Italian Speaking Working Group

The Ge.F.I. ("Genetisti Forensi Italiani"; formerly "Gruppo Ematologici Forensi Italiani") was created in 1964 and it consists of approximately 100 scientists, mostly of the forensic area. The requirements for being enrolled in the GeFI are, in this order:

• to be a practitioner in the field
• to be accepted by the ISFG

Since 2006, the group has worked on collaborative exercises on a number of topics, including Y-STRs, X-STRs, Y-SNPs, and mini STRs. Recommendations on personal identification analysis by forensic laboratories were recently prepared by a group of experts from the Ge.F.I working group, belonging to ten laboratories from Italian universities, Forensic Science Laboratories of the Carabinieri Force (Raggruppamento Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche – Ra.C.I.S.), the Police Force and members of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (Società Italiana di Genetica Umana – SIGU). GeFI guidelines are available for downloading. Ge.Fi has also been working on the “GeFI Recommendations for the collection of biological traces in rape cases”. The new version of these recommendations will be presented at the 3rd Intergroup SIMLA Meeting (Santa Margherita di Pula, September 28-30). Please visit the new Ge.F.I. website for all further information, including the new system for proficiency testing.

Next meeting

The next GeFi meeting will be held on October 16-18, 2025 in Rome. This meeting will be organized by Prof. Antonio Oliva (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

2023 Meeting:

The annual meeting of Ge.F.I. (“XXIX Congresso Nazionale GEFI – Genetisti Forensi Italiani”) was held on November 9-11, 2023 in Messina (Sicilia). Alessio Asmundo and Paolo Fattorini were the ones organizing this event.

2022 Meeting:

The 28th (XXVIII) Ge.F.I. meeting was held in Genova, November 10-12, 2022. The meeting website has all the relevant information. In addition, on March 18, 2022, the GeFI also presented a webinar in memoriam of Profesor Angelo Fiori (Universitá Cattolica di Roma).

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Past-President

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