Ateneo - UPO

The course aims to give students useful elements to understand the use of omics in forensic sciences and know the most suitable techniques for responding to medico-legal questions such as personal identification, the time of death, the causes of death.

No specific text recommended. Material provided by the professor

The course aims to provide students with useful elements for understanding the applications of genomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, proteomics and transcriptomics in the forensic field.

Fundamentals of cellular and molecular biology, and genetic

Frontal lesson and students’ oral presentation on issues discussed during the frontal lesson.

Written exam (close and / or open questions). Oral presentation during the course of an in-depth study on one of the topics covered in class in collaboration with dott. Collini

Forensic genomics: Crime Scene Investigation, characterization of evidence, forensic genetics (human identification, ancestry, phenotyping, DNA methylation)
Microbiome and forensic sciences: human identification, estimation of PMI, causes of death, prediction of chronological age
Forensic metabolomics and lipidomics: instruments and estimation of PMI
Forensic proteomics: instruments and estimation of PMI, prediction of chronological age, human identification
Forensic transcriptomics: RNA and body fluids identification, RNA and estimation of PMI

In order to achieve the knowledge and skills corresponding to the minimum level of sufficiency, the student is asked to demonstrate:
(KNOWLEDGE)
- know the general principles of omics applied to forensic sciences;
(SKILLS)
- know how to identify the best techniques to obtain the greatest possible amount of information for identification purposes, to define the post-mortem interval, the causes of death
(TRANSVERSAL SKILLS)
- be able to present and comment on technical material from scientific articles published in sector scientific journals;