Recent publications from our group
Thota H., Pandkar N., Moh T.-S. and Barash M., Towards Advancing Forensic Investigations: A Large Language Model Approach to Morphology Prediction. In press. The 5th International Workshop on AI for Social Good in the Connected World. https://doi.org/10.1109/WI-IAT62293.2024.00084
McNevin D., Barash M. Comparison of probabilistic genotyping for two-person mixtures across different assays and instruments. Forensic Sciences, 2024
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Givers P., Sorokina K., Barash M., Fedorenko V. The use of machine learning for the determination of a type/model of firearms by the characteristics on cartridge cases. Forensic Science International, 358, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112021
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Barash M., McNevin D., Fedorenko V., Givers P. Machine learning applications in forensic DNA profiling: a critical review. Forensic Science International – Genetics, 69, (2024). doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102994
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N. Pandkar, T.-S. Moh and M. Barash, "3D Facial Biometric Verification Using a DNA Sample for Law Enforcement Applications," 2022 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, 2022, pp. 715-722, doi: 10.1109/WI-IAT55865.2022.00114
Prasad E., Hitchcock, Raymond J., Cole A., Barash M., McNevin D., van Oorchot R.A.H. Touch DNA recovery from unfired and fired cartridges: Comparison of swabbing, tape lifting and soaking. Forensic Science International, 330, 111101, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.111101
McNevin D., Wright K., Barash M. Gomes S., Jamison A., Chaseling J., Proposed framework for comparison of continuous probabilistic genotyping systems amongst different laboratories. Forensic Sciences. 1(1), pp. 33-45, (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci1010006
Prasad E., Atwood L., van Oorchot R.A.H., McNevin D., Barash M., Raymond J., Trace DNA recovery rates from firearms and ammunition as revealed by casework data. Australian Journal of Forensic Science, pp. 1-16, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2021.1939783
Prasad E., Atwood L., van Oorchot R.A.H., McNevin D., Barash M., Gunn P., Raymond J. Touch DNA recovery from unfired and fired cartridge cases: The comparative success rates of swabbing, taping, vacuum filtration and direct PCR. Forensic Science International. (2020) 317. doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110507
Wyner N., Barash M., McNevin D. Forensic autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs) and their potential association with phenotype. Frontiers in Genetics (2020) 11:884. doi:10.3389/fgene.2020.00884
Prasad E., Barash M., Hitchcock C., van Oorchot R.A.H., Raymond J., McNevin D., Gunn P. Evaluation of soaking to recover trace DNA from fired cartridge cases. Australian Journal of Forensic Science, Vol. 53:5, pp.512-522, (2020). doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2020.1757758
McNevin D., Wright K., Chaseling J., Barash M. Commentary on: Bright et al. (2018) Internal validation of STRmix™ – A multi laboratory response to PCAST, Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol. 34: 11-24. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 41:e14-e17, (2019). doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.03.016
Walton A., Moret S., Gunn P., Barash M. The frequency of fingerprint patterns separated by ethnicity and sex in a general population from Sydney, Australia. Australian Journal of Forensic Science, Vol. 51, (2019). doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2019.1569153
Prasad E, Van der Walt L, Cole A, van Oorschot RAH, Barash M, Gunn P, Raymond J. The effects of soaking for DNA recovery on the striation patterns of fired cartridge cases. Australian Journal of Forensic Science, Vol. 51, (2019). doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2019.1569144
Phan. K., *Barash M., Spindler X., Gunn P., Roux C. Retrieving forensic information about the donor through bacterial profiling. International Journal of Legal Medicine 134(1), pp.21-29, (2019). DOI.org/10.1007/s00414-019-02069-2 (*corresponding author)
Wai K.T., Gunn P. Barash M., Development of the MitoQ assay as a real-time quantification of mitochondrial DNA in degraded samples. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 133, pp.411–417, (2019). DOI: 10.1007/s00414-018-1956-8
Walton A., Moret S., Gunn P., Barash M. Comment on “Linkage analysis of a model quantitative trait in humans: finger ridge count shows significant multivariate linkage to 5q14.1” by Medland et al., “Common Genetic Variants Influence Whorls in Fingerprint Patterns” by Ho et al. and “Hot on the Trail of Genes that Shape Our Fingerprints” by Walsh et al. Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol.36, pp.e14-e16, (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.06.010
Wai K.T., Barash M., Gunn P. Performance of the Early Access AmpliSeq™ Mitochondrial Panel with degraded DNA samples using the Ion Torrent™ platform. Electrophoresis. 39(21):2776-2784, (2018). DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700371
Ruan T., Barash M., Gunn P., Bruce D. Investigation of DNA transfer onto clothing during regular daily activities. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 132(4):1035-1042, (2018). DOI:10.1007/s00414-017-1736-x
Barash M., Bayer P. E., van Daal A. Identification of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Affecting Normal Phenotypic Variability in Human Craniofacial Morphology Using Candidate Gene Approach. Journal of Genetics and Genome Research. Vol 5:1, (2018). DOI: 10.23937/2378-3648/1410041
Voskoboinik A., Amiel M., Reshef A., Gafny R., Barash M. Laundry in a washing machine as a mediator of secondary and tertiary DNA transfer. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 132 (2), 373-378, (2018)
Morelato M., Barash M., Blanes L., Chadwick S., Dilag J., Kuzhiumparambil U., Nizio K.D., Spindler X., Moret S. Forensic Science: Current State and Perspective by a Group of Early Career Researchers. Foundations of Science, 22(4), 799-825, (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s10699-016-9500-0