Biological Sciences

Forensic Biology

Forensic studies

• Footprinting studies on DNA triplexes
• A scanning electron microscope study of natural, man-made and synthetic fibres
• Is the persistence and transfer potential of human and animal hair trace evidence linked to cuticular structure?
• An investigation into the durability of pollen grains as forensic evidence
• Molecular markers of the post mortem interval
• Limitations of DNA profiling in Forensics: issues of low copy number and degraded samples
• Study of some forensically important flies of the Portsmouth area: development of an SEM-based key
• Measure of the amount of DNA recovered from burned bones
• Type II restriction enzymes in cloning
• Forensic DNA purification and sequencing

Human DNA studies

• DNA variation in Kurdish population
• DNA variation in Torkman population
• Y chromosome variation in the Kurdish Population

Forensic Entomology

• Forensic entomology: structure of carrion-feeding insect faunas across different plant communities
• A survey of the insects attracted to carrion in the Portsmouth area
• Utility of Calliphora vicina pupal development for the estimation of postmortem interval
• The use of non-human DNA in forensic investigation: applications, limitations and implications