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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.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Fossils Cooperation Palaeontological research on the skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex Tristan Otto Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the largest predatory dinosaurs and probably the most famous dinosaur species. The skeleton of T. rex „Tristan Otto“offers new research possibilities about the palaeobiology of Tyrannosaurus.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Collection Fossils Palaeopathology Many diseases also affect the bones. Palaeopathology is able to diagnose and interpret traces of disease on fossil skeletal material using medical methods and techniques.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Mammals Biodiversity Evolution Marine mammals Secondarily adapted mammals to life in water developed a series of characteristics through their evolution, necessary for them to survive in this specific habitat.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils Palaeozoic sharks Palaeozoic waters contain numbers of peculiar representatives of sharks with often very specialized body shape, which later died out without successors.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Database Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Fossil arachnids Investigating the origins and evolution of the arachnids and their relatives by comparing exceptionally preserved fossils with the morphology of living species.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Research Amphibians Extinction of Species Fossils Past and present influences on extinction risk in amphibians Today we know that some traits influence the extinction risk of amphibians – but what about the past? Can we use knowledge from the fossil record to learn about the present and improve conservation?
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Digitalization Evolution Fossils Form, Function and Evolution of the hypercarnivorous Gorgonopsia using 3D-Imaging Technologies My PhD research focuses on the fossil clade Gorgonopsia, the apex predators of the Late Permian, investigating their cranial biomechanics and postcranial morphology using novel imaging technologies.
Tue | 01/23/2018 | 05:10 Team
Mon | 01/22/2018 | 19:56 The Museum The "Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science" is an integrated research museum within the Leibniz Association. It is one of the most important research institutions worldwide in the areas of biological and geological evolution and biodiversity.
Press release, 22-01-2018
Evolution Society Climate Change Science Communication
Taking responsibility FOR NATURE Evolution Society Climate Change Science Communication Press release, 22-01-2018 Safeguaring life on earth and our rich biodiversity is one of the great challenges for the future of humanity. As a research museum the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is a strong science, collections and evidence based organisation on this theme. In addition we see our role increasingly as a honest broker and participant in science – society dialog around a sustainable future, playing an ever stronger part as a change maker and scientific advisor to support ‘nature’.
Mon | 01/22/2018 | 14:32 Our logo Ungefähr zwei Jahre hat sich das Museum für Naturkunde einem reflektierten Wandlungsprozess unterzogen, an dessen Ziel ein offenes, integriertes Forschungsmuseum stehen soll. Aber dieser Prozess ist nicht abgeschlossen, sondern beginnt jetzt erst richtig.
Mon | 01/22/2018 | 14:01 "for Nature" journals Since the opening of our museum in 1889, we have outlasted four states, survived two world wars and have always remained one thing: a research institute in step with the times. We are now developing the historic building into a 21st century museum that will open its collection to the world; a place of research and preservation, of encounters and democracy. In our für Natur journals ("for nature"), we take you along this path into the future.
Mon | 01/22/2018 | 12:43 Research Research The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is an integrated research museum where internationally recognized collections-based science is carried out. We are an active partnership organisation with national and international networks. For us, research means the systematic and explorative search for knowledge. The collection is our central infrastructure. Teams of scientists from different scientific disciplines conduct cutting-edge research on life, earth and the solar system.
Thu | 01/18/2018 | 15:39 Naturblicke auf Berlin Exhibition of the photo project “Naturblicke auf Berlin” opened.
Press release, 18-01-2018
Society Nature Politics
Views of nature in Berlin Award ceremony and presentation of the photography project about urban nature
Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Research Transfer Knowledge Transfer Protection of Species Biodiversity Cooperation A fast track to biodiversity in the 21st century - the Indobiosys project Establishing a standardized and sustainable workflow to accelerate the process of biodiversity discovery from underexplored biodiversity-rich areas.

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung