Beneficiaries and associated Partners
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
The Forensic Genetics research group is located in ELTE University Faculty of Science Department of Genetics addressing research questions for developing genetic markers for identification of non-human biological traces. The research group is also actively involved in the developement of next generation sequencing methods for the sequence based analysis of human microsatellite markers for genetic identification.
Our main interests are:
- developing microsatellite DNA markers in animal species (canine, red deer etc.).
- dog mitochondrial DNA analysis, establishing a local dog mtDNA sequence database.
- developing molecular markers for species identification of biological traces.
- investigating environmental DNA for forensic application.
- developement of NGS-based methods for microsatellite genotyping.
Goethe University Frankfurt
The Institute of Legal Medicine in Frankfurt am Main has been teaching and researching in the field of forensic entomology since 1999. During this time, hundreds of entomological reports have been completed for the police, public prosecutor’s office and other institutions.
The systematic scientific treatment of forensic entomological questions has only increased significantly in the last 25 years. Every entomological case in forensics has its own special environmental conditions and always raises new questions with an ecological, physiological, molecular-biological or even toxicological background.
Our main interests are:
- Age determination of forensically relevant blowfly species during the pupal stage
- Species (and age) determination of weathered blowfly puparia or their fragments
- Temperature reconstruction
- Modeling the flight and ovipostion activity of necrophagous flies
- From Crime Scene to Autopsy – Changes in the decomposition and insect colonization
- Improving daily casework
University of Genoa
The Mycology Laboratory of DISTAV is unique in Liguria and one of the few in Italy to have a global approach to mycology dealing with various topics related to both filamentous microfungi and macrofungi (mushrooms and truffle included). It carries on a tradition of study and research dating back to the early decades of the nineteenth century. Its activities deal with various issues related to the taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity, and biotechnological environmental applications of fungi. Among the main research topics, the following have direct connections with forensics:
- Mycodiversity assessment: assessment of environmental mycobiomes (in arir, soil and water) and isolation of viable strains.
- Strain characterization and conservation: cryopreservation of fungal strains and polyphasic identification (morphological and molecular approaches).
- Medical and forensic mycology: research on non-dermatophyte fungi (NDF) as agents of superficial mycoses and skin appendages; studies on the role of fungi in forensic science (e.g., analysis of cadaveric mycoflora to estimate the postmortem interval, and fungi contaminating objects/artifacts and environments).
- Macrofungi: mycetism, edible and toxic fungi, food fraud related to the trade of mushrooms and truffles.
- Mycology in cultural heritage: isolation of biodeteriogenic fungi on various artifacts, including stone; studies on biological foxing.
Autonomous University of Madrid
AUDIAS (Audio, Data intellegence and speech) is a solid research group located at the Escuela Politécnica Superior, in the Cantoblanco Campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) addressing challenging problems in speech, audio and temporal signals from deep foundations in machine learning and signal processing
AUDIAS, which continues the speech and audio activities of former ATVS research group, is currently focused in:
- Speech and language technologies.
- Audio and music analytics.
- Data science in signals from industrial, vehicle and biomedical sensors.
- Data intelligence in financial series.
- Inference and logical reasoning in forensic science.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
The Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeobotany (LPP) of the Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia was established in 1981 and has always operated in the several fields of palynology, botany and environmental studies in interdisciplinary research.
Main topics of teaching and research collaborations are pollen as bioindicator of human environments and climate change, pollen morphology and applied palynology (forensic sciences, palaeo-archaeopalynology, aerobiology, melissopalynology).
University of Potsdam
University of Porto
The main interests of Pedro G. Ferreira´s research group are:
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Machine Learning and Advanced Data Analytics applied to Biology
- Transcriptomics
The main interest of Nadia Pinto´s research group is understanding the origin, evolution and consequences of genetic diversity, using a variety of model systems and approaches under the perspective of population genetics theory.
Charles University
University of Reading
Dr Perotti’s lab research group is located in UK, the University of Reading, School of Biological Sciences, and is addressing research questions on acarology and ectoparasites like human lice. forensic acarology, non human biological trace evidence, ectoparasites in forensics, as well as studying ancient ectoparasites as mirrors of humans past history.
Our main interests are:
- Forensic acarology
- Non human biological trace evidence
- Ectoparasites in forensics
- Ancient ectoparasites as mirrors of humans past history Xx
- Among other related scientific research, all related to arthropods and their interaction with humans.
National University of San Juan
Díaz-Nieto lab
The Díaz-Nieto lab is a research group located in the city of San Juan in San Juan, Argentina.
Our main interests are:
- Biological control of agricultural pests and insect vectors
- Forensic Entomology
- Air forensics
- Forensic Acarology
- Genomics of mites and lice
- Endosymbionts
- Invertebrate diversity of arid zones
Tallinn University
