Florida Statewide DNA Training Workshop
STRs, CE, and Mixtures
Two-day workshop for Statewide DNA Training
May 12-13, 2008 - Indian Rocks Beach, FL
John Butler (NIST)
[full workshop handouts-82 pages] [full workshop with articles - 135 pages]
May 12 (Monday)
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
STRs and Molecular Biology Artifacts [article]
9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
BREAK 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
CE Fundamentals and Troubleshooting [article]
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
LUNCH 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
AFTERNOON - Dawn Herkenham on Legal Issues
May 13 (Tuesday)
Background and Introductory Information
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Principles of Mixture Interpretation [article]
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
BREAK 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Strategies for Mixture Deconvolution with Worked Examples [article]
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
LUNCH 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Mixture Interpretation - Statistics
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Variability between Labs in Approaches and Summaries of Mixture Interlaboratory Studies
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presentations by Applied Biosystems and Qiagen
References:
Butler, J.M. (2006) Genetics and genomics of core STR loci used in human identity testing. J. Forensic Sci. 51(2): 253-265.
Hill, C.R., Kline, M.C., Mulero, J.J., Lagace, R.E., Chang, C.-W., Hennessy, L.K., Butler, J.M. (2007) Concordance study between the AmpFlSTR MiniFiler PCR Amplification Kit and conventional STR typing kits. J. Forensic Sci. 52(4): 870-873.
Butler, J.M., Buel, E., Crivellente, F., McCord, B.R. (2004) Forensic DNA typing by capillary electrophoresis: using the ABI Prism 310 and 3100 Genetic Analyzers for STR analysis. Electrophoresis, 25: 1397-1412.