22nd ISFG Congress 2007 in Copenhagen

The venue of the 22^nd congress was Tivoli Garden in the heart of Copenhagen. Prior to the congress, two days of educational workshops were organized to provide a possibility for continuing education on a number of relevant topics in forensic genetics. The workshops were held in the University of Copenhagen. The meeting was a great success, more than 200 persons participated in the eductational workshops, and about 500 persons attended the congress. The relevant information about the 22^nd ISFG congress is given below together with selected presentations from the pre-congress workshops, and two albums with photos from the meeting.

Pre-Congress Workshop Presentations

1. STR Technology

• John Butler: Capillary Electrophoresis - Fundamentals and Troubleshooting
• John Butler: System Validation

2. Statistics

• Peter Gill: ISFG Recommendations on Mixture Interpretation
• Peter Gill: Basic Algebra
• Peter Gill: What is a likelihood ratio?
• Peter Gill: Considerations with peak area
• Peter Gill: Mixture interpretation
• Peter Gill: What is a likelihood ratio?
• Peter Gill: Mixture examples
• Peter Gill: Mixture exercise 2 and Exercise 3
• Peter Gill: Low level (LCN) DNA
• Peter Gill: Summary on i-STReam software
• Roberto Puch-Solis: Towards threshold determination
• John Buckleton: Sampling uncertainty
• John Buckleton: Independence tests
• John Buckleton: Mixture interpretation
• John Buckleton: Low copy number interpretation strategy

3. Mitochondrial DNA

• Jodi A. Irwin: Reference Databases for mtDNA Casework: Examples from Central Asia
• Walther Parson: EMPOP Release 2: Towards Standardization on the Use of Haplogroups in Forensic Science
• Anita Brandstätter: mtDNA profiles and associated haplogroups
• Sabine Lutz-Bonengel: Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy
• Tom Parsons: Evolutionary rates in mtDNA sequences: forensic applications and implications
• Tom Parsons: Evolutionary Rates in mtDNA Sequences: Forensic Sequences: Forensic Applications and Implications

• Highlights from the Educational Workshops

ISFG Congress

• Congress Programme
• Oral Abstracts
• Poster Abstracts
• Participants
• Highlights from the 22nd ISFG Congress