90948 - Forensic Laboratory

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Docente: Susi Pelotti
  • Credits: 2
  • SSD: MED/43
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Medical Biotechnology (cod. 9081)

Learning outcomes

Describe the principles of human identification and the strategy for kinship analysis, interpretation of mixed profiles and the low template DNA profiles, the principal applications of mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome analysis as lineage markers, the informed consent and the ethic issue of genetic analysis.

Course contents

Methods of DNA extraction

PCR singleplex and multiplex

Sequencing of nuDNA and mtDNA

Interpretazion of DNA profiling

Statistical calculation in Mixed profiles and LT DNA profile.

Readings/Bibliography

J. Butler Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing

Guidelines of Ge.F.I.

Original articles on Pubmed

Teaching methods

Lessons, slides, Video.

Assessment methods

Written test with multiple choice.

Teaching tools

Analysis of casework with statistica evaluation by dedicated HID software

Office hours

See the website of Susi Pelotti

SDGs

Peace, justice and strong institutions

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.