Reading out genetic information
DNA and RNA contain a wealth of information about how changes in nature affect organisms and the extent to which all species and strains of life are related to each other. By reading out genetic information, natural reservoirs of potential pathogens can also be decoded. At the Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb) , our scientists use a comprehensive technical infrastructure.
Methods and techniques
Using various methods and techniques, some of which they have developed themselves, they generate molecular reference data and analyse samples from recent monitoring programmes as well as historical specimens from scientific collections. The information obtained provides them with the basis for analysing molecular and morphological changes in species or for differentiating between species.
Biobank
The enormous amounts of data generated during sequencing are analysed on our own high-performance computers, linked together and processed for further investigations. The biobank at the zmb stores tens of thousands of valuable tissue, DNA and RNA samples as well as thousands of cell cultures in ultra-low temperatures as a collection for future generations of researchers.
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Comparative Genomics - Vertebrates - Bonn
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Comparative genomics of insects - Bonn
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Bioinformatics, HPC
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Statistical Phylogenomics and Machine Learning
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Evolutionary Genomics - Bonn
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Leibniz Junior Research Group - Minnows
HamburgCenter for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics
Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
Central unitsBiobank
HamburgCenter for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
Central unitsInvertebrate Genomics, Molecular Laboratory Hamburg
BonnCenter for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
Central unitsMolecular Evolution, Molecular Laboratory Bonn
- Head of Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
- Head of Section Molecular Biodiversity
Phone: +49 228 9122 289
E-Mail: a.suh@leibniz-lib.de
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The Tree of Sex consortium: A global initiative for studying the evolution of reproduction in eukaryotes
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Gluviadorsalis: An endemic sun spider from Iberian arid regions
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Type genomics: a Framework for integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic research
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Western Montpellier Snake (Malpolonmonspessulanus), a key species for evolutionary and venom studies
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ERGA-BGE Reference Genome of the Northern chamois (Rupicaprarupicapra): Europe’s most abundant mountain ungulate
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemusagrarius), a widespread and abundant species in Central and Eastern Europe
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ERGA-BGE genome of Pinctadaradiata (Leach, 1814): one of the first Lessepsian migrants
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ERGA-BGE genome of Noah`s Ark shell (Arcanoae Linnaeus, 1758), a Mediterranean bivalve species
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ERGA-BGE genome of Cheirolophustagananensis: an IUCN endangered shrub endemic to the Canary Islands
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Establishing genome sequencing and assembly for non-model and emerging model organisms: a brief guide
Frontiers in Zoology, 1, 22
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Multiple instances of river-lake introgression in the adaptive radiation of sailfin silversides in Wallace’s Dreampond
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ERGA-BGE genome of Coenonymphaoedippus: an IUCN endangered European butterfly species occurring in two ecotypes
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Sex Chromosome Turnover and Structural Interspecific Genome Divergence Shapes Meiotic Outcomes in HybridizingCobitis
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Ali-U-Net: A Convolutional Transformer Neural Net for Multiple Sequence Alignment of DNA Sequences. A proof of concept
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Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)
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Three new species of flightless Cryptorhynchinae from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5601
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ERGA-BGE genome of Acomysminous (Bate, 1906): the Crete spiny mouse, endemic to the island of Crete, Greece
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ERGA-BGE genome of Valenciahispanica (Valenciennes, 1826): a critically endangered Iberian toothcarp
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Three new species of flightless Cryptorhynchinae from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5601
2025/3
Restoration innovation: Fusing microbial memories to engineer coral resilience
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2025/2
Sulawesi stream fish communities depend on connectivity and habitat diversity
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lobopterasubterranea: a cave adapted cockroach endemic to the Canary Islands
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Long-read sequencing and genome assembly of natural history collection samples and challenging specimens
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Investigation of sex determination in African cichlids reveals lack of fixed sex chromosomes in wild populations
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The role of transposon activity in shapingcis-regulatory element evolution after whole genome duplication
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A New and Unique Species of Ricefish (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae: Oryzias) from the Lariang River Basin, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the First Known Sympatric Ricefish Species Pair from Sulawesi Rivers
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Genomic Insights From Natural History Collections Reveal Cryptic Speciation in Coral Guard Crabs (Family: Trapeziidae)
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Time-resolved oxidative signal convergence across the algae–embryophyte divide
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