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EXPERT LECTURE ON ‘FORENSIC

EPIGENETICS IN CRIMINAL

INVESTIGATION’

The second expert lecture for the academic year 2022-2023 was or-

ganised by the Department of Forensic Science, Kristu Jayanti Col-

lege, Autonomous on 24th September 2022 on the topic ‘Forensic

epigenetics in criminal investigation”. The session was conducted on-
line over the Zoom platform

The resource person was Dr. Sonal Jain, DST (Department of Sci-

ence and Technology) Inspire Faculty, University of Delhi. She works

on DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Methylation and DNA Phenotyp-

ing. Her scientific interests span forensic genetics, evolutionary and

population genetics, palaeogenomics, forensic zoology, and medical

genetics.
The session started with a short inaugural session and the speaker

was introduced to the audience. Soon after, the resource person took

over the session. Madam, gave a brief introduction of the Forensic

epigenetics and spoke in detail on current efforts to develop forensic

epigenetic techniques are focused on four issues in criminal investi-

gation i.e. Body fluid identification, individual age prediction, distin-
guishing monozygotic twins, and potentially stain age prediction.

Madam explained the concepts and procedures in a detailed and meth-

odological manner.

In the end the session was opened for queries and the each and every

question asked was taken up positively and appropriate answers were

provided

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