Following the initiative from the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IFM) MCMB started in 1995 genetic analysis of VNTR loci which was followed by introducing DNA profiling, together with IFM, into Slovenian forensic medicine and criminology.
Supportive research projects:
- Interinstitutional national research program P1-0104 Functional Genomics and Biotechnology for Health (R. Komel); 1999-2004 and 2004-2008.
- Isolation and analysis of mitochondrial DNA from various biological materials at forensic investigation: Slovenian-Macedonian Bilateral Project (no. 13; 2006-07). Medical Centre for Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine UL, Ljubljana, Slovenia (R. Komel) & Medical Faculty in Skopje, FYR Macedonia (A. Duma & G. Mijovski), 2006-2007.
Faculty/clinical partner:
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana (Prof. Jože Balažic, M.D.).
Translation:
In the period 2003-2005 DNA profiling was introduced at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and was in 2005 also officially adopted as a legal procedure for personal identification and family relationships and as a procedure that provides legal DNA evidences for criminal proceedings in Slovenia.
Researchers involved:
| Researcher | Position |
| Radovan Komel | Head of Department / Project supervisor |
| Irena Zupanič Pajnič | MSc & PhD student |
| Helena Šterlinko | MSc student |
Education:
| Student | Thesis | Title | Year | Supervisor |
| Irena Zupanič Pajnič | PhD | Personal identification from old and badly preserved biological material with polymorphisms of mitochondrial DNA. | 2007 | Radovan Komel |
| Helena Šterlinko | MSc | Analysis of autosomal and Y-linked microsatellite and minisatellite loci and their forensic application. | 2000 | Radovan Komel |
| Irena Zupanič Pajnič | MSc | Introduction of forensic DNA analysis for personal identification and for determining relatedness in the Slovenian population. | 1999 | Radovan Komel |
| Helena Šterlinko | Dipl | DNA analysis in paternity testing: advantages and disadvantages of different electrophoretic methods. | 1998 | Radovan Komel |
Selected publications:
- Zupanič-Pajnič I. et al. (2004): Sequence polymorphism of the mitochondrial DNA control region in the Slovenian population. J. Legal Medicine 118(1): 1-4.
- Tambets K. et al. (2004): The western and eastern roots of the Saami – the story of genetic “outliers” told by mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomes. J. Hum. Genet. 74(4): 661-682.
- Zupanič-Pajnič I. et al. (2001): Parentage testing with 14 STR loci and population data for 5 STRs in the Slovenian population. J. Legal Medicine 114(3): 178-180.
- Šterlinko H. Et al. (2001): Human Y-specific STR haplotypes in a Slovenian population sample. Forensic Science International 120: 226-228.
- Zupanič-Pajnič I. et al. (1998): Analysis of nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci in the Slovenian population. J. Legal Medicine 111(5): 248-250.