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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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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The Complex Interplay between Evolutionary Flexibility and Diversification in a Family of Spiders
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Eunicella cavolini, an IUCN Near Threatened Gorgonian of the Mediterranean Sea
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Evolution of large polymorphic inversions in a panmictic songbird
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Chromosome-level assembly of the club-legged grasshopper (Gomphocerus sibiricus) genome
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ERGA-BGE genome of the Spanish moon moth Actias isabellae Graells, 1849: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the Habitats Directive
Open Research Europe, 5
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori: a sea cucumber from the Mediterranean Sea
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Hanak's bat (Pipistrellus hanaki), an IUCN Vulnerable species restricted to forest-like biotopes
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Letter: Treat “Biobank” and “Biorepository” as Synonyms, and Watch “Biobank” Win the Race
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Nautilus sex determination is unique among cephalopods
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ERGA-BGE genome of Stigmatoteuthisarcturi Robson, 1948: the jewelled squid
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Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus
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Letter: Treat “Biobank” and “Biorepository” as Synonyms, and Watch “Biobank” Win the Race
Biopreservation and Biobanking
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