This workshop will introduce single cell DNA (scDNA) analysis to the forensic community. Single-cell data has innumerable strengths including removing challenges associated with mixture interpretation. We will explore the advantages of scDNA analysis such as the absence of multiple contributors, contributor ratios, and allele masking. We will define key elements of single cell analysis and provide perspective on the workflow and possibilities of scDNA analysis by highlighting several studies, recovery and interpretation methods. In addition, with single-cell adoption being contingent on practical laboratory implementation strategies, we will include discussion about laboratory implementation and policy from the perspective of laboratory directors, technical leaders and practitioners.
The audience should include forensic DNA analysts and laboratory leadership (at any point in their career) with an emphasis on those involved in laboratory or section decision making and procedural implementation.
This workshop will introduce single cell DNA (scDNA) analysis to the forensic community. Single-cell data has innumerable strengths including removing challenges associated with mixture interpretation. We will explore the advantages of scDNA analysis such as the absence of multiple contributors, contributor ratios, and allele masking. We will define key elements of single cell analysis and provide perspective on the workflow and possibilities of scDNA analysis by highlighting several studies, recovery and interpretation methods. In addition, with single-cell adoption being contingent on practical laboratory implementation strategies, we will include discussion about laboratory implementation and policy from the perspective of laboratory directors, technical leaders and practitioners.
The audience should include forensic DNA analysts and laboratory leadership (at any point in their career) with an emphasis on those involved in laboratory or section decision making and procedural implementation.
Workshop currently at capacity. A waitlist is available to join on our registration page.
Syracuse University
Mike Marciano is a Professor of Practice and the Director for Research in the College of Arts and Sciences Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute at Syracuse University. His research focuses on the analysis and interpretation of low quality/quantity human and non-human DNA samples using both wet bench techniques and statistical/machine learning methods with emphasis on single cell DNA analyses.
Rutgers University
Catherine Grgicak (Gerg-i-chuck) is an Associate Professor and Henry Rutgers Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University in Camden NJ, and serves as Program Director for the Forensic Science programs at the same institution. She received her M.S.F.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Ottawa. Her Laboratory for Forensic Technology and Integration (LFTDI) develops systems that improve forensically relevant data generating and interpretive systems.
Professor of Chemistry, University of Central Florida
Jack Ballantyne is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Director of the National Center for Forensic Science in Orlando, Florida. Prior to entering academia, he was a casework forensic scientist in Scotland, Hong Kong and New York. His current research projects include RNA profiling for body fluid and tissue identification, trace DNA analysis including single-cell genomics and mixture deconvolution and genomics applications in forensic genetics.
Director, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Forensic and Technology Division
Stephanie Stoiloff is currently the Director of the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Forensic and Technology Division, overseeing the Information Technology Office, the Crime Scene and Evidence Bureau, and a full-service, accredited Crime Laboratory that provides forensic services for the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, all municipal agencies in Miami-Dade County, and state and federal agencies, upon request.
