The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

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Dr. Vasco Elbrecht

Former head of Environmental Genomics section

Environmental Genomics

Tel: +49 228 9122-351

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: V.Elbrecht [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

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Profile

Field of work

Metabarcoding method development

Development and validation of laboratory pipelines , including metabarcoding primer development, large scale projects and robotics
Developmment of bioinformatic metabarcoding pipelines
Illumina & Nanopore sequencing
Metabarcoding alternatives, like mitogenomics and capture methods
Gut content analysis, ecology and environmental change / insect decline

External websites and profiles

https://twitter.com/VascoElbrecht

Publications

Published in

2021

Elbrecht V, Bourlat SJ, Hörren T, Lindner A, Mordente A, Noll NW, Schäffler L, Sorg M, Zizka VMA. 2021. Pooling size sorted Malaise trap fractions to maximize taxon recovery with metabarcoding. PeerJ 9:e12177 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12177

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2020

Leese, F., Beermann, A.J., Zizka, V. unter Mitarbeit von Astrin, J., Bálint, M., Bourlat, S., Buchner, D., Elbrecht, V., Hörren, T., Krehenwinkel, H., Monaghan, M., Morinière, J., Pauls, S.U., Schäffler, L., Weigand, A. 2020 Potenzial genetischer Methoden für die Erfassung und das Monitoring von Insekten. Ausarbeitung im Rahmen des F+E-Vorhabens „Konzeptentwicklung zum bundesweiten Insektenmonitoring"

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Beermann, A. J., Werner, M-T., Elbrecht, V., Zizka, V. M. A., Leese F (2020): DNA metabarcoding improves the detection of multiple stressor responses of stream invertebrates to increased salinity, fine sediment deposition and reduced flow velocity. - Science of The Total Environment 750.

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Elbrecht, V., Bourlat, S.J., Lindner, A., Mordente, A., Noll, N., Sorg, M., Zizka, V. (2020) Pooling size sorted malaise trap fractions to maximise taxon recovery with metabarcoding. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.09.118950v1

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2019

Blackman RC, Mächler E, Altermatt F, Arnold A, Beja P, Boets P, Egeter B, Elbrecht V, et al. (2019) Advancing the use of molecular methods for routine freshwater macroinvertebrate biomonitoring – the need for calibration experiments. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 3: e34735. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.3.34735

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Links:

https://mbmg.pensoft.net/article/34735/

Braukmann, T. W. A., Ivanova, N. V., Prosser, S. W. J., Elbrecht, V., Steinke, D., Ratnasingham, S., et al. (2019). Metabarcoding a Diverse Arthropod Mock Community. Molecular Ecology Resources, 1–41. http://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13008

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Links:

http://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13008

Zizka, V. M. A., Elbrecht, V., Macher, J.-N., & Leese, F. (2019). Assessing the influence of sample tagging and library preparation on DNA metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13018

Gauthier, M., Konecny-Dupré, L., Nguyen, A., Elbrecht, V., Datry, T., Douady, C. J., & Lefébure, T. (2019). Enhancing DNA metabarcoding performance and applicability with bait capture enrichment and DNA from conservative ethanol (p. 580464).

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13088

Elbrecht, V., Braukmann, T. W., Ivanova, N. V., Prosser, S. W., Hajibabaei, M., Wright, M., et al. (2019). Validation of COI metabarcoding primers for terrestrial arthropods. PeerJ Preprints, 7, e27801v2. http://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27801v2

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Links:

https://peerj.com/articles/7745/

2018

Beermann, A. J., Zizka, V. M. A., Elbrecht, V., Baranov, V., & Leese, F. (2018). DNA metabarcoding reveals the complex and hidden responses of chironomids to multiple stressors. Environmental Sciences Europe, 1–15.

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Links:

http://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-018-0157-x

Elbrecht, V., Hebert, P. D. N., & Steinke, D. (2018). Slippage of degenerate primers can cause variation in amplicon length. Scientific Reports, 1–5.

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Links:

http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29364-z

Theissinger, K., Kästel, A., Elbrecht, V., Makkonen, J., Michiels, S., Schmidt, S., et al. (2018). Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change in mosquito controlled temporary wetlands. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 2(1), e21060–13.

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Links:

http://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.2.21060

Florian Leese, Agnès Bouchez, Kessy Abarenkov, Florian Altermatt, Ángel Borja, Kat Bruce, Torbjørn Ekrem, Fedor Ciampor Jr., Zuzana Ciamporová-Zaťovičová, Filipe O. Costa, Sofia Duarte, Vasco Elbrecht, Diego Fontaneto, Alain Franc, Matthias F. Geiger, Daniel Hering, Maria Kahlert, Belma Kalamujic Stroil, Martyn Kelly, Emre Keskin, Igor Liska, Patricia Mergen, Kristian Meissner, Jan Pawlowski, Lyubomir Penev, Yorick Reyjol, Ana Rotter, Dirk Steinke, Bas van der Wal, Simon Vitecek, Jonas Zimmermann, and Alexander M. Weigand: Why We Need Sustainable Networks Bridging Countries, Disciplines, Cultures and Generations for Aquatic Biomonitoring 2.0: A Perspective Derived From The DNAqua-Net COST Action. - In: Drs. Bohan, Dumbrell, Woodward, Jackson (eds.). Next Generation Biomonitoring: Part 1. - Academic Press [Elsevier](Oxford). pp. 63-100.

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Links:

DNAqua-Net COST Action

Elbrecht, V., & Steinke, D. (2018). Scaling up DNA metabarcoding for freshwater macrozoobenthos monitoring. Freshwater Biology.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13220

Elbrecht V, Vamos EE, Steinke D, Leese F. 2018. Estimating intraspecific genetic diversity from community DNA metabarcoding data. PeerJ 6:e4644

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4644

2017

Elbrecht, V., & Leese, F. (2017). Validation and development of freshwater invertebrate metabarcoding COI primers for Environmental Impact Assessment. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 5, 1–11.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00011

Elbrecht, V., Vamos, E., Meissner, K., Aroviita, J., & Leese, F. (2017). Assessing strengths and weaknesses of DNA metabarcoding based macroinvertebrate identification for routine stream monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1–21.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12789

Vamos, E. E., Elbrecht, V., & Leese, F. (2017). Short COI markers for freshwater macroinvertebrate metabarcoding. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 1–20.

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Links:

https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.1.14625

Elbrecht, V., Peinert, B., & Leese, F. (2017). Sorting things out: Assessing effects of unequal specimen biomass on DNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution, 7(17), 6918–6926.

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Links:

http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3192

Röhl, O., Peršoh, D., Mittelbach, M., Elbrecht, V., Brachmann, A., Nuy, J., et al. (2017). Distinct sensitivity of fungal freshwater guilds to water quality. Mycological Progress, 1–15.

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Links:

http://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-016-1261-1

Pages

Since 2019: Scientific staff, museum Koenig

2017-2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Guelph, Canada)

2013-2017: Doctor rer. nat., University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen, Germany)

2011-2013: Master in Biology, Ruhr-University Bochum (Bochum, Germany)

2010-2011: ERASMUS, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)

2007-2010: Bachelor in Biology, Ruhr-University Bochum (Bochum, Germany)

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