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Torben Tvedebrink
Position:
Associate Professor
Education:
PhD in statistics with application in forensic genetics at Aalborg University (2007-2010)
MSc in mathematics with specialisation in statistics at Aalborg University (2006-2007)
MSc in applied statistics at University of Oxford (2005-2006)
BSc in mathematics from Aalborg University (2002-2005)
E-mail:
tvede@math.aau.dk

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Published papers

Title:On the exact distribution of the numbers of alleles in DNA mixtures
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. (2013)
Note:In Press
Title:The effect of using wildcards in forensic DNA database searches
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. (2013)
Note:In Press
Title:Estimating drop-out probabilities of STR alleles accounting for truncation, degradation and stutter
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, M Asplund, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. (2013)
Note:In Press
Title:Identifying contributors of DNA mixtures by means of quantitative information of STR typing
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Journal of Computational Biology 19 (7): 887-902 (2012)
Title:Performance of two 17 locus forensic identification STR kits -
Applied Biosystems's AmpFlSTR® NGMSElect™ and Promega's PowerPlex® ESI17 kits
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, HS Mogensen, MC Stene and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics 6 (5): 523-531 (2012)
Note:Supplementary material: FSI:Gen
Title:mixsep: An R-package for DNA mixture separation
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 3 (1): e486-e488 (2011)
Title:Statistical Model for Degraded DNA Samples and Adjusted Probabilities for Allelic Drop-out
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 3 (1): e489-e491 (2011)
Title:Analysis of matches and partial-matches in a Danish STR data set
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, JM Curran, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics 6 (2): 387-392 (2012)
Title:Allelic drop-out probabilities estimated by logistic regression - Further considerations and practical implementation
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, M Asplund, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics 6 (2): 263-267 (2012)
Title:Statistical model for degraded DNA samples and adjusted probabilities for allelic drop-out
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics 6 (1): 97-101 (2011)
Title:Evaluating the weight of evidence by using quantitative short tandem repeat data in DNA mixtures
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Applied Statistics 59(5): 855-874 (2010)
Title:Overdispersion in allelic counts and θ-corretion in forensic genetics
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink
Journal:Theoretical Population Biology 78 (3): 200-210 (2010)
Title:Analysis of global variability in 15 established and 5 new European Standard Set (ESS) STRs using the CEPH human genome diversity panel
Authors:Chris Phillips et al. (et al. includes Torben Tvedebrink)
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics 5 (3): 155-169 (2010)
Note:Higher resolution of Fig. 4 in the publication: Fig4.pdf.
Title:Association between use of asthma drugs and prevalence of demarcated opacities in permanent first molars in 6-to-8-year-old Danish children
Authors:P Wogelius, D Haubek, A Nechifor, M Nørgaard, Torben Tvedebrink and S Poulsen
Journal:Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2010)
Title:Overdispersion in allelic counts and θ-corretion in forensic genetics
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 2: 455-457 (2009)
Title:Estimating the probability of allelic drop-out of STR alleles in forensic genetics
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics 3 (4): 222-226 (2009)
Title:Seasonal changes in climatic parameters and pneumococcal bacteraemia incidence in Denmark
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, S Lundbye-Christensen, RW Thomsen, C Dethlefsen and HC Schønheyder
Journal:Clinical Microbiology and Infection - Volume 14 Issue 12, Pages 1183 - 1186 (2008)
Title:Amplification of DNA mixtures - Missing data approach
Authors:Torben Tvedebrink, PS Eriksen, HS Mogensen and N Morling
Journal:Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series 1: 664-666 (2008)

Conference related material

25th ISFG Congress 2013 in Melburne (2-6 September 2013) TALK
Estimating drop-out probabilities of STR alleles accounting for truncation, degradation and stutters Slides | Proceedings

25th ISFG Congress 2013 in Melburne (2-6 September 2013) POSTER
On the exact distribution of the numbers of alleles in DNA mixtures Poster | Proceedings

25th ISFG Congress 2013 in Melburne (2-6 September 2013) POSTER
The effect of using wildcards in forensic DNA database searches Poster | Proceedings

29th EMS Congress 2013 in Budapest (20-25 July 2013) TALK
Statistical Aspects of Forensic Genetics Slides

24th ISFG Congress 2011 in Vienna (29 August-3 September 2011) TALK
Statistical Model for Degraded DNA Samples and Adjusted Probabilities for Allelic Drop-out Slides | Proceedings | Publication

24th ISFG Congress 2011 in Vienna (29 August-3 September 2011) POSTER
mixsep: An R-package for DNA mixture separation Poster | Proceedings

23nd ISFG Congress 2009 in Buenos Aires (15-18 August 2009) TALK
Overdispersion in allelic counts and θ-correction in forensic genetics: Slides | Proceedings

7th ICFIS 2008, Lausanne (20-23 August 2008) TALK
On finding the best matching pair of profiles in two-person DNA mixtures and evaluation of the likelihood ratio: Slides

7th ICFIS 2008, Lausanne (20-23 August 2008) POSTER
Stochastic filtering of quantitative data from STR DNA analysis: Poster

24th International Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management Denmark, Copenhagen (August 17-20, 2008) POSTER
The association between use of asthma drugs and the prevalence of hypomineralized permanent first molar teeth in 6 to 8-year old Danish children: Poster

Forskningens Dag at Forskningens Hus, Aalborg Hospital (20 September 2007) POSTER
Meteorological effects on the incience of pneumococcal bacteremia in Denmark: Poster

Forskningens Dag at Forskningens Hus, Aalborg Hospital (20 September 2007) POSTER
The association between use of asthma drugs and the prevalence of hypomineralized permanent first molar teeth in 6 to 8-year old Danish children: Poster

22nd ISFG Congress 2007 in Copenhagen (22-25 August 2007) TALK
Amplification of DNA mixtures - missing data approach: Slides | Proceedings

R-packages

A list of R-packages I maintain on CRAN.

mixsep - Separates DNA mixtures using a statistical model within a greedy algorithm with a useful tcl/tk GUI.
CRAN: mixsep

DNAtools - Functions for making a database comparison exercise where each DNA profile is compared to any other in the database. Also has functions for optimising parameters of the population genetic model and for simulating DNA databases.
Contributors: James M. Curran and Mikkel Meyer Andersen
CRAN: DNAtools

dirmult - Estimation in Dirichlet-Multinomial models
CRAN: dirmult

Talks

Talk on 'Allelic drop-out in forensic genetics - Importance and estimation'. Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand. 24 September 2013: Slides

Talk on 'A model to estimate drop-out probabilities' at the Forensic Summer School in Copenhagen 8 June 2010. TALK
Slides and handouts for the talk: Slides | Handouts

Talk on Statistics at EUC Nord, Hjørring (7 May 2008) TALK
Slides for the talk (in Danish): Slides

Torben Tvedebrink, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Skjernvej 4A, Room: 5.304, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark - Phone: +45 9940 8860