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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

  • 2025/11

    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

  • 2025/11

    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

  • 2025/10

    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

  • 2025/10

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 Eunicellacavolini, an IUCN Near Threatened Gorgonian of the Mediterranean Sea

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 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

    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

  • 2025/09

    Chrysostomakis, I., Mozer, A., Bruno Di-Nizo, C., Fischer, D., Sargheini, N., von der Mark, L., Huettel, B., Astrin, J.J., Töpfer, T., Böhne, A.

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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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

  • 2025/08

    Bolanakis, G., Karakasi, D., Bitzilekis, E., Stratakis, M., Trichas, A., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Böhne, A., Monteiro, R., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Genoscope 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 genome of Dailognatha quadricollis, an East Mediterranean darkling beetle

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/08

    Emerson, B.C., Conejero, M., Riesgo, A., Noguerales, V., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Guerrero, J.P., Fernández, R., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, ., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE genome of the ironclad beetle Tarphiuscanariensis Wollaston, 1862

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/08

    Carranza, S., Fernández-Guiberteau, D., Blasón, L., Tulloch, S., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Fernández, R., Escudero, N., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Alioto, T.S., Câmara Ferreira, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Cruz, F., Sinha, S., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    ERGA-BGE Genome of the viperine water snake (Natrixmaura): a key species for evolutionary insights of freshwater snakes

    Open Research Europe, 5

  • 2025/08

    Lopes, R.J., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Oomen, R.A., Struck, T.H., Aguilera, L., Gut, M., Câmara Ferreira, F., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Alioto, T.S., Monteiro, R.

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    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

    Rola, M., Coelho, M.A.G., Pruckner, C., Quiroga-Perez, M., Stock, W., Baylina, N., Engelen, A.H., Wägele, H., Serrao, E.A., Frade, P.R.

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    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

    Zahnow, F., Jäger, C., Mohamed, Y., Vogelhuber, G., May, F., Ciocan, A.M., Manieri, A., Maxeiner, S., Krasteva-Christ, G., Schnappauf, O., Cobain, M.R.D., Podsiadlowski, L., Crespo-Picazo, J.L., García-Párraga, D., Althaus, M.

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    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

    Albert, J.S., Abrahão, V., Akin, D.R., Andrade, M., Arce, M., Armbruster, J.W., Benine, R., Bernt, M.J., Bichuette, M.E., Birindelli, J., Bragança, P., Britto, M.R., Buckup, P.A., Burns, M.D., Calegari, B.B., Carvalho, F.G., Carvalho, T.P., Casatti, L., Costa, W., Crampton, W.G.R., da Costa Ramos, R., da Silva, R.G., Dagosta, F., Egan, J., Fernandez, L., Fitzgerald, D., Fontanelle, J.P., Hrbek, T., Langeani, F., Lehmann, P., Leitão, R.P., Lima, F.C.T., Loeb, M.V., Lucena, C.A.S., Lucinda, P.H.F., Lujan, N.K., Malabarba, L.R., Matamoros, W.A., Melo, B.F., Netto-Ferreira, A., Pavanelli, C.S., Peilicice, F.M., Pereira, E.H.L., Rocha, M., Roxo, F., Sant' Anna, V., Shibatta, O., Slobobdian, V., Stange, M., Tagliacollo, V.A., Tan, M., Torgersen, K.T., Winemiller, K.O., Reis, R.E.

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    An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes

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  • 2025/07

    Abrha, A.M., Rödder, D., Gedeon, K., Podsiadlowski, L., Töpfer, T.

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    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

    Wägele, H., Raubold, L.M., Papu, A., Undap, N., Yonow, N.

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    On two new Phyllidia species (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Doridina) and some histology from the Coral Triangle

    ZooKeys, 1245

  • 2025/07

    Hausdorf, B., Tapia, E., Monteiro, R., Böhne, A., Marcussen, T., Struck, T., Oomen, R.A., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, ., Haggerty, L., Martin, F., Brown, T.

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    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

    Rídl, J., Dedukh, D., Halenková, Z., Schlebusch, S.A., Beneš, V., Lopez, M.O., Osiejuk, T.S., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Suh, A., Albrecht, T., Reif, J., Reifová, R.

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    Germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds has different centromere compared to regular chromosomes

    Heredity

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