Dr. Jonas Astrin

Head of Section
Biobank Curator

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Tel: +49 228 9122-357

Fax: +49 228 9122-6357

Mail: j.astrin [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

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Research interests

Integrative taxonomy, DNA barcoding [18], wildlife forensics [19], biobank [20] management, biospecimen science, DNA preservation, cell culture, LIS (Library and Information Science)

Memberships

GGBN - Global Genome Biodiversity Network, ISBER - International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, Frozen Ark Consortium, DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) (advisor), BUND - Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), ESBB - Eur-ME-Afr Soc f Biopreservation and Biobanking

External websites and profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-astrin-b8480233/ [21]

Projects

2020

[22]

GBOL III: Dark Taxa [22]

The BMBF-funded GBOL, the German Barcode of Life initiative, has been run successfully over the last eight years. It delivered an operative DNA barcode reference library for German animals, fungi and plants. However, a significant proportion of insect taxa has so far been excluded from GBOL and merely all biodiversity research, because no or only very insufficient expertise and information are available that allow to get a grip on them. They are called “Dark Taxa”.

Unit:

Hymenoptera [23], Diptera [24], Chair Systematic Zoology [25], Mammalogy [26], Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Biodiversity Informatics [27], Directorate [28], Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research [29], Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research [30], Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring [31], Administration [32], ZFMK International Graduate School [33]

Project lead:

Dr. Ralph S. Peters [34]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

2019

[35]

FOGS - Forensic Genetics for Species Protection [35]

The FOGS project develops DNA-based tools to combat illegal trade in protected animal species.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Directorate [28], Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research [29], Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research [30], Biodiversity Informatics [27]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[36]

Joint Danube Survey [36]

JDS monitors key water quality elements (including biodiversity) for the length of the Danube River and its major tributaries.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

[37]

DNA barcoding of benthic invertebrates from Lake Sevan (Armenia) [37]

Building a reference database of DNA barcodes for the Lake Sevan drainage basin

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Lepidoptera [38], Department Arthropoda [39]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

Funding:

German Academic Exchange Service

[40]

SYNTHESYS+ NA3.1 [40]

SYNTHESYS+ subproject NA3.1 collects existing standards and practices in the biodiversity and environmental biobanking community and identifies gaps.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

Funding:

European Union

2018

[41]

ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories [41]

Guidance for the collection, handling, storage, and distribution of biological and environmental samples

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

[42]

Cell banking at the ZFMK Biobank [42]

ZFMK Biobank archives viable cell material for research and ex-situ conservation.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

2017

[43]

GGBC: Assessment, Monitoring and Management of Caucasian Biodiversity [43]

A Georgian-German initiative to explore and barcode the biodiversity of the Caucasus area

Unit:

Directorate [28], Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research [29], Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research [30], Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Department Arthropoda [39], Coleoptera [44], Mammalogy [26], Lepidoptera [38], Administration [32], ZFMK International Graduate School [33], Biodiversity Informatics [27], Metabarcoding [45], Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring [31], Myriapoda [46], Arachnids [47], Staff Council [48], Ichthyology [49], Diptera [24], Hymenoptera [23]

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof [50]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[51]

Optimizing and standardizing the preservation of animal tissue for molecular biodiversity research [51]

Towards establishing a clearer, comparative perspective on some of the most commonly used preservation/fixation fluids in zoological biobanking.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

2014

[52]

Bumbuna Phase II Project [52]

Baseline Study and Ecological Monitoring before and after the inundation of the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project Reservoir.

Unit:

Mammalogy [26], Taxidermy [53], Ichthyology [49], Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jan Decher [54]

Funding:

Combined Ecology, BTO Services Ltd., UK

[55]

ESBB & ISBER Enviro-Bio Working Group [55]

The Enviro-Bio Working Group is a collaboration of biodiversity biobanks within ISBER and ESBB, the international and European biobanking societies.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

2012

[56]

Frozen Ark Project [56]

Network for ex-situ conservation of molecular biodiversity

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

[57]

Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) [57]

Establishing standards for the preservation of molecular samples and molecular biodiversity.

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Ornithology [58], Biodiversity Informatics [27]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

2011

[59]

GBOL- German Barcode of Life [59]

"German Barcode of Life" ( GBOL ) is a project sponsored by the BMBF and includes the creation of inventories for the gentic characterization of the animals, fungi and plants of germany, using DNA-Barcodes.

Unit:

Chair Systematic Zoology [25], Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring [31], Mammalogy [26], Department Arthropoda [39], Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Directorate [28], Administration [32], ZFMK International Graduate School [33], Coleoptera [44], Ichthyology [49], Metabarcoding [45], Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research [29], Bat Banding Centre [60], Biodiversity Informatics [27], Arachnids [47], Environmental Genomics [61], Myriapoda [46], Staff Council [48], Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research [30], Diptera [24], Hymenoptera [23], Herpetology [62], Ornithology [58]

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. J. Wolfgang Wägele [63]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[64]

Molecular Weevil Identification [64]

DNA barcoding the European weevil fauna and building molecular and morphological weevil collections

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14], Coleoptera [44]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

2007

[65]

DNA Bank Network [65]

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Directorate [28], Molecular Laboratory [66], Biobank [14], Chair Systematic Zoology [25], Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research [30]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

[67]

Integrative taxonomy in cryptic weevils [67]

Integrative taxonomy and DNA barcoding in western Palearctic weevils of the subfamily Cryptorhynchinae

Unit:

Molecular Taxonomy [13], Biobank [14]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [6]

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publications

Published in

2011

Astrin, J. J. & Stüben, P. E. (2011): Molecular phylogeny of Echinodera and Ruteria (Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Cryptorhynchinae) and the parallel speciation of Canary Island weevils along replicate environmental gradients. - Invertebrate Systematics 24: 434-455.

[more] [69]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS10021 [70]

Pietsch, S. J., Astrin, J. J., Wägele, J. W. (2011): Germany launches the German Barcode of Life (GBOL). - ECBOL Newsletter 5: 4-5.

[more] [71]

Documents:

pietsch-germany_launches-2012.pdf [72]

Stüben, P. E., Astrin, J. J. (2011): Aeoniacalles tabladoensis sp.n. and Aeoniacalles aeonii bodegensis (Stüben 2000) resyn. from the Canary Islands (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Weevil News 68: 1-5.

[more] [73]

Links:

http://www.curci.de/weevilnews/no/68/WN68.pdf [74]

Stüben, P. E., Torres, J. L., Astrin, J. J. (2011): Kyklioacalles alcornocalensis sp.n. from Spain (Cádiz) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Weevil News 65: 1-5.

[more] [75]

Links:

http://www.curci.de/weevilnews/no/65/WN65.pdf [76]

2010

Huber, B. A., Fischer, N., Astrin, J. J. (2010): High level of endemism in Haiti’s last remaining forests: revision of Modisimus (Araneae: Pholcidae) on Hispaniola, using morphology and molecules. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 244-299.

[more] [77]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00559.x [78]

Raupach, M. J., Astrin, J. J., Hannig, K., Peters, M. K., Stoeckle, M. Y., Wägele, J. W. (2010): Molecular species identification of Central European ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using nuclear rDNA expansion segments and DNA barcodes. - Frontiers in Zoology 7: 26.

[more] [79]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-26 [80]

Stüben, P. E. & Astrin, J. J. (2010). Molecular phylogeny of the weevil genus Kyklioacalles Stüben, with descriptions of a new subgenus Glaberacalles and two new species (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Zootaxa 2662: 28-52.

[more] [81]

Stüben, P. E., Astrin, J. J. (2010): Molecular phylogeny in endemic weevils: revision of the genera of Macaronesian Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 40-87.

[more] [82]

Links:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00609.x/abstract [83]

Stüben, P. E., Behne, L., Floren, A., Günther, H., Klopfstein, S., López, H., Machado, A., Schwarz, M., Wägele, J. W., Wunderlich, J., Astrin, J. J. (2010): Canopy fogging in the Canarian laurel forest of Tenerife and La Gomera. - Weevil News 51: 1-21.

[more] [84]

Links:

http://www.curci.de/weevilnews/no/51/WN51.pdf [85]

2009

Astrin, J. J. (2009): Managing molecular taxonomic data. - Berliner Handreichungen zur Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft 249: 1-62.

[more] [86]

Links:

http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/docviews/abstract.php?id=29629 [87]

Astrin, J. J. (2009): Molecular phylogeny of the TreeClimbers. - In: Stüben, P. E., Fabian, K., Astrin, J. J. (eds.). TreeClimbers: Dendroacalles, Silvacalles and Lauriacalles of the Canary Islands. - CURCULIO Institute (Mönchengladbach). pp. 38-40.

[more] [88]

Astrin, J. J., Stüben, P. E. (2009): Molecular phylogeny in 'nano-weevils': description of a new subgenus Nanoacalles and two new species of Calacalles from the Macaronesian Islands (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Zootaxa 2300: 51-67.

[more] [89]

Links:

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02300p067.pdf [90]

Huber, B. A., Astrin, J. J. (2009). Increased sampling blurs morphological and molecular species limits: revision of the Hispaniolan endemic spider genus Tainonia (Araneae : Pholcidae). - Invertebrate Systematics 23: 281-300.

[more] [91]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS09017 [92]

Stüben, P. E., Astrin, J. J. (2009): Neue Erkenntnisse zur Taxonomie, Biologie und Ökologie der Cryptorhynchinae von den Makaronesischen Inseln. 5. Beitrag: Madeira / Porto Santo / Desertas / Selvagens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Snudebiller - Studies on taxonomy, biology and ecology of Curculionoidea 10: 48-86.

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Stüben, P. E., Fabian, K., Astrin, J. J. (2009): TreeClimbers: Dendroacalles, Silvacalles and Lauriacalles of the Canary Islands. - CURCULIO Institute (Mönchengladbach). 41pp.

[more] [94]

2008

Astrin, J. J., Stüben, P. E. (2008): Phylogeny in cryptic weevils: molecules, morphology and new genera of western Palaearctic Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). - Invertebrate Systematics 22: 503-522.

[more] [95]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS07057 [96]

Stüben, P. E., Astrin, J. J. (2008): Echinodera bulbosa Stüben & Astrin. - In: Stüben, P. E. (ed.): Key to the species of the genus Echinodera of the Westpalaeartic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). - Snudebiller - Studies on taxonomy, biology and ecology of Curculionoidea 9: 80-112.

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2007

Astrin, J. J., Huber, B. A., Misof, B. (2007): The pitfalls of exaggeration: molecular and morphological evidence suggests Kaliana is a synonym of Mesabolivar (Araneae: Pholcidae). - Zootaxa 1646: 17-30.

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2006

Astrin, J. J., Huber, B.A., Misof, B., Klütsch, C.F. (2006): Molecular taxonomy in pholcid spiders (Pholcidae, Araneae): evaluation of species identification methods using CO1 and 16S rRNA. - Zoologica Scripta 35: 441-457.

[more] [99]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00239.x [100]

Stüben, P. E., Astrin, J. J. (2006): New insights from biogeography, morphology and molecular biology: the species status of Acalles temperei Péricart, 1987 and Kyklioacalles navieresi (Boheman, 1837) (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Weevil News 33: 1-8.

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Occupations

since 2010
Researcher at the Center for Molecular Biodiversity, ZFMK;
biobank curator and section head (Molecular Taxonomy and Biobank)

2007-2010
Research assistant at Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig; own PhD project

2005-2007
Scientific assistant at the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences

Education

2010 Ph.D. (Zoology), University of Bonn

2008 M.A. (Library and Information Science), Humboldt-University Berlin

2005 M.Sc. equivalent (Biology), University of Bonn

2003 B.A. equivalent (Philosophy), University of Würzburg

2002 B.Sc. equivalent (Biology), University of Würzburg

Grants

2020-2023
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
GBOL (German Barcode of Life) III: Dark Taxa

2019-2022
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
FOGS - Forensic Genetics for Species Protection

2019-2022
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
Development of AMMOD Stations - Weather Stations for Species Diversity

2019-2023
European Commission (Horizon 2020):
Synthesis of systematic resources (SYNTHESYS+), NA3.1 task lead

2017-2020
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
German-Georgian Biodiversity Center

2016-2018
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
German Barcode of Life (GBOL) 2

2011-2015
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
GBOL – German Barcode of Life

2007-2011
German Research Foundation (DFG):
Integrative taxonomy in cryptic weevils

2008
Alexander Koenig Foundation:
Canopy fogging in the Macaronesian laurel forest

2004-2005
Alexander Koenig Foundation:
DNA taxonomy in pholcid spiders

2000-2001
Scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin

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External websites and profiles

2020

GBOL III: Dark Taxa [22]

2019

FOGS - Forensic Genetics for Species Protection [35]

Joint Danube Survey [36]

DNA barcoding of benthic invertebrates from Lake Sevan (Armenia) [37]

SYNTHESYS+ NA3.1 [40]

2018

ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories [41]

Cell banking at the ZFMK Biobank [42]

2017

GGBC: Assessment, Monitoring and Management of Caucasian Biodiversity [43]

Optimizing and standardizing the preservation of animal tissue for molecular biodiversity research [51]

2014

Bumbuna Phase II Project [52]

ESBB & ISBER Enviro-Bio Working Group [55]

2012

Frozen Ark Project [56]

Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) [57]

2011

GBOL- German Barcode of Life [59]

Molecular Weevil Identification [64]

2007

DNA Bank Network [65]

Integrative taxonomy in cryptic weevils [67]

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