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Organisation
Forensic Biomedical Sciences
Division
Main organisation:Department of Imaging & Pathology
Lifecycle:1 May 1998 → Today
Organisation profile:
The research of the Forensic Biomedical Sciences group integrates scientific and clinical disciplines within a multidisciplinary program with a focus on forensic genetics, molecular archaeology and forensic medicine.
Keywords:Criminology, Criminalistics, Forensic pathology, Forensic sciences
Disciplines:Other chemical sciences, Other biological sciences, Forensic medicine, Criminology
Sub-organisation(s)
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Current researchers
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- Ronny Decorte (Responsible)
- Wim Van de Voorde (Responsible)
- Bram Bekaert (Member)
- Anouk Ceyssens (Member)
- Sofie Claerhout (Member)
- Ronny Decorte (Member)
- Kristina Fokias (Member)
- Anke Ringoet (Member)
- Wouter Van Den Bogaert (Member)
- Wim Van de Voorde (Member)
Projects
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- An interdisciplinary mission to unravel historical mysteries through the Y-chromosome: from single sperm cells to ancient human remainsFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Innovative forensic trace investigation via microfluidics and single-cell genomicsFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.3 - Civil Security for Society
- Continued provision of an affordable medium-parametric cell analysis solution at the KU Leuven Flow Cytometry core facilityFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Continued provision of an affordable medium-parametric cell analysis solution at the KU Leuven Flow Cytometry core facilityFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Microfluidic Cell Hunter: one cell away from identifying the perpetratorFrom11 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- µForensiCell: Development and validation of a microfluidic device for single cell sorting in forensic caseworkFrom1 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- The genetics behind historical socio-demography in Flanders revealed by the human Y-chromosome: an interdisciplinary approachFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2025Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Single cell sorting and DNA profiling in complex forensic caseworkFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Single-cell sorting and DNA profiling for complex forensic caseworkFrom1 Sep 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Research on the scientific methodology and quality control in Belgian forensic and criminal investigation.From1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
Publications
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- Postmortem microbiological sampling: a prospective ESGFOR-supported study on relevance, timing, and site selection(2025)Published in: VIRCHOWS ARCHIVISSN: 0945-6317
- Biohistorical materials and contemporary privacy concerns-the forensic case of King Albert I(2016)Published in: Forensic Science International-GeneticsISSN: 1872-4973Volume: 24Pages: 202 - 210
- Genetic-genealogy approach reveals low rate of extra-pair paternity in historical Dutch populations(2017)Published in: American Journal of Human BiologyISSN: 1042-0533Issue: 6Volume: 29
- Age determination through DNA methylation patterns in fingernails and toenails(2023)Published in: Forensic Science International-GeneticsISSN: 1872-4973Volume: 64
- A Historical-Genetic Reconstruction of Human Extra-Pair Paternity(2019)Published in: Current BiologyISSN: 0960-9822Issue: 23Volume: 29Pages: 4102 - +
- Improved age determination of blood and teeth samples using a selected set of DNA methylation markers(2015)Published in: EpigeneticsISSN: 1559-2294Issue: 10Volume: 10Pages: 922 - 930
- Mediterranean Y-chromosome 2.0 - Why the Y in the Mediterranean is still relevant in the postgenomic era(2018)Published in: Annals of Human BiologyISSN: 0301-4460Issue: 1Volume: 45Pages: 20 - 33
- Effect of selenium status and supplementation with high-selenium yeast on plasma homocysteine and B vitamin concentrations in the UK elderly(2008)Published in: Molecular Nutrition & Food ResearchISSN: 1613-4125Issue: 11Volume: 52Pages: 1324 - 33
- The Search for a Volatile Human Specific Marker in the Decomposition Process(2015)Published in: Plos OneISSN: 1932-6203Issue: 9Volume: 10
- Forensic Image Computing: Applications in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Virtual Autopsy(2018)