GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

About Department

Forensic biology is the application of biology to law enforcement. It includes the sub disciplines of Forensic anthropology, Forensic botany, Forensic entomology, Limnology, Forensic serology, Forensic odontology, wildlife forensic and DNA forensics.

Forensic biology has been used to prove a suspect was at a crime scene, identify illegal products from endangered species, solve crimes by matching crime scene evidence to suspects, investigate airplane bird strikes and investigate bird collisions with wind turbines.

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DISCIPLINES

SEROLOGY & HAEMATOLGY

Serology is the scientific study of serum and other bodily fluids. Hematology is the study of morphology and physiology of blood

• Origin of species
• Blood grouping
• Detection of blood
• Barr body identification

FORENSIC BOTANY

Forensic botanists look to plant life in order to gain information regarding possible crimes. Leaves, seeds and pollen found either on a body or at the scene of a crime can offer valuable information regarding the timescales of a crime and also if the body has been moved between two or more different locations. The forensic study of pollen is known as forensic palynology and can often produce specific findings of location of death, decomposition and time of year.

FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY

It is the scientific study of insects of forensic importance for the medico-legal investigations

1. PMI Determination

2. Entomtoxicology

DNA BASED TECHNIQUES

DNA based evidence has become a significant tool that many law enforcement investigators now have at their disposal. DNA evidence can definitively link a suspect to either a crime scene or victim. Nuclear DNA evidence has been recovered from blood, semen, saliva, skin cells and hair. Furthermore Mitochondrial DNA can be recovered from both bone and teeth dating back thousands of years. Laboratory analysis of DNA evidence generally involves the sample being amplified and quantified by a form of the Polymerase chain reaction known as Quantitative PCR or qPCR. (PCR) amplification of any sample recovered followed by sequencing via Capillary electrophoresis in order to obtain a DNA profile which can be compared to suspect DNA.

DNA can also be extracted from animals and used to at least identify the species, for example bird or bat remains on an airplane or wind turbine.

FUTURE PLANS

• Department of Forensic Biology is working on various aspects of bio-forensic significance.  We are keen to establish a research centre of excellence in the area.
  • The entomology plays key role in investigation of crimes in forensic studies. We are planning to develop a sophisticated entomology laboratory with controlled environmental conditions (Temperature and Humidity).
  • The limnology plays vital role in Drowning investigation. We are planning to develop regional diatom database.
  • We are planning to develop a well-equipped DNA fingerprinting laboratory and criminal DNA databank by using DNA sequences.

Forensic biologists may become experts in:

• DNA analysis
• Forensic anthropology
• Forensic pathology
• Forensic entomology
• Forensic botany
• Biological chemistry

In addition to helping solve crimes, forensic biologists may investigate environmental contamination or other public health threats.

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