Best Oral Presentation

The recipients for the awards for the best oral 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

2001-2024

2024 - M. Boullón-Cassau

M. Boullón-Cassau et al., Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Sciences, USC, Santiago De Compostela, Spain

Exploring legal age estimation using DNA methylation

2022- R. Turiello

R. Turiello et al., University of Virginia, USA

A novel rotationally-driven microfluidic approach for forensic epigenetic sample preparation for human chronological age determination

2019-S. Claerhout

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

2017-M. Diepenbroek

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

2015-A. Vidaki

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

2013-S. Walsh

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

2011-D. Hall

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

2009-A. Freire-Aradas

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

2007-F. Pitterl

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

2005-L. Prieto

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

2003-M. Nilsson

M. Nilsson, U. Gyllensten, M. Allen. Dept. of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome

2001-M. Brión

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