We provide resources that are devoted to the development of open-source software and free-ware for forensic scientists who are interested in the interpretation of forensic evidence. We specialise in the analysis of complex DNA profiles that are low-template mixtures of two or more contributors.
We follow advice of the ISFG DNA Commission Recommendations on Mixture Analysis and the latest recommendations are found here
Forensim is an open-source R package, maintained by Hinda Haned.
To obtain news updates from Hinda Haned subscribe to her newsletter: forensimnews@gmail.com
Get the latest LRmix tutorial here
Familias is an freeware resource for genetic relationship testing, maintained by Daniel Kling
Euroforgen is a consortium of 12 EU labs supported by a five-year grant from the EU-FP7 (security). The consortium is a Network of Excellence (NoE) and its purpose is to promote the introduction of new interpretation methods into courts throughout Europe and beyond.
TRAINING COURSES
We regularly carry out training courses sponsored by the ISFG and Euroforgen.
To find out more about our activities click on the links:
CONFERENCE NEWS:
ISFG
ISFG, Melbourne, Australia 2-3 September,2013: There are two concurrent courses - basic and advanced. My lectures for the basic course are here and lectures for the advanced course are here and datafiles are here.
The lectures are focussed on the two ISFG DNA commission reports on recommendations to interpret complex DNA profiles
The Hidden Side of DNA profiles. Artifacts errors and uncertain evidence.27th April 2012
ISFG DNA COMMISSION NEWS
A new ISFG DNA Commission has reported and the paper is published (FSI Genetics). You can download this article now:
Forensim NEWS update:
LRmix is a module in forensim. This package is used to interpret complex DNA profiles and has now been adopted by many European labs. See 'training course news'
Familias NEWS:
Training courses NEWS:
The first meeting was held on February 2nd to agree the project plans. Next meeting on March 14th