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We pursue specific research questions in projects.

Our researchers often collaborate with partners from other countries or disciplines to answer specific research questions. Together they work on a result from different perspectives and with different competences. Our projects reflect the range of topics that our researchers are working on.

In addition, we invite citizen scientists to actively participate in researching changes in biodiversity. Click here to view our
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Project highlights

EuroWorm

Understanding global biodiversity – through modern classification of the biological diversity of marine annelids and comprehensive, openly accessible data

BGE+ Biodiversity Genomics Plus

Coordination of BGE+ projects to strengthen a European genomics system for biodiversity

LEPMON

Mapping the biodiversity of moths (Lepidoptera) using automated camera traps and artificial intelligence

BioMonitor4CAP

Monitoring biodiversity for a results-oriented and effective agricultural policy and transformation

FörTax

Promoting taxonomic knowledge: Species knowledge as the basis for nature conservation

Ecuadorian-German Integrative Biodiversity Research Centre (EGiB)

Establishment of a scientific centre in Ecuador – to research the world’s biodiversity hotspots

GermlineChrom

The project investigates the evolutionary origin and implications of chromosomes restricted to the germline.

PhenoRob2

Robotics and phenotyping for sustainable crop production

NFDI4Biodiversity

The NFDI Consortium for Biodiversity, Ecology and Environmental Data acts as a network to provide data that will help improve efforts to conserve biodiversity.

The Museum Makers

An exhibition project by the Museum of Nature Hamburg, featuring new spaces for interaction, exchange and a glimpse behind the scenes

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2026
DynaCom: Synthesis
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2026
BGE+ Biodiversity Genomics Plus
Management: Dr Sarah Bourlat, Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
2026
PhoxDiv - Genetic diversity of minnows (Phoxinus spp.) in Germany and beyond
Management: Dr Madlen Stange
2026
MANDY - microphone-based bird detection in the neighbourhood
Management: Katleen Kück
2026
GBOL@LIB
Management: Dipl. Biol. Björn Rulik, Dr Ralph S. Peters
2026
Angel Shark Project
Management: Eva Meyers, PD Dr Dennis Rödder
2026
EuroWorm: Accelerating Global Marine Annelid Biodiversity Research With Open Genomic Data For European Species
Management: Dr Jenna Moore
2026
PhenoRob2 - Robotics and phenotyping for sustainable plant production
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2025
Work Package 1 at the Leibniz Lab for Pandemic Preparedness
Management: Prof Dr Alexander Suh
2025
What do mouse lemurs feed on - and who feeds on them?
Management: Dr Livia Schäffler
2025
Macroecology and biogeography: effects of changing climates on biodiversity
Management: PD Dr Dennis Rödder
2025
BUGSI
Management: Dr Ameli Kirse
2025
Mapping the Decline: Elucidate the Diversity of Threatened Brazilian Amphibians
Management: PD Dr Dennis Rödder, Dr Elvis Almeida Pereira Silva
2025
DD-GAP: Evaluation of knowlege gaps for developing One Plan Approach strategies and solutions
Management: PD Dr Dennis Rödder
2025
Communities Observing Green Spaces (COGS)
Management: Dr Sarah Bourlat
2025
NEO Nature Challenge
Management: Dr Anika Busch
2025
LEPO - Lepidopteran-Pollinators and their most essential areas in Germany
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2025
Tr.i.fl.e - Tracking insects on flowers with e-DNA
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2025
Diversity and evolution of the Sulawesi ricefish radiation
Management: PD Dr Fabian Herder
2025
LEPMON: Recording the biodiversity of moths (Lepidoptera) with AI
Management: Dr Peter Grobe
2025
Ecuadorian-German Integrative Biodiversity Research Centre (EGiB)
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf, Nadine Dupérré
2025
Unknown Germany
Management: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Misof, Dr Ralph S. Peters
2025
Cooperation and deception in subsocial spiders
Management: Prof Dr Mariella Herberstein
2025
Catfish population surveys on the Sieg
Management: PD Dr Fabian Herder
2025
An unexpected discovery: the pill millipedes of Mallorca and the Spanish Mediterranean
Management: Dr Thomas Wesener
2025
TrenDiv
Management: Dr Nancy Fabiola Mercado Salas
2025
The influence of mutualistic and parasitic life forms on the diversification of butterflies
Management: Dr Marianne Espeland
2025
Unique in the world and highly endangered, the millipedes of the Lavasoa-Ambatotsirongorongo forest in Madagascar
Management: Dr Thomas Wesener
2024
ChemKom – Science communication on ‘forever’ chemicals
Management: Prof Dr Simone Rödder
2024
DNA Barcoding of Armenian Aquatic Ecosystems
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2024
Evolution and development of the plug, a transient novel tissue in ricefishes
Management: Dr Julia Schwarzer
2024
NEO - Discover Nature Online
Management: Dr Anika Busch
2024
Monitoring Anopheles diversity in Madagascar
Management: Dr Marilou Boddé
2023
Scientific Reputation Revisited: Academic Travel and Conference Interaction
Management: Prof Dr Simone Rödder
2023
What causes the disappearance of Mme. Berthe's mouse lemur from dry deciduous forests in Western Madagascar?
Management: Dr Livia Schäffler
2023
SynSex - Sexual selection and conflict in Syngnathidae
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
2023
Catalogus dipterorum Germaniae
Management: Dipl. Biol. Björn Rulik
2023
BIGFOOT - BIodiversity decline's Genomic FOOTprint
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne, Dr Eckart Stolle
2022
(Re-)discovery of threatened vertebrates in western Madagascar by eDNA metabarcoding
Management: Dr Livia Schäffler
2022
Is Madame Berthe's Mouse lemur extinct?
Management: Dr Livia Schäffler
2022
ABCSG
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2022
Radiation of freshwater snails in Sri Lanka
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
2022
BIO-GEEC: The German-Ecuadorian Consortium for Biodiversity (Stage 1)
Management: Dr Danilo Harms
2022
FörTax - Promotion of taxonomic knowledge as a basis for nature conservation
Management: Dr Katja Waskow
2022
Morphological development of the skull of worm snakes: a comparative study
Management: Dr Claudia Koch
2022
Evolution of the gecko's adhesive toes
Management: PD Dr Dennis Rödder
2022
Genomics of the stingless bee
Management: Dr Eckart Stolle
2022
Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and colour pattern evolution of the subfamily Chalcosiinae
Management: Dr Marianne Espeland
2022
ColLomic
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
2022
ERGA - The European Reference Genome Atlas
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
2022
Radula properties in marine Heterobranchia
Management: Prof Dr Heike Wägele
2022
Investigating the genomic and transcriptomic signatures of global change in a marine fish species in space and time
Management: Dr Christoph Mayer
2022
Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of the enigmatic West Indian butterfly genus Calisto
Management: Dr Rayner Nunez
2022
Evolution of kleptoparasitism
Management: Dr Eckart Stolle
2022
Brain structure and activity patterns of birds
Management: Dr Till Töpfer
2022
SynMon
Management: MSc Niklas W. Noll
2022
NaPA - Nature-friendly agriculture
Management: Dr Tamara Hartke
2022
FlowerBeet
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2022
Bug-Network (BugNet) - local partner
Management: Dr David Ott
2022
BioMonitor4CAP
Management: Albia Consul, Dr Ameli Kirse
2022
BGE - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne, Dr Sarah Bourlat
2022
Integrative Systematik und Taxonomie der Chaetopteridae
Management: Dr Jenna Moore
2021
GermlineChrom
Management: Prof Dr Alexander Suh
2021
GIBBS (Holistic Biodiversity Management in the Building Materials Industry)
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2021
Provenance research at the Museum Koenig
Management: Dr André Koch
2021
Biodiversity processing HUB™
Management: Dipl. Biol. Björn Rulik
2021
Phenotypic evolution in bumblebees
Management: Dr Eckart Stolle
2021
Genomics technology for the Caucasus
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2021
Comparative and experimental wing pattern genomics in Lepidoptera
Management: Dr Marianne Espeland
2021
Hybrid swarm evolution in minnows
Management: Dr Madlen Stange
2021
Thelytokie in honey bees
Management: Dr Eckart Stolle
2021
The Caribbean cube moth
Management: Dr Rayner Nunez
2021
NFDI4Biodiversity
Management: Dr Peter Grobe
2021
The most important insect leg of mankind
Management: Dr Eckart Stolle
2021
Sex chromosomes in cichlids
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
2021
Museum Koenig #digital
Management: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Misof, Dipl. Biol. Hae-Yon Weon-Kettenhofen, Dr Thomas Gerken
2021
DynaCom
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2021
DIVERSify
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2021
BALIN - Insect protection at the railway station by reducing light pollution
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2021
Evolution of the Priapulida
Management: Prof Dr Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
2020
Dinosaur research
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
2020
CaBOL - Caucasus Barcode of Life
Management: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Misof
2020
Leibniz Taxonomy Workshop
Management: Karsten Stehr
2020
SPRINT
Management: Dr David Ott
2020
KennArt
Management: Albia Consul
2020
FINKA - Promotion of insects in arable crops
Management: Prof Dr Christoph Scherber
2020
Reconstruction of the dynamics of Cenozoic ecosystems in Europe based on arachnids preserved in amber
Management: Dr Ulrich Kotthoff
2019
Integrative Analysis of the influence of pesticides and land use on biodiversity in Germany
Management: Dr Livia Schäffler
2019
Joint Danube Survey
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2019
SYNTHESYS+
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2019
Community assembly and species coexistence in Sulawesi’s stream fishes
Management: PD Dr Fabian Herder
2019
FOGS
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2018
CLICCS - B1: Climate Futures Are Socially Constructed
Management: Prof Dr Simone Rödder
2018
SeaLion - polarised quartet analysis in phylogenomics
Management: Dr Patrick Kück
2018
sustainCBW
Management: Dr Livia Schäffler
2018
Imaginaries of power
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
2018
The genesis of world knowledge
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
2018
Functional morphology
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
2018
ZooRepository - Tissues and living cells from zoos at LIB Biobank
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2018
ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
2018
Phylogeny and evolution of amphibian larvae
Management: Prof Dr Alexander Haas
2018
Biodiversity of Southeast Asian frogs
Management: Prof Dr Alexander Haas
2018
Genomics on stringworms
Management: Prof Dr Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
before 2018
1KITE
Management: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Misof
before 2018
At the end of the archipelago
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
The fate of the natural history collections
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
Diversity of terrestrial and freshwater snails
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
Analysing the changes
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
Adaptive Radiation
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
Systematics, reproductive biology and biogeography
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
Biogeography and evolutionary systematics
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
before 2018
GGBN
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
before 2018
GGBC
Management: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Misof
before 2018
Frozen Ark Project
Management: Dr Jonas Astrin
before 2018
Radiation in flux
Management: Prof Dr Matthias Glaubrecht
Unknown group of puffer millipedes in Cretaceous amber
Management: Dr Thomas Wesener
Evolutionary history, biogeography and systematics of land snails in Southeast Asia
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Systematics, distribution and ecology of land snails in Ecuador
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Biogeography and systematics of the land snails of the Caucasus Region
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Alien land snails
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Training Artificial intelligence models for land snail identification (TrAILSID)
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Causes of phylogeographic differentiation and speciation in the land snail genus Helix
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Spread of carnivorous land snails (Rhytididae) in New Caledonia
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Hybridization between land snails as a result of climatic shifts
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Exploring genomic methods for delimiting species in radiations of terrestrial snails
Management: Prof Dr Bernhard Hausdorf
Taxonomic revision of the Boaedon lineatus-fuliginosus species complex in Africa
Management: Dr Jakob Hallermann

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