The Y-HRD Database: How It Works and How to Use It in Casework

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Time: 9am CDT / 10am EDT / 3pm London / 4pm Amsterdam-Paris

The Y-Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database (Y-HRD) includes Y-chromosome haplotype data from 135 national databases populated over the past 20 years. Y-based ancestry prediction and familial searching can provide important investigative leads.

Join Dr. Roewer for this webinar as he discusses how to use the Y-HRD to facilitate statistical analyses for a range of casework applications and interpretation purposes (e.g., frequency estimation, kinship and mixture analysis and ancestry prediction).

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 Lutz Roewer, PhD 

Lutz Roewer studied biochemistry at the University of Leipzig (Germany) and received his Ph.D. for molecular biology at the Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany) in 1991. His is currently an Associate Professor for Forensic Genetics at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany) and Director of the Department of Forensic Genetics at this institute.

Dr. Roewer has worked as a forensic expert since 1987. He is a specialist in the field of Y-chromosome genetics and its forensic, genealogical and anthropological applications. He is currently curator of the Y Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD). He is member of the editorial boards of the journals, International Journal of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science International: Genetics. He has been a member of the SWGDAM Y-STR committee for the past 5 years. Dr. Roewer has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, and publishes regular reviews and chapters in various textbooks.