2008 Symposium Awards

Best Overall Oral Presentation Tegan Evans Effects of Ionizing Radiation exposure on the forensic assessment of critical trace evidence
Best Overall Poster  Melissa Davies, et al. Fibres as evidence: the significance of purple cotton

 

Best Oral Presentations
Biology Kay Ballentyne, et al. Increased amplification success from forensic samples with locked nucleic acids.
Criminalistics Tegan Evans, et al. Effects of Ionizing Radiation exposure on the forensic assessment of critical trace evidence.
Document Examination Reinaud Stoel, et al. Analysis of the signing process II: statistical modelling of data from subjective comparison methods in forensics.
Electronic Evidence Jill Slay What is Forensic Computing?  Mapping the discipline to increase scientific rigour and organisation in research and practice.
Field and Identification Sciences Alan Piper, et al. Heatsealer examinations; methodology and types of marks encountered in three recent cases.
Illicit Drugs Karen Blakey, et al. Analytical considerations in the identification of ethylcathinone and 4-methylmethcathinone.
Medical Sciences N Hansen MSCT findings in a controlled bus bombing using a pig model – injury types, patterns and severity in a mass fatality.
Toxicology Voula Staikos, et al. Targeted screening for drugs of abuse in hair using LC-MS/MS.
Best Posters
Biology Michelle Vaughn, et al. Preliminary Investigation into the genetic associations with blonde hair colour.
Criminalistics Melissa Davies et al. Fibres as evidence: the significance of purple cotton.
Documents Linda Jones, et al. Classification of distortion characteristics caused to signatures by the facsimile process.
Electronic Evidence Tim Bate, et al. The recovery of data from optical discs after fingerprint development.
Field and Identification Sciences Shelley Kemp, et al. The effect of sharp objects on fibres, yarns and fabrics in selected new and degraded apparel fabrics.
Illicit Drugs Helen Salouros, et al, Isolation and Identification of methyl-amphetamine impurities.
Medical Sciences Sohtaro Mimasaka Observation of bruises using ultrasonography.
Toxicology Emma Partridge, et al, Optimisation of Drug Extraction from human liver for post-mortem toxicology.