With the aim of promoting standardisation and research in the field of forensic microbiology, the ESCMID Study Group of Forensic and Post-mortem Microbiology (ESGFOR) launched in October 2014 with the following main objectives:
ESGFOR welcomes any person interested in ancient DNA, phylogenetics, organ and tissue transplants, biosafety and bioterrorism.
ESGFOR Newsletter, Spring 2023, 10 April 2023
ESGFOR Newsletter, Autumn 2023, 23 November 2023
Biosafety Recommendations for Medico-legal Autopsies: Update after the COVID-19 pandemic
Fernández Liste A, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Muñoz Hernández V, Carnicero Cáceres S, Cohen MC, Morentin Campillo B; on behalf of ESGFOR & Spanish Society of Forensic Pathology. ESCMID. 2023 Dec.
The future is now: Unraveling the expanding potential of human (necro)microbiome in forensic investigations.
Ferreira AC, Barbosa D, Saegeman V, Rodríguez AF, Oliveira RJD, Freitas AR; on behalf of ESGFOR. Microorganisms. 2023;11(10):2509.
Webinar-Workshop ESGFOR-SEPAF “Challenging autopsy cases: what we may learn from them”
Online - 19 December 2023
What can forensic medicine teach us for the management of pandemics?’ co-organisers ESGIE (ESCMID Study Group for Infections in the Elderly) and SEPAF (Spanish Society of Forensic Pathology)
Post-graduate course, 1-2 March 2023
If you have questions or comments for our study group, we warmly invite you to contact us!
