Presentation Awards
The recipients for the awards for the best oral presentation and the best poster presentation are selected during the biannual ISFG congress by a committee which is composed of senior scientists attending the congress as well as of the members of the executive board. The award ceremony is held during the closing session of the congress.
These are the recipients of the awards for the best oral and poster presentations at the ISFG congresses:
| ISFG Congress | Year | Award winner | Title |
| Santiago de Compostela | 2024 | Best oral presentation:
M. Boullón-Cassau et al., Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Sciences, USC, Santiago De Compostela, Spain |
Exploring legal age estimation using DNA methylation. |
| Santiago de Compostela | 2024 | Best poster presentation:
C. McDonald et al., Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia |
Real-time and STR data in one reaction: a means to optimise PCR. |
| Washington DC | 2022 | Best oral presentation:
R. Turiello et al., University of Virginia, USA |
A novel rotationally-driven microfluidic approach for forensic epigenetic sample preparation for human chronological age determination. |
| Washington DC | 2022 | Best poster presentation:
N. Sheth et al., Rutgers University, USA |
A forensically relevant unsupervised learning approach that accurately clusters single- cell electropherograms. |
| Prague | 2019 | Best oral presentation:
S. Claerhout et al., KU Leuven, Forensic Biomedical Sciences - Forensic Genetics and Molecular Archaeology, Leuven, Belgium |
CSY? A panel-based MPS approach including 6,917 Y-Chromosome polymorphisms. |
| Prague | 2019 | Best poster presentation:
P. Kanokwongnuwut, et al., Flinders University, College of Science and Engineering, Adelaide, Australia |
Detection of cellular material within handprints. |
| Seoul | 2017 | Best oral presentation:
M. Diepenbroek et al., Dept. of Forensic Genetics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland |
First genetic evidence for Jewish holocaust victims in Sobibor, Poland, by phylogeographic analyses. |
| Seoul | 2017 | Best poster presentation:
Yu-Chih Lin et al., Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University and Taichung City Government Police Department, Taiwan |
Novel identification of biofluids using a multiplex methylation sensitive restriction enzyme PCR system. |
| Kraków | 2015 | Best oral presentation:
A. Vidaki, D. Ballard, L. Barron, D. Syndercombe Court. Dept. of Pharmacy and Forensic Science, King’s College, London, United Kingdom |
DNA methylation-based age prediction using artificial neural networks and next generation sequencing. |
| Kraków | 2015 | Best poster presentation:
A. M. Haines, S. Tobe, H. Kobus, A. Linacre. School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia |
Finding DNA: using fluorescent in situ detection. |
| Melbourne | 2013 | Best oral presentation:
S. Walsh, A. Ralf, L. Chaitanya, J. Koller, L. Kovatsi, A. Wojas-Pelc, W. Branicki, F. Liu, M. Kayser. Dept. of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus MC University, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Predicting skin colour from DNA using a model-based approach. |
| Melbourne | 2013 | Best poster presentation:
S. Leake, G. Greub, F. Taroni. Institut de Police Scientifique, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
Human identification through analysis of the salivary microbiome. |
| Vienna | 2011 | Best oral presentation:
D. Hall, V. Castella. Forensic Genetics Unit, University Center of Legal Medicine Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland |
DIP-STR markers: a new tool for the analysis of unbalanced mixtures of DNA from two individuals. |
| Vienna | 2011 | Best poster presentation:
C. Phillips, J. Amigo, A. Salas. Genomics Medicine Group, CIBERER, and Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Exploring 1000 Genomes Data for Forensic Purposes using the Engines SNP Browser . |
| Buenos Aires | 2009 | Best oral presentation:
Ana Freire-Aradas, Manuel Fondevila, Christopher Phillips, Peter Gill, Lourdes Prieto, Ángel Carracedo, María Victoria Lareu. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Centre for Forensic Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom; IUICP, DNA Laboratory, Comisaría General de Policía Científica, Madrid, Spain |
A New SNP Assay for Human Identification of Highly Degraded DNA. |
| Buenos Aires | 2009 | Best poster presentation:
Peter Vallone, Carolyn Hill, Daniele Podini, John Butler: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland; The George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA. |
Rapid Amplification of Commercial STR Typing Kits |
| Copenhagen | 2007 | Best oral presentation:
Florian Pitterl, Herbert Oberacher, Gabriela Huber, Harald Niederstätter, Walther Parson. Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria |
Simultaneous detection of length and nucleotide variability in STRs by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. |
| Copenhagen | 2007 | Best poster presentation:
Myung Jin Park, Hwan Young Lee, Na Young Kim, Soong Deok Lee, Woo Ick Yang, Sang-Ho Cho, Kyoung- JinShin. Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea |
Genetic characteristics of 22 Y-STRs in Koreans: Atypical alleles, deletions in the DYS385 flanking region, and null alleles associated with AZFc microdeletions |
| Ponta Delgada | 2005 | Best oral presentation:
Montesino M, Salas A, Crespillo M, Albarrán C, Alonso A, Alvarez-Iglesias V, Cano JA, Carvalho M, Corach D, Cruz C, Di Lonardo, Espinheira R, Farfán MJ, Filippini S, Garcia-Hirschfeld J, Hernández A, Lima G, López-Cubría CM, López-Soto M, Pagano S, Paredes M, Pinheiro MF, Sala A, Sóñora S, Sumita DR, Vide MC, Whittle MR, Zurita A, Lourdes Prieto Solla. GEP-ISFG. |
Analysis of mtDNA mixtures from different fluids: an inter-laboratory study. |
| Ponta Delgada | 2005 | Best poster presentation:
Caroline Murray, McAlister C, Elliott K. Forensic Science Service, Birmingham, UK. |
Use of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation and Laser Capture Microdissection to isolate male non-sperm cells in cases of sexual assault. |
| Arcachon | 2003 | Best oral presentation:
M. Nilsson, U. Gyllensten, M. Allen. Dept. of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. |
Sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome. |
| Arcachon | 2003 | Best poster presentation:
C. Keyser-Tracqui, P. Blandin, E. Petkovski, F.X. Ricaut, E. Crubézy and B. Ludes. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Strasbourg, France. |
SNP analysis of a 2000-year-old Xiongnu population from Mongolia (peri-Baïkal area). |
| Münster | 2001 | Best oral presentation:
M. Brion, B. Quintans, A. Gonzalez-Neira, M. Zarrabeitia, A. Salas, J. Riancho, M.V. Lareu, P. Sanchez-Velasco, A. Carracedo. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela; Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander; Dept. of Medicine, Hospital U.M. Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. |
Microgeographic patterns of highly informative Y-chromsome haplotypes (using biallelic markers and STRs) in Galicia (NW Spain): foresnic and anthropological implications. |
| Münster | 2001 | Best poster presentation:
C. Alves, L. Gusmao, L. Pereira, A. Amorim. IPATIMUP, Porto, Portugal. |
Multiplex STR genotping: comparison study, population data and new sequence information. |