Since 2018 the Science and Technology Program of the Union State "Development of innovative genogeographic and genomic technologies for individuals’ identification and individual human characteristics based on the study of gene pools of the Union State" ("DNA identification") has been carried out at the State Institution Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus. The program is intended to solve the complex task of improving the quality of life of the population of the Union State and to increase the safety of citizens. During the implementation of the “DNA identification” Program it is proposed to develop domestic innovative DNA- technologies to be implied in forensic science and in the social sphere. Currently the SPC is implementing three activities of the Program focused on developing technological approaches of determination the most likely ethno-geographical and population-based origin of an unknown individual by characterizing its DNA and studying the genetic and demographic parameters of Minsk mixed population to predict the dynamics of the megalopolis gene pool.

Zabavskaya T.V.- Scientific officer at the Scientific Laboratory of Molecular Biology Research- is conducting DNA sequence analysis using a new genomic sequencer from the MiSeq System

The analysis of the demographic parameters of the Republic of Belarus and the city of Minsk population was carried out while performing scientific work in 2018. Together with the staff of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Transfusiology and Medical Biotechnologies were collected biological samples from representatives of ethnic groups and geographical regions of Belarus, which resulted in creation of collections consisting of a total of 2000 DNA samples. Based on the literature data analysis panels of DNA markers have been formed, which are potentially informative for solving the problems of the program, and experimental analysis of DNA samples of individuals on the formed panels has been started. Moreover, jointly with the State Scientific Institution “United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”, have been developed drafts of forensic databases for the purposes of DNA identification.

Lukashkova O.N. - Scientific officer, Scientific Laboratory of Molecular Biology Research- measures the concentration of DNA on a drip spectrophotometer