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Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)

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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Prof. Dr. Alexander Suh

  • 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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    2025

  • 2025/12

    Vargas, R.A., Haro, R.E., Di-Nizo, C.B., Suárez-Villota, E.Y.

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    Repetitive DNA Dynamics, Phylogenetic Relationships and Divergence Times in Andean Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

    Biology, 12, 14

  • 2025/11

    Lavergne, S., Rosa, Z., Peng, C., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Téodori, E., Demirdjian, L., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Barrera Enriquez, V.P., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Androsacesaussurei Dentant, Lavergne, F. C. Boucher & S. Ibanez, a recently described plant from the rooftops of Europe

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/11

    Tomasello, S., Manzo, E., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., N’dar, A., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Barrera Enriquez, V.P., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Xanthiumorientale subsp. italicum (Moretti) Greuter. A plant of American origin, now widespread and, in some cases, invasive in Europe

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/11

    Gregorič, M., Bužan, E., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Leviellus thorelli, a common orb-weaving spider representing the Zygiellidae family

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/11

    Glaubrecht, M., Kaiser, N., Krailas, D., Dechraksa, W., Veeravechsukij, N., Gimnich, F., Neiber, M.T.

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    Evolutionary Systematics of Two Co‐Occurring Paludomid Freshwater Gastropods in Thailand (Cerithioidea: Paludomidae)

    Zoologica scripta

  • 2025/11

    Aguado-Ramsay, P., Lara, F., Draper, I., Conejero, M., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., H. Struck, T., A. Oomen, R., Genomescope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Téodori, E., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Lewinskya acuminata, a common epiphytic Mediterranean moss with disjunct populations in California and Ethiopia

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/11

    Struck, T.H., Marcussen, T., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Melo-Ferreira, J., Florent, I., Gissi, C., Guttry, C., Leonard, J.A., McTaggart, S., Mazzoni, C., Monteiro, R., Pettersson, O.V., Pimenta, J., Pohjoismäki, J., Reichel, K., Tarieiev, A., Oomen, R.A.

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    An automated decision-making procedure for ranking and selecting species in biodiversity projects

  • 2025/11

    Faria, R., Nieto Vilela, R., Lima, F.P., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., Oomen, R.A., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Alioto, T., Câmara Ferreira, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Lazar, A., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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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

  • 2025/11

    Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Husemann, M., Peters, R.S., Scheunemann, N., Bálint, M., Balke, M., Bieberich, J., Bista, I., Borsch, T., Bourlat, S.J., Bussmann, R.W., Damm, U., Dey, L., Flocco, C.G., Grossart, H., Haase, P., Höfer, H., Krashevska, V., Krogmann, L., Lücking, R., Arbizu, P.M., Meier, R., Mengual, X., Mercado-Salas, N.F., Moore, J.M., Orr, M.C., Otte, V., Overmann, J., Pauls, S.U., Pereira, R.J., Peters, J., Potapov, A., Printzen, C., Raub, F., Raupach, M.J., Rduch, V., Retter, A., von Reumont, B.M., Rossel, S., Schmelz, R.M., Schmitt, T., Scholler, M., Stolle, E., Thines, M., Vasilita, C., Wesener, T., Zahiri, R., Zaitsev, A., Zimmermann, J., Żyła, D., Misof, B., Tockner, K.

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    Unknown Germany - An integrative biodiversity discovery program

    npj Biodiversity, 1, 4

  • 2025/10

    Meng, G., Podsiadlowski, L., Dimitrov, D., Huber, B.A.

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    The Complex Interplay between Evolutionary Flexibility and Diversification in a Family of Spiders

    Systematic Biology

  • 2025/10

    Verdes, A., Alvarez-Campos, P., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Palma-Guerrero, J., Fernández, R., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of the lineid heteronemertean Lineuslacteus (Pilidiophora, Nemertea)

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/10

    Aurelle, D., Guillemain, D., Zuberer, F., Malengros, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Struck, T.H., A. Oomen, R., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Belser, C., Wincker, P., H. Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Eunicella cavolini, an IUCN Near Threatened Gorgonian of the Mediterranean Sea

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/10

    Pei, Y., Forstmeier, W., Suh, A., Bambach, L., Borges, I., Low, G.W., Dion-Côté, A., Knief, U., Wolf, J., Kempenaers, B.

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    Evolution of large polymorphic inversions in a panmictic songbird

    Molecular Biology and Evolution

  • 2025/10

    Hsiung, K., Smith, S.H., Böhne, A.

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    ZW and XY sex chromosomes drive rapid and distinctive evolution of sex-biased gene expression

    Molecular Ecology

  • 2025/10

    Roussel, A., Suh, A., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Dion-Côté, A.

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    Accumulation of a biparentally-inherited Neptune transposable element in natural Killifish hybrids (Fundulus diaphanus × F. heteroclitus)

    Molecular Biology and Evolution

  • 2025/10

    Bleidorn, C., Sandberg, F., Martin, S., Vogler, A.P., Podsiadlowski, L.

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    The untapped potential of short-read sequencing in biodiversity research

    Trends in Genetics

  • 2025/10

    Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Varma, M., Cheng, X., Mosbech, M., Suh, A., Schielzeth, H.

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    Chromosome-level assembly of the club-legged grasshopper (Gomphocerus sibiricus) genome

    G3

  • 2025/09

    Vila, M., Marí-Mena, N., Vila, R., Riesgo, A., García-Souto, D., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R., Struck, T.H., Gut, M., Aguilera, L., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., S. Alioto, T., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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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

  • 2025/09

    Vasileiadou, K., Dailianis, T., Skouradakis, G., Vernadou, E., Karakasi, D., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Manousaki, T., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Ndar, A., Wincker, P., H Oliveira, P., Aury, J., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    ERGA-BGE reference genome of Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori: a sea cucumber from the Mediterranean Sea

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/09

    Georgakakis, P., Karakasi, D., Lymberakis, P., Papadimitrakis, M., Stratakis, M., Bitzilekis, E., Poulakakis, N., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope Sequencing Team, ., Moussy, A., Cruaud, C., Labadie, K., Demirdjian, L., Mangenot, S., Belser, C., Wincker, P., Oliveira, P.H., Aury, J., Haggerty, L., Sinha, S., Martin, F., Bortoluzzi, C.

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    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

    Astrin, J.J., Snapes, E., Catchpoole, D., Allocca, C.M., Betsou, F.

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    Letter: Treat “Biobank” and “Biorepository” as Synonyms, and Watch “Biobank” Win the Race

    Biopreservation and Biobanking

  • 2025/09

    Torrado, H., Leiva, C., Riesgo, A., Lemer, S., Perez, A., Lorente-Sorolla, J.M., Carlson, B., Awai, M., Giribet, G., Combosch, D.J.

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    Nautilus sex determination is unique among cephalopods

    Current Biology, 18, 35

  • 2025/09

    Fernández-Álvarez, F.Á., Bernal-Bajo, A., Escudero, N., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Fernández, R., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Alioto, T.S., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of Stigmatoteuthisarcturi Robson, 1948: the jewelled squid

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/09

    Boddé, M., Nwezeobi, J., Korlević, P., Makunin, A., Akone-Ella, O., Barasa, S., Gadji, M., Hart, L., Kaindoa, E.W., Love, K., Lucas, E.R., Lujumba, I., Máquina, M., Nagi, S.C., Odero, J.O., Polo, B., Sangbakembi, C., Dadzie, S., Koekemoer, L.L., Kwiatkowski, D., McAlister, E., Ochomo, E., Okumu, F., Paaijmans, K., Tchouassi, D.P., Wondji, C.S., Ayala, D., Durbin, R., Miles, A., Lawniczak, M.K.N.

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    Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus

    Science, 6766, 389

  • 2025/09

    Astrin, J.J., Snapes, E., Catchpoole, D., Allocca, C.M., Betsou, F.

    Show more...

    Letter: Treat “Biobank” and “Biorepository” as Synonyms, and Watch “Biobank” Win the Race

    Biopreservation and Biobanking

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