Our task
Since 1997, the molecular laboratory at the Museum Koenig Bonn has steadily developed into an essential part of the LIB research area.
The conditions for genomic, population genetic and phylogenetic work are optimally realised and are used in a large number of projects.
In the laboratory, we use PCR techniques, microsatellite analysis and library preparation for high-throughput sequencing. Long-read sequencing for genomic analyses is used intensively. A key objective is to use the museum site with its extensive collections to answer questions of evolutionary biology on the basis of molecular biological data.
Contact person
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- Scientific head of molecular lab (zmb)
Phone: +49 228 9122 356
E-Mail: l.podsiadlowski@leibniz-lib.de
Projects
Morphological development of the skull of worm snakes: a comparative study
Management: Dr. Claudia Koch
The Caribbean cube moth
Management: Dr. Rayner Nunez
Publications
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2025/07
The evolutionary path of the epithelial sodium channel δ-subunit in Cetartiodactyla points to a role in sodium sensing
Communications Biology, 1, 8
2025/07
Evaluating the impact of climate change on mountaintop endemic bird species in the Ethiopian highlands: insights from moorland francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema)
Ornithology Research, 1, 33
2025/05
Human impacts on the distribution and genetic diversity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Leuciscidae) in the Rhenish Massif
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 426
2025/04
The evolution of wasp mimicry and biogeography in the genus Temnostoma (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 205
2025/04
Establishing genome sequencing and assembly for non-model and emerging model organisms: a brief guide
Frontiers in Zoology, 1, 22
2025/01
The evolution of wasp mimicry and biogeography in the genus Temnostoma (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2024/12
Museomics reveal origins of East African Pleophylla forest chafers and Miocene forest connectivity
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201
2024/11
The evolutionary path of the epithelial sodium channel δ-subunit in Cetartiodactyla points to a role in sodium sensing
2024/08
Exploring Paleogene Tibet's warm temperate environments through target enrichment and phylogenetic niche modelling of Himalayan spiny frogs (Paini, Dicroglossidae)
Molecular ecology, 15, 33
2024/08
The last of their kind: Is the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) a relict element of the paleo-transhimalaya biota?
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2024/08
Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Viviparous Eelpout Zoarces viviparus
Genome biology and evolution, 8, 16
2024/08
Nesting behavior, egg morphology, and breeding biology of Harwood’s Spurfowl (Pternistis harwoodi) in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Journal of Field Ornithology, 3, 95
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
2025
2024
Employees
Anja Bodenheim
zmb Molecular Evolution, Molecular Laboratory BonnPhone: +49 228 9122 356
E-mail: a.bodenheim@leibniz-lib.deClaudia Etzbauer
zmb Molecular Evolution, Molecular Laboratory BonnPhone: +49 228 9122 295
E-mail: c.etzbauer@leibniz-lib.deDr. Lars Podsiadlowski
zmb Molecular Evolution, Molecular Laboratory Bonn ScientistPhone: +49 228 9122 356
E-mail: l.podsiadlowski@leibniz-lib.de