Thünen: Contribution of the Thünen Institute for Wood Research to the conference of the "European Network of Forensic Science Institutes" (ENFSI) in Zurich

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HF Wood Research

In the period 19 - 21 April 2023, a conference on the subject of forensic examination methods was held at the Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine (University of Zurich) with the participation of the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.

Stadt Zürich mit Ankündigung der Konferenz und im Ausschnitt den Konferenzraum am Züricher Institut für forensische Medizin

The conference was held in the context of the annual working group meeting of the APST (Animal, Plant, Soil and Traces) of ENFSI. Representatives of important authorities and research institutes, including the FBI (USA), BKA/LKA (Germany), CITES authorities (Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and numerous other institutes dealing with forensic investigation methods, were among the approximately 120 participants. The Thünen Institute HF presented, among other things, the most modern methods of anatomical species identification of timbers and other plant parts from the field of state-of-the-art 3D microscopy as well as µ- and nano-CT analysis and other fields of work of the Thünen Competence Centre for Wood Origin.

The abstract from the conference proceedings is now available at the following link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370943755_Forensic_wood_identification_in_the_digital_age

Contact: Dr. Volker Haag

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Institute of

HF Wood Research

Contribution of the Thünen Institute for Wood Research to the conference of the "European Network of Forensic Science Institutes" (ENFSI) in Zurich

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute

Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries