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Essentials of DNA Interpretation - short course - New edition
Posted 14 days and 25 minutes ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 14 days and 25 minutes ago)
Read all about it! The September 2024 Newsletter is out!
Posted 1 month and 5 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 month and 5 days ago)
NIST Publication | Strategic Opportunities to Advance Forensic Science in the US
Posted 1 month and 28 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 month and 28 days ago)
New call for Peter M. Schneider ISFG Fellowships, 2024
Posted 2 months and 3 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 2 months and 3 days ago)
Our June 2024 Newsletter is out!
Posted 4 months and 5 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 4 months and 5 days ago)
1st International meeting on Sudden Cardiac Death in the Balkan area
Posted 4 months and 10 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 4 months and 10 days ago)
GeFI – New Recommendations - Sexual Violence Working Group
Posted 5 months and 16 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 5 months and 16 days ago)
First Report by the Forensic Databases Advisory Board (FDAB) – Revised version, September 2023
Posted 8 months and 12 days ago by Dr. Lourdes Prieto Solla (Last modified 8 months and 12 days ago)
PMS Forensic Genetics Facebook Group
Posted 9 months and 22 days ago by Dr. Lourdes Prieto Solla (Last modified 9 months and 22 days ago)
Peter M. Schneider Tributes
Posted 9 months and 26 days ago by Dr. Lourdes Prieto Solla (Last modified 9 months and 26 days ago)
New Proficiency Test from the Arabic Speaking WG!!
The proficiency testing scheme is jointly provided by the Institute for Forensic Molecular Genetics (IFMG) & Dubai Police International Center for Forensic Sciences (ICFS, https://icfs.ac.ae/). As this testing scheme is being introduced for the first time, we are delighted to inform laboratories that the PT (available in English) is open to all laboratories and that there are no costs associated with participating in it.
Posted 10 months and 21 days ago by Dr. Lourdes Prieto Solla (Last modified 10 months and 21 days ago)
Essentials of DNA Interpretation - short course
Posted 11 months and 6 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 11 months and 6 days ago)
New DNA Commission recommendations
Posted 11 months and 25 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 11 months and 25 days ago)
Snipper App Suite | New version
A new version of the Snipper App Suite (http://mathgene.usc.es/snipper/) is now available (September 2023). The new version offers a bundle of new tools, which are summarised on http://mathgene.usc.es/snipper/version_history.html.
Posted 1 year and 17 days ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 9 months and 26 days ago)
Workshop Recordings | ISFG Summer School 2023
Posted 1 year and 1 month ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 1 month ago)
Peter M. Schneider Tribute
Posted 1 year and 2 months ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 2 months ago)
New EMBO Member - Manfred Kayser
Posted 1 year and 4 months ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 4 months ago)
First Report by the Forensic Databases Advisory Board (FDAB)
Posted 1 year and 8 months ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 5 months ago)
ISFG Summer School 2023
Posted 1 year and 8 months ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 5 months ago)
The ISFG is on Social Media!
Posted 1 year and 10 months ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 10 months ago)
New versions of EuroForMix and CaseSolver
Posted 1 year and 10 months ago by Dr. Lourdes Prieto Solla (Last modified 1 year and 10 months ago)
ISFG Summer School 2023
Posted 1 year and 11 months ago by Cíntia Alves (Last modified 1 year and 11 months ago)
Passing of Peter Schneider
Posted 2 years and 1 month ago by Dr. John M. Butler (Last modified 2 years and 1 month ago)
SallyAnn Harbison was elected to the New Zealand Royal Society
Posted 2 years and 7 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 2 years and 7 months ago)
Impact factor for FSI Genetics reinstated for 2020
Posted 3 years and 3 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 3 years and 3 months ago)
New DNA phenotyping page
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 3 years and 7 months ago)
Congress proceedings from ISFG 2019 in Prague online
The proceedings from the 28th ISFG Congress in Prague 2019 have been published in Vol. 7 of the Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. They are avaliable online for all readers and the articles can be accessed freely. The publication of the proceedings has been paid for by our Society. The articles can be retrieved here: https://www.fsigeneticssup.com/issue/S1875-1768(19)X0002-5
Posted 3 years and 9 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 3 years and 9 months ago)
No impact factor for FSI Genetics in 2019
Our society journal Forensic Science International: Genetics has been suppressed from the current "Journal Citation Report". Both the journal editors and the executive board are appealing this decision – please find a full documentation on this page!
Posted 4 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 4 years and 19 days ago)
ISFG 2019 conference proceedings available
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 3 years and 9 months ago)
Forensic Practitioner's Guide to the Interpretation of Complex DNA Profiles
A new textbook written by Peter Gill and his colleagues Øyvind Bleka, Oskar Hansson, Corina Benschop and Hinda Haned has been published by Academic Press in June 2020. The book begins with an introduction to basic forensic genetics. The laws of statistics are described, along with the likelihood ratio based on Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and alternative models considering sub-structuring and relatedness. The historical development of low template mixture analysis, theory and practice, is also described, so the reader has a full understanding of rationale and progression. Evaluation of evidence and statement writing is described in detail, along with common pitfalls and their avoidance. Peter Gill has generously offered that all royalties from the book sales will be passed on the ISFG to fund educational events and fellowships for the members of our society - thank you, Peter! You find all further details about the book and how to purchase it on the Publisher's website.
Posted 4 years and 4 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 4 years and 4 months ago)
50th Anniversary of the ISFG
Posted 4 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 4 years and 10 months ago)
ISFG 2021 website updated!
Posted 4 years and 11 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 4 years and 5 months ago)
ISFG General Assembly 2019 in Prague
Posted 5 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 5 years and 1 month ago)
2019 ISFG Science Prizes awarded
Posted 5 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 5 years and 1 month ago)
ISFG 2019 in Prague has started
Posted 5 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 5 years and 1 month ago)
2018 Impact Factor for FSI Genetics: 4.884
Posted 5 years and 3 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 5 years and 1 month ago)
Old ISFH proceedings online for members
The first series of ISFH proceedings Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics Vols. 1 – 6, covering the international congresses in the years 1985-1995, have now been made available online for ISFG members. Please visit https://www.isfg.org/Publications/Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics and sign in as a member to get the tables of contents for all six volumes!
Posted 5 years and 11 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 5 years and 11 months ago)
EMPOP4: Next Generation Forensic mtDNA Database
Posted 6 years and 4 days ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 6 years and 2 days ago)
2017 Impact Factor for FSI Genetics: 5.637
Posted 6 years and 4 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 6 years and 4 months ago)
ISFG 2017 conference proceedings available
A new volume of the FSI:Genetics Supplement series containing extended abstracts for work presented at the 27th International ISFG Congress in Seoul 2017 is now available. The link was placed on our Publications page under Congress Proceedings. These articles are free of charge for all.
Posted 6 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 6 years and 10 months ago)
ISFG 2017 presentations online
More than 35 plenary lectures and workshop presentations given at the 27th International ISFG Congress in Seoul 2017 have been uploaded to our website and made available to the ISFG members. Please visit our Education page in the Members' Area for viewing and downloading. Please note that you will have to sign in with user name and password to have access to the page!
Posted 7 years and 28 days ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 6 years and 10 months ago)
ISFG Prize awarded to Manfred Kayser
Posted 7 years and 2 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 7 years and 2 months ago)
ISFG 2017 in Seoul has started!
Posted 7 years and 2 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 7 years and 2 months ago)
ISFG 2017 Seoul: Mobile Conference App!
- Visit the URL on your device: http://guidebook.com/app/ISFG2017/
- Tap the ‘Download’ button to get the free app
- Open the app and log in
Posted 7 years and 2 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 7 years and 2 months ago)
X-STR guidelines published by ISFG DNA Commission
Posted 7 years and 3 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 7 years and 3 months ago)
Forensic genetics research project VISAGE kicks off
Posted 7 years and 5 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 7 years and 5 months ago)
Making Sense of Forensic Genetics
Posted 7 years and 9 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 7 years and 9 months ago)
DNA Commission on software validation
Posted 8 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 8 years and 1 month ago)
Discount for Open Access publication in FSI: Genetics
Posted 8 years and 9 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 8 years and 9 months ago)
Proceedings from the 26th ISFG Congress in Krakow published
The presentations of the 26th ISFG congress have been published in Vol. 5 of the Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. The proceedings are now available free of charge due to funding by the congress organizers and the ISFG. You find links to all previously published congress proceedings here: Publications/Congress Proceedings.
Posted 8 years and 9 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 8 years and 1 month ago)
ISFG prize lecture video online
Posted 8 years and 11 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 8 years and 11 months ago)
ISFG 2015 Workshop presentations online
Posted 9 years and 18 days ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 18 days ago)
Scientific Prize of ISFG 2015 awarded to T. Parsons
Posted 9 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 1 month ago)
ISFG General Assembly 2015 in Kraków
Posted 9 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 1 month ago)
ISFG 2015 in Kraków
Posted 9 years and 2 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 1 month ago)
The ISFG has a Wikipedia page
A new page describing the International Society for Forensic Genetics has been created and recently accepted in the popular WIKIPEDIA Encyclopedia. Furthermore, the category Forensic Genetics has been established under Forensics to link all relevant pages for this topic. All ISFG members and users familiar with creating and editing Wikipedia pages are kindly invited to connect additional relevant pages and to scrutinize the quality and content of all Wikipedia pages related to this category.
Posted 9 years and 4 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 4 months ago)
2014 Impact Factor for FSI Genetics: 4.604
Posted 9 years and 4 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 4 months ago)
Obituary for Professor Konrad Hummel
Posted 9 years and 9 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 3 months ago)
ICMP Established as International Organization
Posted 9 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 10 months ago)
GHEP-ISFG Working Group Received Accreditation for Proficiency Exercise
Posted 9 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Walther Parson (Last modified 9 years and 10 months ago)
ISFG Scientific Prize awarded to Peter Gill
Posted 11 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 11 years and 1 month ago)
New ISFG statutes in place
- §2 (1): "The society aims to promote scientific knowledge in the field of genetic markers in the human genome as applied to forensic science. This is to be accomplished by scientific meetings of the society, formation of commissions, meetings of the working groups, and by scientific publications."
- §4 (1): "Any academic graduate, or member of the technical support staff, dealing scientifically with genetic markers, can apply for full membership."
- §4 (5, new section): "The membership is considered terminated, if the annual membership fee according to § 9 has not been paid for a period of at least two years."
- §4 (7): "The membership may not be used for advertising purposes. The Executive Committee can decide to terminate the membership if in spite of a warning this regulation is violated."
- §9 (2): "Membership fees are waived for Honorary Members. For supporting members the annual fee is set to be tenfold the membership fee for full members according to § 9 section 1."
Posted 12 years and 7 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 12 years and 4 months ago)
Obituary: Herbert Polesky, M.D.
Posted 12 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 12 years and 10 months ago)
In Memoriam George Carmody
Posted 13 years and 4 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 9 years and 2 months ago)
FSS inquiry results published and hearings broadcasted
The inquiry launched by the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons (the British Parliament) examining the winding-down of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) has led to more than 400 pages of written statements submitted. All submissions can be read on the Committee website: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmsctech/writev/forensic/contents.htm
Posted 13 years and 7 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 13 years and 7 months ago)
Forensic use of bioinformation
An update on the "Nuffield Report on the forensic use of bioinformation" has recently been published online. The report addresses recent developments in using DNA databases, the storage of bioinformation taken from witnesses, victims and children, and the possibility of inferring ethnicity.
Posted 13 years and 8 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 12 years and 10 months ago)
Letter to THE TIMES to support the FSS
Posted 13 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 13 years and 10 months ago)
Direct access to FSI: Genetics online for ISFG members
All ISFG members have now a direct and unrestricted link from the ISFG website to the journal FSI: Genetics.
Members who have not yet registered for getting access to our website have to activate their personal profile on the ISFG website to use this service. Here you find instructions about the activation procedure. Registered ISFG members can use the FSI:Genetics link on the page Journal Access in the Members' Area.
Posted 15 years and 12 days ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 11 years and 1 month ago)
Online payment of membership fees
Posted 15 years and 1 month ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 15 years and 1 month ago)
First Impact Factor for FSI Genetics
Posted 15 years and 2 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 14 years and 11 months ago)
Use of ISFG logo on private websites
The executive board has published guidelines for the ISFG members to comply with the statutes of the ISFG. In particular, the use of the ISFG logo and the reference to the ISFG membership on a commercial website, and to the participation in proficiency testing exercises organized by one of the ISFG working groups has been addressed.
Posted 16 years and 7 months ago by Mechthild Prinz (Last modified 15 years and 1 month ago)
FSI Genetics launch celebration
Posted 16 years and 9 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 15 years and 1 month ago)
Welcome and Farewell
Posted 16 years and 10 months ago by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schneider † (Last modified 15 years and 1 month ago)
Website design
Posted 17 years and 3 months ago by Sascha Willuweit (Last modified 15 years and 1 month ago)