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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Bioinformatics, HPC
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Central unitsBiobank
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Central unitsInvertebrate Genomics, Molecular Laboratory Hamburg
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Central unitsMolecular Evolution, Molecular Laboratory Bonn
- Head of Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
- Head of Section Molecular Biodiversity
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E-Mail: a.suh@leibniz-lib.de
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2025/11
Unknown Germany - An integrative biodiversity discovery program
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ERGA-BGE genome of Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758: a resource to investigate responses to global warming in the intertidal
Open Research Europe, 5
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Chromosome-level assembly of the club-legged grasshopper (Gomphocerus sibiricus) genome
G3
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The untapped potential of short-read sequencing in biodiversity research
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Accumulation of a biparentally-inherited Neptune transposable element in natural Killifish hybrids (Fundulus diaphanus × F. heteroclitus)
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ZW and XY Sex Chromosomes Drive Rapid and Distinctive Evolution of Sex-Biased Gene Expression
Molecular Ecology
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Evolution of large polymorphic inversions in a panmictic songbird
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Eunicellacavolini, an IUCN Near Threatened Gorgonian of the Mediterranean Sea
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the lineid heteronemertean Lineuslacteus (Pilidiophora, Nemertea)
Open Research Europe, 5
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The Complex Interplay between Evolutionary Flexibility and Diversification in a Family of Spiders
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A high-quality reference genome for the Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) enables investigations of cell cultures as a genomic resource for endangered species
Gigascience
2025/09
Letter: Treat “Biobank” and “Biorepository” as Synonyms, and Watch “Biobank” Win the Race
Biopreservation and Biobanking
2025/09
Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus
Science, 6766, 389
2025/09
ERGA-BGE genome of Stigmatoteuthisarcturi Robson, 1948: the jewelled squid
Open Research Europe, 5
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Nautilus sex determination is unique among cephalopods
Current Biology, 18, 35
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Letter: Treat “Biobank” and “Biorepository” as Synonyms, and Watch “Biobank” Win the Race
Biopreservation and Biobanking
2025/09
ERGA-BGE reference genome of Hanak's bat (Pipistrellus hanaki), an IUCN Vulnerable species restricted to forest-like biotopes
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/09
ERGA-BGE reference genome of Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori: a sea cucumber from the Mediterranean Sea
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/09
ERGA-BGE genome of the Spanish moon moth Actias isabellae Graells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/08
ERGA-BGE genome of Dailognatha quadricollis, an East Mediterranean darkling beetle
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/08
ERGA-BGE genome of the ironclad beetle Tarphiuscanariensis Wollaston, 1862
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/08
ERGA-BGE Genome of the viperine water snake (Natrixmaura): a key species for evolutionary insights of freshwater snakes
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/08
ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Azores Bullfinch - Pyrrhulamurina Godman, 1866: an IUCN Vulnerable Species endemic to a single island in the Azores Archipelago (Portugal)
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/08
Coral garden conservation and restoration: how host taxon and ex-situ maintenance affect the microbiome of soft and hard corals
Frontiers in microbiology, 1605105, 16
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
An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes
Scientific data, 12
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
2025/07
On two new Phyllidia species (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Doridina) and some histology from the Coral Triangle
ZooKeys, 1245
2025/07
ERGA-BGE genome of Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834): the Lesser Ramshorn Snail, an endangered freshwater snail protected under the EU's Habitats and Species Directive
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/07
Germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds has different centromere compared to regular chromosomes
Heredity
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