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Project title: 
Central-European Soil Invertebrate Genome Initiative
ZFMK Project lead: 
Dr. Karen Meusemann
Unit: 
Directorate Staff

Description

We initiated SIGI to leverage emerging genomic tools to understand the ecology and evolution of soil invertebrates, their role in ecosystems and soil functions, to develop sustainable management procedures, and to provide resources for bioeconomy.

This is a collaboration with the LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (lead: M. Balint, Senckenberg). Photo: Andy Murray (German pauropod). Photo: German Pauropod, Andy Murray.

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Iris Madge Pimentel
INPEDIV Project
Conservation Ecology
+49 228 9122-352
+49 228 9122-212
no.mail [at] leibniz-zfmk.de