Programme

• The case studies (Bosnia and Herzegovina, WWII, and communist regime mass graves)

• The archaeological excavation of the mass graves, including the use of a preliminary examination and documentation of the area (e.g., drone, 3D. ...)

• The anthropological examination of the excavated human remains from the mass graves, including 3D scanning and superimposition

• Legal-medicinal examination of the skeletal remains (incl. CT-scan digital autopsy)

• Microbial, plant, and insect analysis as a supplementary source of information

• Chemical identification of copurified inhibitors

• Stable isotopes analysis

• The sampling strategies for the subsequent DNA identification

• DNA extraction strategies to maximize yield (bone selection, chemistry, laboratory setup, automation, inhibitor removal, etc.)

• DNA quantitation strategies

• DNA identification (capillary electrophoresis, MPS, autosomal and lineage markers, databasing, kinship and parentage calculations)

• Sample storage strategies

• Building of the reference database, including the high-throughput DNA extraction

Logistics

Place

Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty Hospital Bulovka, Budinova 2, Prague 8, Czech Republic