Right on the pulse of science: current research from the Natural History Museum Stuttgart as well as from (international) partner institutions is presented at our research colloquium. The colloquium serves the scientific exchange between researchers and all those interested in research. The lectures in English take place regularly every fortnight on Tuesdays at 3 pm at Museum am Löwentor and are transmitted via Zoom. We look forward to active participation on site or online!
Research colloquium
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14.01.25, 4 pm
From DNA to ecosystems – the promise of metabarcoding biological archives for biodiversity monitoring
Henrik Krehenwinkel, Uni Trier
New approaches and data sources are urgently needed to understand historical biodiversity change in the Anthropocene. Recent developments in high throughput DNA metabarcoding hold great promise to provide the needed data. The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA), DNA traces left by organisms in their environment, has particularly revolutionized biodiversity research. eDNA is preserved in many biological archives, making it possible to trace taxonomic changes at unprecedented temporal detail. I will give an overview of our work using eDNA analysis in biological archives, particularly the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB). In the past three decades, the ESB has compiled highly standardized biotic samples from various ecosystems of Germany. In my talk, I will highlight our recent work on the reconstruction of 30-years of temporal changes in biological communities across the tree of life in marine, limnic and terrestrial samples of the ESB.
As usual, we will also broadcast via zoom for those who can not join in person: https://zoom.us/j/94510498226
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- 02.10.24
Endocrine links between life cycle evolution and the diversification of salamanders
Ronald Bonett, University of Tulsa - 08.10.24
Genomic Perspectives on African Shrews: Evolutionary History, Diversity, and Speciation Patterns in Crocidura
Malahat Dianat, Masaryk University, Brno - 19.11.24
The looooong neck of giraffes - form and function in light of evolution
John Nyakatura, Humboldt Universität Berlin - 03.12.24
Sex determination and local habitats: Signatures of diversity and adaptation in bees
Martin Hasselmann, Uni Hohenheim - 17.12.24
Application of the eDNA metabarcoding approach to recover arthropod communities and interaction networks: case studies from plant-arthropod and predator-prey associations
Majid Moradman - 14.01.25
From DNA to ecosystems – the promise of metabarcoding biological archives for biodiversity monitoring
Henrik Krehenwinkel, Uni Trier - 28.01.25
To be announced
Max Dehling - 04.02.25
To be announced
Serjoscha Evers - 11.02.25
A new family of temnospondyl amphibian and the trait evolution of brevirostrine forms in Triassic amphibians
Sanjukta Chakravorti