Microbiome Research Could Lead to Breakthrough in Forensic Science

CSU-led groundbreaking collaborative research on universal decomposing microbes combined with machine learning could transform forensic science.
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A note from the authors:
Foremost, we thank the willed-body donors for their contribution to science; A. Esterle, K. Otto, H. Archer, C. Carter, R. Reibold, L. Burcham, J. Prenni and the CSU Writes programme for technical and resource contributions; A. Buro, V. Rodriguez, M. Sarles, A. Hartman and A. Uva at SHSU for field contributions. Opinions or points of view expressed here represent a consensus of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the US Department of Justice. Any use of trade, firm or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government. Funding was provided by the National Institutes of
Justice (2016-DN-BX-0194, J.L.M.; 2015-DN-BX-K016, J.L.M.; GRF STEM
2018-R2-CX-0017, A.D.B.; GRF STEM 2018-R2-CX-0018, H.L.D.), the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Global Scholar Program (J.L.M.), National Science Foundation Early Career Award (1912915, K. C. Wrighton) and National Institutes of Health T32 Training Award (T32GM132057, V.N.).