LFS 2021
LFS 2021 took place August 10 – 11, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns for the health and safety of all, the 2021 Symposium was virtual. You can find the Program Booklet here.
Posters
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PO-01: Application of age- old forensics to investigation
Lieutenant Ayodeji Owoyomi, Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police, Nigeria
PO-02: Quantification and purity assessment of trace DNA extracted from latex hand gloves
Samuels Eleojo John, African Center for Excellence (ACENTDFB), Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Onengiye Ogbanga, Andrew Nelson, Sarah Gino and Noemi Procopio, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, New Castle Upon Tyne, UK and Dept of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
Osinibi, Olusegun Michael, Dept of Private Law, Faculty of Law, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria
PO-05: Forensic graphology a vital tool for criminal investigations
Nwanyigor Nnamdi, Centre For Forensic Programme and DNA Studies, University Of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
PO- 06: HIV – forensics: identification of HIV antigens and antibodies on blood-stained clothes
Idris MA, Onwumere GB, Babadoko AA, Bakare TB, Nasir U, Wada R and Abba G. Department of Haematology & Blood Transfusion Services, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Antiretroviral Treatment Laboratory, ABU Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria and School of Health Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna State Nigeria
Presentations
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Good Will Messages
PA-01: Forensic Science Awareness: Its importance to effective public safety
Barry Fisher, Senior Forensic Science Advisor, Park Dietz and Associates, Los Angeles, CA, USA
PA-02: LSD&FC Update
Dr. Richard I Somiari, Center Director, LSD&FC, Lagos, Nigeria
PA-03: The Role of Forensic Sciences in Clarifying the Fate of Missing Persons
Damilola Esther Fagbohun, Forensic Program Assistant, ICRC, Nigeria
and
Juan Manuel Guerrero Rodriguez, Forensic Specialist, ICRC, Nigeria
PA-05: The importance of forensic evidence in judicial proceedings in Nigeria
Hon Justice Lateefa Abisola Okunnu, Lagos State High Court, Lagos, Nigeria
PA-06: What’s done cannot be undone: The potential of forensic DNA testing
Dr. Michael Coble, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Center for Human Identification, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
PA-07: Forensic evidence and judicial proceedings
Hon Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.), Of Counsel, Jones Day, Chicago, USA
and
Hon Judge Marian F. Gaston, Assistant Presiding Judge, San Diego Superior Court, Juvenile Division, San Diego, CA, USA
PA-08: Use of Forensics to Resolve a Rape, Homicide, Attempted Homicide and Burglary Case in Lagos
Adesola Onabanjo, MS, Forensic DNA Analyst, LSD&FC, Lagos, Nigeria
PA-09: Using DNA to resolve biological relationship disputes
Victoria Osidipe, Forensic DNA Analyst, LSD&FC, Lagos, Nigeria
PA-10: Use of DNA in missing persons identification
Afeez Akande, Forensic DNA Analyst, LSD&FC, Lagos, Nigeria
PA-12: The evolution of the coroner system to a medicolegal death investigation framework in Zambia
Dr Luchenga “Adam” Mucheleng’anga, Forensic Pathologist, Zambia Medicolegal Death Investigation System, Lusaka, Zambia
PA-13: Role of the Forensic Pathologists in the Justice System
Dr Ronald K. Wright MD JD FAAFS FNAME, Forensic Pathologist, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
PA-14: Understanding Forensic Genealogy
Arthur Young, Forensic Specialist, Guardian Forensic Sciences, Abington, PA, USA
PA-15: DNA in human Identification
Dr. Michael Coble, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Center for Human Identification, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
PA-17: Latent Fingerprint Development and Analysis
Shawn Dolan, Latent Fingerprint Examiner, Forensic Consulting Associates of New England, Belmont, MA, USA
PA-18: The integration of forensic science, military operations, and law enforcement investigations as a unified means of combating insecurity in Nigeria
Lieutenant Ayodeji Owoyomi, Special Investigator, Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police, Nigeria
PA-19: Forensics on the Wild Side
Dr. Brandt Cassidy, President, Trace Helix Consulting LLC, Norman, OK, USA