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Brachiopods can see the light
Already in the 19th century, zoologists noticed up to 16 pigment spots in the front part of certain brachiopod larvae. Since these larvae react to light their pigment spots were assumed to represent eye-like photoreceptors.
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From pig to pig
Domestic pigs were bred from wild boars. Researchers are investigating how they have been genetically and physically altered over the past 100 years, including aspects of contemporary taste.
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Opinion Boxes
Between September 2017 and May 2018, visitors found boxes in front of various objects in the permanent exhibitions, asking for their opinions on ethical issues. The opinion boxes are temporary exhibition elements in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and were conceived as part of a co-design process as part of the third-party funding project Visitor Participation. The construction and development (production of the boxes, programming, insertion and card output module) was carried out in cooperation with the interaction designer Michael Jurisch.
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Wasp named after magical wand from Harry Potter
In January we presented this new wasp species of the genus Dolichurus to our visitors. It lives in Papua New Guinea and belongs to the family of cockroach wasps. We received numerous name suggestions - from visitors to the exhibitions, but also by e-mail - and selected the 10 most suitable names with a jury. In a second round, our visitors chose the most popular name in the exhibitions: elderus, named after the Elder Wand from the Harry Potter books.
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Fossil echinoderms
The fossil echinoderm collection comprises 36,000 specimens
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Fossil bivalves, snails, brachiopods, and sponges
The extensive collection of fossil bivalves, snails, brachiopods and sponges comprises over 340,000 specimens
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Fossil arthropods and the amber collection
More than 90,000 specimens make up the systematic collection of fossil arthropods and the adjoined amber collection of the Museum für Naturkunde
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Deep time evolution and development of the tetrapod body bauplan
The Integration of paleontological and developmental approaches allows for a study of the interplay of ontogeny and macroevolutionary processes over geologic times scales and tehreby offers new insights and perspectives.
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Animals as Objects
“Animals as Objects. Zoological Gardens and Natural History Museum Berlin, 1810 to 2020” is a cooperative research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research between the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the Humboldt-University of Berlin and the Berlin Zoo plc.
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Climbing, Digging, and Swimming Limbs: A Story of Evolving Bone and Muscle
My research uses the mustelids - badgers, martens, otters, and weasels – to under the evolution of adaptations for different locomotor habits.
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Deep Impact - Assessing the societal impact of the MfN
Knowledge transfer has always been a core competence of museums. Current research at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin explores ways to make it even more effective.
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The role of muscles in the evolutionary transformation of limbs and body axis: a case study on Australian lizards
Different reduction types of the lizard genus Lerista are analysed using soft tissue staining (dice-CT) and µ-CT scans. Investigations are focussed on the muscles of the pectoral- and pelvic region.
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Hearing in Penguins
In a co-operative project with the Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund, we study the hearing of penguins. The MfN is responsible for establishing a database containing audiograms, managing the data, as well as providing environmental education and multimedia material to support the project.
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Reference library for bat calls
Bats are usually detected via their echolocation sounds. In our project, we establish a freely accessible library of calls of European bats to support acoustic species identification and the development of pattern recognition algorithms.
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Developing the animal sound archive as a digital research collection
The animal sound archive at the MfN is a unique resource of acoustic records that is now digitally converted to become an effective tool for biodiversity research.
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Automated acoustic detection und acoustic pattern recognition
Bioacoustic methods are well suited to record the occurrence, distribution and behavioural patterns in individual animals or populations, thus making a synchronised and continuous record of aspects of biodiversity dynamics over long periods of time, using standardised methods.
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Evolutionary Morphology
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Improving use of morphological data to infer phylogenies for fossils
To make the family tree of modern taxa we can use DNA, but for fossils we must use morphology. This is often inaccurate due to convergence and methodology – this project plans to change this.
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ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations
ECOPOTENTIAL focuses on a targeted set of internationally recognised Protected Areas, blending Earth Observations from remote sensing and field measurements, data analysis and modelling of current and future ecosystem conditions and services
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Oceans in temperature-related stress
Temperature-related stresses can degrade marine ecosystems and drive species to extinction. Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are testing if there are early responses before extinctions occur.
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Avoiding negative effects of Mining in a biodiversity hotspot
The main goal of these projects is to give the scientific basis for a potent management plan, to protect a biodiversity hotspot, focussing on the highest known amphibian diversity in West Africa.
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