LFTDI Part-time Job Opening for M.S. Students: Research Assistant
M.S.-level Job Description:
- M.S. level Part-time Research Assistant open to all Plan A (thesis-track) enrolled M.S. or 4th-Year B.S./M.S. Students in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology or Forensic Sciences.
- Starts Fall 2019.
- $12/hour; flexible 15-20 hours/week.
- Up to 2 years.
- Data may be used toward M.S. thesis, if applicable.
- Training in and duties include, nucleic acid extraction, qPCR, PCR, dPCR, Capillary Electrophoresis, Next-Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis.
- Preferred candidates will have taken, or plan to take, courses in Biochemistry, Bio-analytical/Molecular Biology, Statistics & Genetics.
- Send C.V. to Dr. Catherine Grgicak at c.grgicak@rutgers.edu, if interested by April 30th, 2019.
LFTDI and the Department of Chemistry acquire Ion S5 for Forensic Sequencing and Human Identification
LFTDI acquires an Ion S5 and Chef NGS system for forensic applications. The technology will be used to build a dynamic model of the entire NGS pipeline, which will be used to optimize the NGS process for efficient and reliable forensic data generation in a cost effective manner.
LFTDI Awarded Funds from U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announces Rutgers University–Camden was awarded funds from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for forensic science research
Go to Press ReleaseLFTDI student Amanda Gonzalez receives the AAFS/FSF Jan S. Bashinski Criminalistics Graduate Thesis Grant
Dr. Grgicak chairs the 2018 ISHI workshop on Systems Thinking and Forensic DNA Mixtures
In her workshop (Sept 24, 2018) at ISHI 29, Dr. Grgicak chairs a workshop demonstrating why a systems thinking approach to validation positively impacts forensic mixture interpretation outcomes. Dr. Grgicak describes what Systems Thinking is, how the PROVEDIt DNA Database came to be, and how her background in physical chemistry drives her research.
ISHI 2018 Workshop on Systems Thinking and Forensic DNA Validation with Drs. Butler, Cotton, Grgicak and Word
ISHI Workshop
Systems Thinking and DNA Mixtures: Dynamic Models, Optimization, Validation and Inference
Monday September 24th, 2018 // 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
LFTDI Article on Estimating the Number of Contributors using Allele Counting Published in Legal Medicine
Drs. Grgicak and Lun along with Sarah E. Norsworthy publish an article entitled “Determining the number of contributors to DNA mixtures in the low-template regime: Exploring the impacts of sampling and detection effects” in Legal Medicine (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2018.02.001).
We show that capturing all of the information has positive impacts on inference while allele counting methods lead to underestimations.
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