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June 21, 2015

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 ISF…

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June 19, 2015

2014 Impact Factor for FSI Genetics: 4.604

Elsevier, the publisher of our journal "Forensic Science International: Genetics" has just released information from Thomson Reuters that the impact factor for 2014 has jumped from 3.202 to an unprecedented 4.604 , the highest value ever obtained by a forensic journal in this fi…

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Jan. 11, 2015

Obituary for Professor Konrad Hummel

Professor Konrad Hummel has passed away on December 30 th, 2014, at the age of 91. He was the last living founding member of the ISFG . Konrad Hummel was a highly recognized scientist in particular in the German-speaking countries due to his contributions in the field of populat…

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Dec. 16, 2014

ICMP Established as International Organization

The Foreign Ministers of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, and Luxembourg have signed a Framework Agreement on December 15, 2014, that grants a new legal status to the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) .

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Dec. 11, 2014

GHEP-ISFG Working Group Received Accreditation for Proficiency Exercise

The basic level of the Proficiency Exercise 'Analysis of DNA polymorphisms in bloodstains and other biological samples' annually organized by the GHEP-ISFG and coordinated by the Quality Assurance Service at the Madrid Department of the National Institute of Toxicology and Foren…

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