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Dr. Jennifer Cihlar is an Assistant Professor in the Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics Department at UNTHSC and a member of the UNTHSC Center for Human Identification’s Research Unit where her efforts focus on improving the forensic community’s ability to identity humans associated with crime, missing persons, and human and wildlife trafficking victims through forensic genomic research. With these goals in mind, Jennifer’s current research efforts include development of molecular biology technologies, optimization of SOPs for massively parallel sequencing and Rapid DNA technologies, bioinformatic assessment of the performance and noise in mitochondrial genome analyses that can help guide thresholding strategies for forensic laboratories, identification of novel genetic markers for human and wildlife identification, and investigation into the use of portable genetic technologies to aid law enforcement efforts in curtailing wildlife trafficking.
Education/Academic qualification
BS in Biochemistry, Texas A & M University
PhD in Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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General Forensic Testing: Testing & Analysis Work
Budowle, B. & Churchill Cihlar, J.
26/08/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Validation of the Applied Biosystems RapidHIT ID instrument and ACE GlobalFiler Express sample cartridge
Cihlar, J. C., Kapema, K. B. & Budowle, B., Jan 2022, In: International journal of legal medicine. 136, 1, p. 13-41 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A continuous statistical phasing framework for the analysis of forensic mitochondrial dna mixtures
Smart, U., Cihlar, J. C., Mandape, S. N., Muenzler, M., King, J. L., Budowle, B. & Woerner, A. E., Feb 2021, In: Genes. 12, 2, p. 1-21 21 p., 128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations -
International Wildlife Trafficking: A perspective on the challenges and potential forensic genetics solutions
Smart, U., Cihlar, J. C. & Budowle, B., Sep 2021, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 54, 102551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Developmental validation of a MPS workflow with a PCR-based short amplicon whole mitochondrial genome panel
Cihlar, J. C., Amory, C., Lagacé, R., Roth, C., Parson, W. & Budowle, B., Nov 2020, In: Genes. 11, 11, p. 1-31 31 p., 1345.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Scopus citations -
Distinguishing mitochondrial DNA and NUMT sequences amplified with the precision ID mtDNA whole genome panel
Cihlar, J. C., Strobl, C., Lagacé, R., Muenzler, M., Parson, W. & Budowle, B., Nov 2020, In: Mitochondrion. 55, p. 122-133 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
13 Scopus citations