DNA Typing (Beginners and Intermediate)

3)    Non-human DNA Typing (Beginners and Intermediate)

Attendees can apply for one, two, or all of the workshops, depending on their specific interests and skill levels.

Program Description

Each workshop will be offered for one week, during which there will be lectures and hands-on laboratory-based experiences held at both the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Forensic DNA Profiling Facility.

 

Population Genetics

Instructors:

Marty Tracey

Florida International University

George Duncan

Broward County Sheriff’s Office

 

Lectures will cover STRs as evidence, asking the appropriate question, presenting results, various NRC II formulae for answering the random person question, confidence intervals

Computer laboratory sessions will cover Linkage Equilibrium, disequilibrium measurements, haplotypes, mtDNA, Y haplotypes, haplotype mixtures; fallacies, interesting cases

 

Advanced DNA Typing

Instructors:

Bruce McCord

Florida International University

John Butler

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Lectures will cover the current techniques and advanced concepts of human DNA typing including Y-STR, mini-STRs, mtDNA, Y-SNPs

Laboratory sessions will involve DNA extraction, qPCR and genotyping of human DNA using mini-STR technology, Mixture electropherogram interpretation, Troubleshooting and capillary electrophoresis diagnostics
 

Non-Human DNA Typing

Instructors:

DeEtta Mills

Florida International University

Jeffrey Wells

University of Alabama

Lectures will cover non-human DNA as evidence, microbial forensics, biological warfare, development and implementation of PCR-based kits for non-human typing, extraction methods, microbial screening techniques, and the potential of non-human DNA typing as it applies to forensics.

Laboratory sessions will include the extraction of microbial DNA from soils, PCR, interpretation of profiles, and database searching.

Registration

These workshops are sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Registration fees, airfare and hotel accommodations will be provided at no charge to the participants. Enrollment in the workshops is limited. The next set of workshops will be held in July 2010.

For registration information, please contact DeEtta Mills at: millsd@fiu.edu or Jill Fetscher at: jfets001@fiu.edu

Or go to: http://www.fiu.edu/~ifri/workshop_ApplicationForm.doc and download the application form.