[IEEE-bhpjobs] Nov 8 - Computer-Assisted Forensic Analysis of Mass Disasters - at Duke 11AM

[Esther L.]

Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy Center for Bioinformatics & 
Computational Biology Seminar Series
Eugene Myers, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farms
EECS Berkeley http://www.genomics.duke.edu/
“Computer-Assisted Forensic Analysis of Mass Disasters”

We examine the problem of identifying remains in mass disasters such as 
the World Trade Center, Waco, and airplane crashes. Typically, the 
problem is closed or nearly so, in that the individuals that could be 
involved are known. Depending on the state of the remains, nuclear DNA 
profiles, typically the 13 CODIS loci used by the FBI, are produced for 
each sample, and in cases where the remains are significantly
degraded, as in the case of severe heat or fire, one may also sequence 
mitochondrial DNA from the hyper-variable
control region. The problem is to determine the individual from whom 
each sample came from, given the genetic profiles of near relatives and 
possibly direct evidence from personal effects of the victim.
The talk will elaborate on the nature of the data, develop the necessary 
background on computing the probability of a pedigree, and formulate the 
overall goal as a series of algorithmic problems with a
preliminary progress report on each.

Location: Schiciano Auditorium, Fitzpatrick Ctr - CIEMAS bldg, Duke 
University
Time: Nov 8, 11:00 am


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