Microbial Forensics: Opportunities and Limitations
A special issue of Forensic Sciences (ISSN 2673-6756).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 14 March 2025 | Viewed by 928
Special Issue Editor
2. i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal
Interests: microbiology; microbial forensics; botany; botany forensic; molecular markers; genetics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce a Special Issue of the Forensic Sciences journal, ‘Microbial Forensics: Opportunities and Limitations’.
Microbial forensics, an emerging interdisciplinary field, has the potential to revolutionize forensic investigations, providing insights into a wide range of forensic cases, from tracking the source of bioterrorism agents to estimating post-mortem intervals. Despite its potential for supporting evidence in criminal investigations, this field remains underutilized.
Therefore, this Special Issue invites scholars to submit their original research articles, reviews, and case studies that explore the recent developments in the field of microbial forensics, highlighting novel methodologies, real-life cases, as well as potential applications and challenges. Interdisciplinary collaborations from researchers in microbiology, genetics, chemistry, forensic science, and related fields are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Manuela Oliveira
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forensic Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- biocrime
- bioterrorism
- criminal investigations
- forensic sciences
- genetics
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