Lecturer: Marie Allen, professor at Uppsala University
Evidence
samples at a crime scene have often been subjected to harsh
environments and may have degraded as well as damaged DNA often present
in very small
amounts. Our research involves development of assays for forensic
analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) as well as autosomal markers using
pyrosequencing,
Sangersequencing and next generation sequencing (NGS). New, sensitive
and highly
discriminating assays that can handle challenging samples will also be
helpful in genetic investigations of historical samples. e improved
assays have allowed successful
DNA analysis from the putative remains of Hermann Göring’s wife Carin,
Saint
Birgitta and her daughter, Nicolaus Copernicus, as well as viking age
remains.