English Speaking Working Group

Topics: Board | Meetings | Paternity Testing Workshop | Publications

Membership of the English Speaking Working Group (ESWG) is open to all English speaking members of the ISFG and may be obtained by application to the secretary of the group. There will be no membership fee in addition to that payable to the ISFG.

Registration of members at ISFG.ORG

All ISFG members are kindly requested to activate their personal account at the new website. Please read the step-by-step instructions.

Aims of the English Speaking Working Group are:

• the exchange of experience, quality control and stimulation of cooperation between the members;
• making available scientific knowledge and findings in the field of interest;
• organisation of scientific meetings ­– but such meetings will be held only after consultation with the ISFG.

A board administers the ESWG that is responsible for organising any meeting of the group. The board consists of the chairman, the secretary and the treasurer who are elected by vote for a period of two years. The board represents the working group.

Chairman

Secretary

Treasurer

Meeting of the English Speaking Working Group 2008

The meeting of the ESWG 2008 was held in Sinaia, Romania 17-21 June 2008. The meeting was organized by Dr. Ligia Barbarii and co-workers from the National Institute of Legal Medicine Mina Minovici in Bucharest. Here, you find the ESWG 2008 Programme.

Photos from the ESWG Meeting

Please visit http://www.morling.dk/forensic/foto/eswg/2008-ESWG-Sinaia/index.htm

Paternity Testing Workshop

Every year, the ESWG arranges a Paternity Testing Workshop. The next Paternity Testing Workshop will be organised in the beginning of 2009 by Typically, samples from a paternity testing trio are sent to the participating laboratories, and the laboratories are asked to treat the samples as a 'usual' paternity case. The laboratories submit their results to the organising laboratory. The results are collated, presented and discussed at the following meeting of the English Speaking Working Group. The laboratories also respond to a questionnaire concerning techniques and strategies employed. A certificate for successful participation is available on request. The results of the paternity testing workshops are published. The fee for participation in the 2008 PTW was 295 Euros. The fee for 2009 has not yet been decided. Further information including how to register, deadlines, payments, etc. will be communicated later in 2008. All members of the working group are welcome to participate. Members who want to participate should contact the organiser by e-mail.

Publications of the Group

1. Syndercombe Court D, Lincoln P. A review of the 1991: 1994 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English-Speaking Working Group. In: Carracedo A, Brinkmann, Bär W (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics 6. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 683-5.
2. Bjerre A, Syndercombe Court D, Lincoln P, Morling N. A report of the 1995 and 1996 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics. Forensic Sci Int 1997; 90: 41-55.
3. Hallenberg C, Morling N. A report of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. Forensic Sci Int 2001; 116: 23-33
4. Hallenberg C, Morling N. A report of the 2000 and 2001 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. Forensic Sci Int 2002; 129: 43-50