Assessment of impact of DNA extraction methods on analysis of human remain samples on massively parallel sequencing success.

Zeng X, Elwick K, Mayes C, Takahashi M, King JL, Gangitano D, Budowle B, Hughes-Stamm S. Int J Legal Med. 2019 Jan;133(1):51-58. doi: 10.1007/s00414-018-1955-9. Epub 2018 Oct 19. PMID: 30341454

The effects of extra PCR cycles when amplifying skeletal samples with the GlobalFiler ® PCR Amplification Kit.

Harrel M, Gangitano D, Hughes-Stamm S. Int J Legal Med. 2019 May;133(3):745-750. doi: 10.1007/s00414-018-1860-2. Epub 2018 May 29. PMID: 29845343

Evaluation of four commercial quantitative real-time PCR kits with inhibited and degraded samples.

Holmes AS, Houston R, Elwick K, Gangitano D, Hughes-Stamm S. Int J Legal Med. 2018 May;132(3):691-701. doi: 10.1007/s00414-017-1745-9. Epub 2017 Nov 24.PMID: 29177703

Analysis of DNA from post-blast pipe bomb fragments for identification and determination of ancestry.

Tasker E, LaRue B, Beherec C, Gangitano D, Hughes-Stamm S. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2017 May;28:195-202. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.02.016. Epub 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 28292727

Preservation and rapid purification of DNA from decomposing human tissue samples.

Sorensen A, Rahman E, Canela C, Gangitano D, Hughes-Stamm S. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2016 Nov;25:182-190. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 May 24. PMID: 27631894

Development and validation of a rapid PCR method for the PowerPlex® 16 HS system for forensic DNA identification.

White J, Hughes-Stamm S, Gangitano D. Int J Legal Med. 2015 Jul;129(4):715-23. doi: 10.1007/s00414-014-1102-1. Epub 2014 Nov 8. PMID: 25381196

Development and evaluation of a rapid PCR method for the PowerPlex®S5 system for forensic DNA profiling.

Bahlmann S, Hughes-Stamm S, Gangitano D. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2014 Jul;16(4):227-33. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.04.003. Epub 2014 May 6. PMID: 24842299