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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Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
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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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