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Current NEWS from the LIB cosmos

From newly discovered animal species to treasures of historical collections, from environmental changes to nature conservation in the Anthropocene, from the opening of a special exhibition to a panel discussion: you will find all the latest information here. We also offer current press releases for download in the press area.

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  • Knowledge Transfer, LIB

    New theses on the Anthropocene

    What value does the past have for the Anthropocene as an epochal caesura in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss? Experts will explore this question together at this year’s annual conference of the Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Value of the Past’ at Museum Koenig Bonn.

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  • Knowledge Transfer

    The motto of the 2024 AKG-photo-competition is “Coastal Habitat”

    The photo competition organized by the Alexander Koenig Society (AKG) is celebrating its 11th anniversary. This year’s theme: “Coastal Habitat.” Submissions are open until October 15, 2024!

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  • LIB, Research, Treasure of the month

    Our Treasure of the Month: The Larva of the Antlion

    Before it spends just a few days in its adult form flying around to mate, it lives about two years in its larval stage – commonly known as the Antlion. What makes this treasure so valuable to our researchers is the unique structure of its jaws, which they have closely examined in a recent study.

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  • LIB, Press releases, Research

    Decoding the world’s largest animal genome

    Thirty times the size of the human genome: An international team of researchers led by Konstanz evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer and Würzburg biochemist Manfred Schartl, including researchers from the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), has sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome.

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  • Museums, Press releases, Special exhibitions

    Travelling exhibition “Odyssey of a document. The Paulskirche Constitution of 28 March 1849” comes to the Museum Koenig Bonn

    German history in one document and as exciting as a thriller: the history of the document, the Paulskirche Constitution of 28 March 1849, reflects the changing relationship between the Germans and their history of democracy.

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  • Knowledge Transfer, LIB

    Bronze of the “Federal Giraffe” on the ship MS Wissenschaft 

    From August 21 – 23, the ship “MS Wissenschaft” will dock on the banks of the Rhine in Bonn. Discover what two giraffes have to do with German democracy and what freedom means in different contexts – free of charge on board of “MS Wissenschaft”!

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