Profil
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof ist seit 2021 Generaldirektor des Leibniz-Instituts zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels und seit 2020 Professor für Spezielle Zoologie an der Universität Bonn.
Seine Forschung konzentrierte sich auf die evolutionäre Biodiversitätsforschung mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf phylogenomischen Analysen, der Evolution von Arthropoden sowie der Rekonstruktion der Evolutionsgeschichte komplexer Organismengruppen. Als Generaldirektor des LIB beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen zur Museumsentwicklung und transdisziplinären Ansätzen. Er interessiert sich besonders für das Zusammenwirken der einzelnen Forschungs- und Arbeitsbereiche des LIB, um eine gesellschaftlich relevante und wirkungsvolle Institution zu schaffen.
Nach seinem Studium und seiner Promotion an der Universität Wien sowie der Habilitation an der Universität Bonn war Prof. Misof in verschiedenen internationalen Forschungs- und Leitungspositionen tätig, darunter Forschungsaufenthalte an der Yale University sowie Leitungsfunktionen in Bonn und Hamburg.
Neben seiner wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeit engagiert sich Prof. Misof in zahlreichen nationalen und internationalen wissenschaftlichen Gremien. Seit Ende 2025 ist er stellvertretender Sprecher der Sektion C „Lebenswissenschaften“ der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft.
Projekte
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Genomik-Technologie für den Kaukasus
Leitung: Dr. Jonas Astrin
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Hybridschwarmevolution in Elritzen
Leitung: Dr. Madlen Stange
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Museum Koenig #digital
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Misof
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CaBOL - Caucasus Barcode of Life
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Misof
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FOGS
Leitung: Dr. Jonas Astrin
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1KITE
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Misof
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GGBC
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Misof
Publikationen
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2026/02
Genome and transcriptome‐based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
Insect Molecular Biology
2025/11
Unknown Germany - An integrative biodiversity discovery program
npj Biodiversity, 1, 4
2025/02
Molecular evolution of dietary shifts in ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): from fungivory to carnivory and herbivory
BMC Biology, 1, 23
2025/01
FOGS: A SNPSTR Marker Database to Combat Wildlife Trafficking and a Cell Culture Bank for Ex‐Situ Conservation
Molecular Ecology resources
2024/07
Discriminating woody species assemblages from National Forest Inventory data based on phylogeny in Georgia
Ecology and Evolution, 7, 14
2024/07
Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature’s underwater architects
Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological sciences/Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 2026, 291
2024/06
Joint detection of microsatellites and flanking sequences–SNPSTR markers for Athene noctua to fight illegal wildlife trade
Forensic Science International Animals and Environments, 5
2024/02
Arthropod diversity in the alpine tundra using metabarcoding: Spatial and temporal differences in alpha‐ and beta‐diversity
Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2023/12
Geographic Variation in Genomic Signals of Admixture Between Two Closely Related European Sepsid Fly Species
Evolutionary Biology, 4, 50
2023/12
Metazoa‐level USCOs as markers in species delimitation and classification
Molecular Ecology resources, 3, 24
2023/11
Die Bibliothek des biologischen, technischen und kulturellen Wissens – Warum brauchen wir eine integrierte Sammlungsinfrastruktur?
BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis, 3, 47
2023/10
A landmark‐free analysis of the pelvic girdle in Sulawesi ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae): How 2D and 3D geometric morphometrics can complement each other in the analysis of a complex structure
Ecology and Evolution, 10, 13
2023/08
Potential contribution of ancient introgression to the evolution of a derived reproductive strategy in ricefishes
Genome biology and evolution, 8, 15
2023/06
A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)
Systematic entomology, 4, 48
2023/02
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2023/02
Intrasexual cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in a wasp sheds light on hydrocarbon biosynthesis genes in Hymenoptera
Communications Biology, 1, 6
2022/04
The genetic basis of a novel reproductive strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes: How modularity and a low number of loci shape pelvic brooding
Evolution, 5, 76
2022/01
Phylogenetic Revision and Patterns of Host Specificity in the Fungal Subphylum Entomophthoromycotina
Microorganisms, 2, 10
2021/12
Complex sexually dimorphic traits shape the parallel evolution of a novel reproductive strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae)
BMC ecology and evolution, 21
2021/11
Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics
iScience, 11, 24
2021/10
Phylogenomic analyses clarify the pattern of evolution of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and highlight phylogenetic artefacts due to model misspecification and excessive data trimming
Systematic entomology, 4, 46
2020/12
Four myriapod relatives – but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 1, 20
2020/11
Author Correction: Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera
Nature communications, 1, 11
2020/11
Are fleas highly modified Mecoptera? Phylogenomic resolution of Antliophora (Insecta: Holometabola)
2020/10
Correction to: An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)
BMC evolutionary biology, 1, 20
2020/07
How old are dragonflies and damselflies? Odonata (Insecta) transcriptomics resolve familial relationships
2020/06
Comparing diversity levels in environmental samples: DNA sequence capture and metabarcoding approaches using 18S and COI genes
Molecular ecology resources, 5, 20
2020/05
Sawfly Genomes Reveal Evolutionary Acquisitions That Fostered the Mega-Radiation of Parasitoid and Eusocial Hymenoptera
Genome biology and evolution, 7, 12
2020/01
Phylogenomics changes our understanding about earwig evolution
Systematic entomology, 3, 45
2019/12
A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019
Bonn zoological bulletin, 2, 68
2019/10
Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 45, 116
2018/06
Hypothesis on monochromatic vision in scorpionflies questioned by new transcriptomic data
Scientific reports, 1, 8
2018/03
Brochosomins and other novel proteins from brochosomes of leafhoppers (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 94
2018/00
The genomic basis of arthropod diversity
2017/01
A posteriori evaluation of molecular divergence dates using empirical estimates of time-heterogeneous fossilization rates
bioRxiv
2016/12
Transcriptomic data from panarthropods shed new light on the evolution of insulator binding proteins in insects: Insect insulator proteins
BMC genomics, 17
2016/12
Phylogenetic Origin and Diversification of RNAi Pathway Genes in Insects
Genome biology and evolution, 12, 8
2016/09
Inferring the evolutionary history of wasps, ants, and bees from transcriptomic data (Insecta: Hymenoptera)
2016/09
Inferring the relationships of early brachyceran lineages with phylogenomic and comprehensive morphological data
2016/09
Phylogenetic relationships of apoid wasps and bees inferred from analyzing target DNA enrichment data
2016/09
How to tackle the molecular species inventory for an industrialized nation—lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative GBOL (2012–2015)
Genome, 9, 59
2015/00
Fleas, Flies, Scorpionflies: phylogenetic relationships of Antliophora based on transcriptomics.
2014/08
AliGROOVE – visualization of heterogeneous sequence divergence within multiple sequence alignments and detection of inflated branch support
BMC bioinformatics, 1, 15
2014/00
RNA in phylogenetic reconstruction
2013/12
Selecting informative subsets of sparse supermatrices increases the chance to find correct trees
BMC bioinformatics, 1, 14
2012/11
Automated Masking of AFLP Markers Improves Reliability of Phylogenetic Analyses
PloS one, 11, 7
2012/06
Oligonucleotide primers for targeted amplification of single-copy nuclear genes in apocritan Hymenoptera
PloS one, 6, 7
2012/05
Long Branch Effects Distort Maximum Likelihood Phylogenies in Simulations Despite Selection of the Correct Model
PloS one, 5, 7
2012/04
Exploring diversity in cryptorhynchine weevils (Coleoptera) using distance-, character- and tree-based species delineation
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 1, 63
2012/02
Phylogeography of the burnet moth Zygaena transalpina complex: molecular and morphometric differentiation suggests glacial refugia in Southern France, Western …
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 1, 50
2011/06
Improved Phylogenetic Analyses Corroborate a Plausible Position of Martialis heureka in the Ant Tree of Life
PloS one, 6, 6
2010/06
The Impact of rRNA Secondary Structure Consideration in Alignment and Tree Reconstruction: Simulated Data and a Case Study on the Phylogeny of Hexapods
Molecular biology and evolution, 11, 27
2010/06
A Phylogenomic Approach to Resolve the Arthropod Tree of Life
Molecular biology and evolution, 11, 27
2010/01
Parametric and non-parametric masking of randomness in sequence alignments can be improved and leads to better resolved trees
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 7
2009/01
Phylogenetic support values are not necessarily informative: the case of the Serialia hypothesis (a mollusk phylogeny)
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 6
2008/09
Gene flow at the margin of Lake Matano’s adaptive sailfin silverside radiation: Telmatherinidae of River Petea in Sulawesi
Hydrobiologia, 205
2006/08
Molecular taxonomy in pholcid spiders (Pholcidae, Araneae): evaluation of species identification methods using CO1 and 16S rRNA
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