<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">November 8, 2024</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We are pleased to announce STRidER Release 3!</span><div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">STRidER v3/R3 now holds data from 25 countries on four continents and 40 STR loci:</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">- additional countries (Dominican Republic: 22 loci, Kenya: 21 loci, South Africa: 21 loci, Vietnam: 22 loci)<br>- additional loci (Saudi Arabia + 21 loci, Switzerland + 5 loci)<br>- updated frequency data and 7 additional loci for Germany<br>- updated nomenclature of locus D6S474</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Forensic Sequence STRucture Guide (FSSG) is now available for download in its updated version 6.1.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">We would like to thank all users and contributors for their continuing support. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="DE" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://strider.online/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="EN-US">https://strider.online</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:strider@i-med.ac.at" moz-do-not-send="true">strider@i-med.ac.at</a></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">STRidER Project Coordination/Realisation and Quality Control</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Martin Bodner</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Walther Parson</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Institute of Legal Medicine</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Medical University of Innsbruck</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Austria</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span lang="DE" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><div dir="ltr"></div></div></body></html>