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SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Diversity partioning during the Ordovician biodiversification The Ordovician witnessed a tremendous increase of marine biodiversity. Is this crucial phase of Earth's history based on ecological interactions or abiotic environmental factors?
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils Palaeopathology of fossil vertebrates The project deals with the origin and evolution of diseases in fossil vertebrates.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Impact Earth Sciences Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Impact and collision processes have shaped the evolution of the Earth-Moon system and the terrestrial planets significantly and have been key for the formation of habitable conditions on Earth.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils Physiology and mode of life of early tetrapods This permanent research field studies physiological aspects like breathing and feeding during the fish-to-tetrapod transition and the subsequent conquest of land by vertebrates
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Bone cells on the track The evolutionary history of bone cells will shed light on the development of bone metabolism throughout vertebrate history and especially against the background of major evolutionary transitions.
Evolutionary Morphology SP2 Collection Future Research Morphology Mammals Biodiversity Digitalization Evolution In search of the origins of diversity The project looks at the involution of characteristics on a mammalian skull during individual development.
Press release, 26-01-2018
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Whole-body photoreceptor networks are independent of ‘lenses’ in brittle stars Photoreception and vision are fundamental aspects of animal sensory biology and ecology, but important gaps remain in our understanding of these processes in many species.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Database Collection Biodiversity Open Science Digitalization Evolution Laboratories Real Power – Wasps and the muscles Apoidea and Vespoidea (aculeate hymenoptera) have a strongly distinct musculature. Using microCT scans and 3D segmentations with “Amira” the muscles are visualised and analysed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Research Genomics Morphology Database Collection Genetics Sphex – a digger wasp genus re-assessed In this project, a comprehensive analytical comparison is carried out for the first time, looking at members of the Sphex digger wasp genus (Sphecidae) from the major tropical regions on earth. By combining morphological with genetic data, the relationship between species is retraced.
Evolutionary Morphology Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Research Research Infrastructure Collections Management Collection Biodiversity Taxonomy and phylogeograpy of Scopaeina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) The diversity and evolution of Scopaeina is largely unknown. The aim of our long-term project is to re-assess the incredibly diverse monophylum of short-winged beetles (Staphylinidae) taxonomically and answer questions relating to their evolution and biogeography.
Thu | 01/25/2018 | 15:22 Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research in the Department of Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites is focused mainly on the formation and collision history of the Solar System, in particular the terrestrial planets and asteroids.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Impact Earth Sciences Petrogenesis and metallogenesis of layered intrusions Investigation of the mineralogy, textures (2D and 3D) and chemistry of chromitite layers, their host rocks and associated platinum-group element mineralization in layered intrusions.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Impact Earth Sciences Meteoritic traces in Archean spherule layers in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa We investigate Archean spherule layers from the Barberton Greenstone Belt (BGB) that constitute >3.2 billion year old impact deposits that are amongst the earliest relics of impact on this planet.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Impact Earth Sciences Impact and shock metamorphism The impact metamorphism causes characteristic shock effects in minerals and rocks, which were investigated by mineralogical methods for the improvement of the shock classification.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Impact Earth Sciences Genesis and emplacement of melt-bearing impact breccias (suevite) We perform new detailed mineralogical und chemical studies on melt-bearing impact breccias from the Ries structure to better understand the dynamics of their formation and emplacement.
SP2 Collection Future Research Research Infrastructure Collections Management Collection Laboratories Development of a simplified procedure for testing the suitability of materials for scientific collections A test run for a simplified indicator test carried out in three natural history museums and collections (MAT-CH)
SP2 Collection Future Research Research Infrastructure Collections Management Mammals Collection The threat to the collection of animal hides – and how we are going to protect them This research project focuses on the degradation processes in the historic skins and hides of mammals in natural history collections. The causes of decay must be better understood in order to develop sustainable treatment methods that stabilise the hides.
Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils The sea urchin Echinocorys as a model organism for the study of fossil parasite/host systems The sea urchin genus Echinocorys thrived on the seafloor for over 40 million years and, was host to parasites from very diverse groups of organisms. It is therefore particularly suited as a model for studying symbiotic relationships over long geological timespans.
SP2 Collection Future Research Research Infrastructure Transfer Collections Management Knowledge Transfer Research Data Management Collection The significance of ornithological collection of the MfN as a scientific collection and as part of our cultural heritage Archive research to enhance the value of historical collection specimens for current research
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Collection Evolution Fossils Palaeobiology and systematic relationships of Jurassic sauropods My research area is centered around aspects of functional morphology, palaeoecology and systematic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs from the Jurassic, with the purpose to find out more about the paleobiology of this dinosaur group within their ecosystems.

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