Schmerer, Wera - University of Wolverhampton - Faculty of Science & Engineering

个人简介

1990-1996 Studies in Biology at Georg August University Göttingen, Germany with specialization in Physical Anthropology, Human Genetics and Cultural Anthropology 1995-1996 Diploma (Dipl Biol, MPhil equivalent) thesis in ancient DNA research “Reproducibility of microsatellite DNA amplification and allele determination from excavated skeletal material”, Institute for Anthropology, University of Göttingen 1996-1997 Research associate Institute for Anthropology, University of Göttingen 1997 Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Anthropology, University of Florence, Italy (European staff exchange program) 1997-2000 Doctorate (Dr rer nat) at Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen with grand scholarship by the country of Lower Saxony. Ancient DNA research thesis: “Optimization of the STR-genotype analysis of ancient DNA extracts from excavated human skeletal material” 2000-2001 Visiting Research Scientist (knowledge transfer) in the Paleo-DNA Laboratory of the Department of Anthropology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 2001-2002 Post Doctoral Fellow in the research section of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, Maryland, USA with Dr Tomas J Parsons 2003-2004 Post Doctoral Fellow, Forensic Science Group, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, California, USA with Dr George F Sensabaugh 2004-2005 Trace Genetics Inc., Richmond, California: Lab design and establishment of methodology for chromosomal DNA analysis from human skeletal remains 2006-2007 Lecturer for Forensic Science at the University of Wolverhampton, England, UK since 2007 Senior lecturer Forensic and Molecular Science at the University of Wolverhampton, England, UK

研究领域

Forensic DNA analysis Ancient DNA research Physical anthropology, molecular anthropology Development and optimization of methodology for the analysis of highly degraded and trace DNA DNA degradation and its effect on genetic analysis postmortem decomposition and bone diagenesis Hard tissue histology Biometry

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Hummel S, Burger J, Lassen C, Rameckers J, Schmerer W, Herrmann B (1996) Improvement of short tandem repeat amplifications of highly degraded DNA from human teeth and bone samples by the use of AmpliTaq GoldÔ. Amplifications 14(1): 5-6 Schmerer WM, Hummel S, Herrmann B (1997) Reproduzierbarkeit von aDNA-Typing. Anthropologischer Anzeiger 55(2): 199-206 Schmerer WM, Hummel S, Herrmann B (1999) Optimized DNA extraction to improve reproducibility of STR genotyping with highly degraded DNA as target. Electrophoresis 20(8): 1712-1716 Schmerer WM, Hummel S, Herrmann B (2000) STR-genotyping of archaeological human bone: Experimental design to improve reproducibility by optimisation of DNA extraction. Anthrop. Anz. 58(1): 29-35 Schmerer WM (2001) Optimized DNA extraction from ancient human bones improves reproducibility of STR-genotyping of highly degraded ancient DNA. Technical Tips Online 6(1): 41-45 Schmerer WM (2003) Extraction of ancient DNA. Methods in Molecular Biology 226: 57-61 Schmerer WM (2003) Reduction of shadow band synthesis during PCR amplification of repetitive sequences from modern and ancient DNA. Methods in Molecular Biology 226: 309-313 Rogers CJ, ten Broek C, Hodson BJ, Whitehead MP, Sutton R, Schmerer WM (2011) Postmortem degradation of articular cartilage. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 18: 52-56 Rogers CJ, ten Broek C, Hodson BJ, Whitehead MP, Schmerer WM, Sutton R (submitted) Identification of Crystals Forming on Porcine Articular Cartilage: A New Method for the Determination of the Postmortem Interval. J Forensic Sci