Øyvind Bleka
- Senior Scientist; PhD
Publications 2024
A comparison of likelihood ratios calculated from surface DNA mixtures using MPS and CE Technologies
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 73, 103111
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2024.103111, PubMed 39128429
An overview of autosomal STRs and identity SNPs in a Norwegian population using massively parallel sequencing
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 71, 103057
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2024.103057, PubMed 38733649
'Low' LRs obtained from DNA mixtures: On calibration and discrimination performance of probabilistic genotyping software
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 73, 103099
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2024.103099, PubMed 39089059
Publications 2023
MRI segmentation of tooth tissue in age prediction of sub-adults - a new method for combining data from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd molars
Int J Legal Med, 138 (3), 939-949
DOI 10.1007/s00414-023-03149-0, PubMed 38147158
Prediction of Age Older than 18 Years in Sub-adults by MRI Segmentation of 1st and 2nd Molars
Int J Legal Med, 137 (5), 1515-1526
DOI 10.1007/s00414-023-03055-5, PubMed 37402013
Age prediction in sub-adults based on MRI segmentation of 3rd molar tissue volumes
Int J Legal Med, 137 (3), 753-763
DOI 10.1007/s00414-023-02977-4, PubMed 36811675
The invisible witness: air and dust as DNA evidence of human occupancy in indoor premises
Sci Rep, 13 (1), 19059
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-46151-7, PubMed 37925517
Quantitative PCR analysis of bloodstains of different ages
Forensic Sci Int, 350, 111785
DOI 10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111785, PubMed 37527614
Driving under the influence of zopiclone: Elimination between two consecutive blood samples
Forensic Sci Int, 349, 111764
DOI 10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111764, PubMed 37352736
A new blood based epigenetic age predictor for adolescents and young adults
Sci Rep, 13 (1), 2303
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-29381-7, PubMed 36759656
Publications 2022
A comprehensive characterization of MPS-STR stutter artefacts
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 60, 102728
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102728, PubMed 35716494
[We take the uncertainty about biological age assessment seriously]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (13)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0554, PubMed 36164786
MPSproto: An extension of EuroForMix to evaluate MPS-STR mixtures
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 61, 102781
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102781, PubMed 36182794
EFMrep: An extension of EuroForMix for improved combination of STR DNA mixture profiles
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 61, 102771
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102771, PubMed 36075175
Re: Riman et al. Examining performance and likelihood ratios for two likelihood ratio systems using the PROVEDIt dataset
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 59, 102709
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102709, PubMed 35459634
Source level interpretation of mixed biological stains using coding region SNPs
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 59, 102685
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102685, PubMed 35381476
Limitations of qPCR to estimate DNA quantity: An RFU method to facilitate inter-laboratory comparisons for activity level, and general applicability
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 61, 102777
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2022.102777, PubMed 36215939
Publications 2021
A comparison of likelihood ratios obtained from EuroForMix and STRmix™
J Forensic Sci, 66 (6), 2138-2155
DOI 10.1111/1556-4029.14886, PubMed 34553371
A Review of Probabilistic Genotyping Systems: EuroForMix, DNAStatistX and STRmix™
Genes (Basel), 12 (10)
DOI 10.3390/genes12101559, PubMed 34680954
RFU derived LRs for activity level assignments using Bayesian Networks
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 56, 102608
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102608, PubMed 34735938
An LR framework incorporating sensitivity analysis to model multiple direct and secondary transfer events on skin surface
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 53, 102509
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102509, PubMed 33930816
Publications 2020
An examination of STR nomenclatures, filters and models for MPS mixture interpretation
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 48, 102319
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102319, PubMed 32563046
Publications 2019
Automation of high volume MPS mixture interpretation using CaseSolver
Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 7 (1), 14-15
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigss.2019.09.006
CaseSolver: An investigative open source expert system based on EuroForMix
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 41, 83-92
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.03.024, PubMed 31031230
How to avoid driving DNA caseworkers crazy: CaseSolver, an expert system to investigate complex crime scenes
Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 7 (1), 92-94
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigss.2019.09.036
Publications 2018
BioAlder: a tool for assessing chronological age based on two radiological methods
Int J Legal Med, 133 (4), 1177-1189
DOI 10.1007/s00414-018-1959-5, PubMed 30386872
Advancing estimation of chronological age by utilizing available evidence based on two radiographical methods
Int J Legal Med, 133 (1), 217-229
DOI 10.1007/s00414-018-1848-y, PubMed 29736772
A systematic review of the agreement between chronological age and skeletal age based on the Greulich and Pyle atlas
Eur Radiol, 29 (6), 2936-2948
DOI 10.1007/s00330-018-5718-2, PubMed 30377790
Age assessment by Demirjian's development stages of the third molar: a systematic review
Eur Radiol, 29 (5), 2311-2321
DOI 10.1007/s00330-018-5761-z, PubMed 30506219
Publications 2017
dnamatch2: An open source software to carry out large scale database searches of mixtures using qualitative and quantitative models
Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 6, E404-E406
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.160
Using EuroForMix to analyse complex SNP mixtures, up to six contributors
Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 6, E277-E279
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.084
Open source software EuroForMix can be used to analyse complex SNP mixtures
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 31, 105-110
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.08.001, PubMed 28942111
Publications 2016
A comparative study of qualitative and quantitative models used to interpret complex STR DNA profiles
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 25, 85-96
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.07.016, PubMed 27529774
Publications 2015
Interpretation of a complex STR DNA profile using EuroForMix
Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 5, E405-E406
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.160
EuroForMix: An open source software based on a continuous model to evaluate STR DNA profiles from a mixture of contributors with artefacts
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 21, 35-44
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.11.008, PubMed 26720812
Genotyping and interpretation of STR-DNA: Low-template, mixtures and database matches-Twenty years of research and development
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 18, 100-17
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.03.014, PubMed 25866376
eDNA-An expert software system for comparison and evaluation of DNA profiles in forensic casework
Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser., 5, E400-E402
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.158
Publications 2014
Does an English appeal court ruling increase the risks of miscarriages of justice when complex DNA profiles are searched against the national DNA database?
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 13, 167-75
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.07.015, PubMed 25151459
Publications 2013
Database extraction strategies for low-template evidence
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 9, 134-41
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.11.006, PubMed 24528591
Exact computation of the distribution of likelihood ratios with forensic applications
Forensic Sci Int Genet, 9, 93-101
DOI 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.11.008, PubMed 24528587