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Research Interests
Genetics; Genomics; Multi-omics approaches
High-throughput sequencing
Rapid DNA
Mitochondrial DNA
Human Identity
Animal Forensics; Wildlife Forensics
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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. (PI) & Churchill Cihlar, J. (CoI)
26/08/14 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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The next state-of-the-art forensic genetics technology: Massively parallel sequencing
Budowle, B., Churchill, J. D. & King, J. L., 30 Aug 2016, Handbook of Forensic Genetics: Biodiversity and Heredity in Civil and Criminal Investigation. World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd., p. 249-291 43 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Erratum to “Population and performance analyses of four major populations with Illumina's FGx Forensic Genomics System” (Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. (2017) (30) (81–92)(S1872497317301369)(10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.06.004))
Churchill, J. D., Novroski, N. M. M., King, J. L., Seah, L. H. & Budowle, B., Mar 2018, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 33, p. e17Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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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
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More comprehensive forensic genetic marker analyses for accurate human remains identification using massively parallel DNA sequencing
Ambers, A. D., Churchill, J. D., King, J. L., Stoljarova, M., Gill-King, H., Assidi, M., Abu-Elmagd, M., Buhmeida, A. & Budowle, B., 17 Oct 2016, In: BMC Genomics. 17, 750.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of the Illumina® Beta Version ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit for use in genetic profiling
Churchill, J. D., Schmedes, S. E., King, J. L. & Budowle, B., 1 Jan 2016, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 20, p. 20-29 10 p., 1415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review