Canine DNA Working Group (CaDNAP)

The schedule for the upcoming CaDNAP PT will be announced once the dates are defined

CaDNAP initially used the dog as a “gateway species” to enter the field of non-human DNA typing, which is reflected in its name. Since then, the group has expanded its activities to include research and developmental validation studies across a wide range of animal and plant species. While companion animals remain a primary focus, other domesticated and even wild species are increasingly encountered in forensic casework. Accordingly, the scope of CaDNAP has broadened to encompass diverse applications, including individual identification of species such as roe deer, cats, cannabis, and oak trees, as well as genetic species identification of unknown biological traces recovered from crime scenes.

CaDNAP was founded in 2003 as a collaborative research initiative by members of the Institute of Legal Medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck (GMI) and the Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). In 2008, the Institute of Veterinary Pathology at Justus Liebig University Giessen joined the group, followed by the Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Zurich in 2015. In 2017, CaDNAP became an official working group of the ISFG.