The Institute of Forensic Medicine of Mykolas Romeris University is a state budget research institution with the status of a university research institute. It has been established with the aim of carrying out medicolegal investigations both at Lithuanian and international level, practical expertise activities by supplying its competence-related services at the Lithuanian Republic legal institutions‘ request following the order established by laws; as well as at personally applying citizens‘ request. The mission of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Mykolas Romeris University is to conduct world-class research on forensic medicine and its practical aspects, to develop expert practices, to ensure that quality forensic examinations are performed in a timely fashion,  to deliver high quality education and training in-service.

	Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Lectures of professors from Copenhagen and Southern Denmark (Odense) universities (Denmark) at the Institute of Forensic Medicine On the 23rd of November and from the 30th of November till the 2nd of December, 2009 the invited lecturers from Denmark - Professor Niels Morling (University of Copenhagen) and Professor Jorgen Lange (University of Southern Denmark, Odense) will present a course of lectures for forensic medicine specialists on the topics of serology, DNA and thanatology. Everybody interested in the course is welcome. Read more
	International Baltic Archeology Meeting „Bioarcheology and Forensic Anthropology“ On August 23 – 26, 2009 Mykolas Romeris University, Institute of Forensic Medicine hosts an international Baltic archeology meeting „Bioarcheology and Forensic Anthropology“. The scientific conference will involve discussions on the issues of skeletal tissues biology and applied anthropology: forensic anthropology, identification, chemical and DNA analysis of sceletal tissues, palaeodemography and palaeopathology, populations analyses. Researchers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Poland and Denmark will participate in the conference. The conference is supported by Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture. Read more
	Forensic Medicine has flourished in Lithuania almost 500 years Forensic medicine in Lithuania has flourished almost 500 years, but only in the fall of 2008 did Mykolas Romeris University's Institute of Forensic Medicine (IFM) move into a new, modern building. According to IFM director Alvydas Pauliukevičius, M.D., one of the institute's main objectives is to expand international contacts. Cooperation agreements have been signed with Swiss, German, Polish, Finnish, Italian, universities and forensic institutions. Cooperation was further highlighted last December during an international conference, "Forensic Radiology as the Advanced Tool in Forensic Medical Investigations: Scientific and Practical Experience," held at the Institute. Read more