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 Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Communities Associated with Corpse Decomposition Using Next Generation Sequencing
Award Information
Awardee
              Regents of the University of Colorado
Award #
              2011-DN-BX-K533
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Boulder, CO
Awardee County
              Boulder
Congressional District
              2
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2011
Total funding (to date)
              $894,629
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 11 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2011, $894,629)
Due to advances in culture-independent DNA methods and sequencing technologies, recent research has revealed that microbial communities are quantifiable and predictable across habitats such as the human mouth and skin and soil. Taking advantage of 16S (bacteria) and 18S (fungal) ribosomal gene sequencing and computational pipelines, the researchers aim to characterize the succession of bacterial and fungal communities during the decomposition of corpses, and to test whether corpse decomposition leads to distinct microbial signatures in grave-associated soils. 

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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Microbiome Tools for Forensic Science
                  Uncovering the Horseshoe Effect in Microbial Analyses
                  Carcass Mass Has Little Influence on the Structure of Gravesoil Microbial Communities
                  Seasonal Variation of Postmortem Microbial Communities
                  Vertebrate Decomposition is Accelerated by Soil Microbes
                  Characterization of Bacterial and Microbial Eukaryotic Communities (including Fungal) Associated with Corpse Decomposition Using Next Generation Sequencing
                  A microbial clock provides an accurate estimate of the postmortem interval in a mouse model system

  
Date Created: August 24, 2011
    
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