Dr. Jonas Astrin

Head of Section
Biobank Curator

Biobank [18]

Tel: +49 228 9122-357

Fax: +49 228 9122-6357

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

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Profile

Research interests

Biobank [22] management, biospecimen science, DNA preservation, cell culture, DNA barcoding, integrative taxonomy, wildlife forensics, 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), iBOL Science Committee, SWFS - Society for Wildlife Forensic Science, ICOM NATHIST, Bund Naturschutz (BUND), Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU)

External websites and profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-astrin-b8480233/ [23]

Projects

2021

[24]

Genomic technology for the Caucasus [24]

It is planned to undertake 1) a comprehensive upgrade of researchinfrastructure in the molecular ecology laboratory at ISU, and 2) ajoint research investigation of biodiversity and refugial areas in the Caucasus region. Improvements to research infrastructure will providemodern biotechnology to researchers in the Caucasus region, including next generation sequencing (NGS) and real time PCR.

Unit:

Directorate [25], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Biobank [18], Administration [27]

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof [28]

2020

[29]

CaBOL - Caucasus Barcode of Life [29]

A Georgian-Armenian-German initiative to build research infrastructures and to explore and barcode the biodiversity of the Caucasus

Unit:

Directorate [25], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Biobank [18], Department Arthropoda [30], Biodiversity Informatics [31], Diptera [32], Administration [27]

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof [28]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[33]

GBOL III: Dark Taxa [33]

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 [34], Diptera [32], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Mammalogy [35], Biobank [18], Biodiversity Informatics [31], Directorate [25], Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring [36], Administration [27], ZFMK International Graduate School [37], Metabarcoding [38], Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research [39]

Project lead:

Dr. Ralph S. Peters [40]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

2019

[41]

FOGS - Forensic Genetics for Species Protection [41]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18], Directorate [25], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Biodiversity Informatics [31], Herpetology [42], Administration [27]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[43]

Joint Danube Survey [43]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

[44]

DNA barcoding of benthic invertebrates from Lake Sevan (Armenia) [44]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18], Lepidoptera [45], Department Arthropoda [30]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

Funding:

German Academic Exchange Service

[46]

SYNTHESYS+ NA3.1 [46]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

Funding:

European Union

2018

[47]

ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories [47]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

[48]

Cell banking at the ZFMK Biobank [48]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

2017

[49]

GGBC: Assessment, Monitoring and Management of Caucasian Biodiversity [49]

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

Unit:

Directorate [25], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Biobank [18], Department Arthropoda [30], Coleoptera [50], Mammalogy [35], Lepidoptera [45], Herpetology [42], Administration [27], ZFMK International Graduate School [37], Biodiversity Informatics [31], Metabarcoding [38], Myriapoda [51], Arachnids [52], Staff Council [53], Diptera [32], Hymenoptera [34], Comparative Insect Genomics [54]

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof [28]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[55]

Optimizing and standardizing the preservation of animal tissue for molecular biodiversity research [55]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

2014

[56]

Bumbuna Phase II Project [56]

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

Unit:

Mammalogy [35], Taxidermy [57], Ichthyology [58], Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jan Decher [59]

Funding:

Combined Ecology, BTO Services Ltd., UK

[60]

ESBB & ISBER Enviro-Bio Working Group [60]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

2012

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Frozen Ark Project [61]

Network for ex-situ conservation of molecular biodiversity

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

[62]

Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) [62]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18], Ornithology [63], Biodiversity Informatics [31]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

2011

[64]

GBOL- German Barcode of Life [64]

"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:

Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring [36], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Mammalogy [35], Department Arthropoda [30], Biobank [18], Directorate [25], Administration [27], ZFMK International Graduate School [37], Coleoptera [50], Ichthyology [58], Metabarcoding [38], Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research [39], Bat Banding Centre [65], Biodiversity Informatics [31], Arachnids [52], Myriapoda [51], Staff Council [53], Diptera [32], Hymenoptera [34], Herpetology [42], Ornithology [63]

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. J. Wolfgang Wägele [66]

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

[67]

Molecular Weevil Identification [67]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18], Coleoptera [50]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

2007

[68]

DNA Bank Network [68]

Unit:

Directorate [25], Molecular Laboratory [69], Biobank [18], Chair Systematic Zoology [26], Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research [70]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

[71]

Integrative taxonomy in cryptic weevils [71]

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

Unit:

Biobank [18]

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin [8]

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publications

Published in

2012

Astrin, J. J., Stüben, P. E., Misof, B., Wägele, J. W., Gimnich, F., Raupach, M. J, Ahrens, D. (2012): Exploring diversity in cryptorhynchine weevils (Coleoptera) using distance-, character- and tree-based species delineation. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 1-14.

[more] [74]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.018 [75]

ISBER (2012) Best Practices for Repositories - Collection, Storage, Retrieval, and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research. - Biopreservation and Biobanking 10: 79-161.

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Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/bio.2012.1022 [77]

Stüben, P. E., Astrin, J. J. (2012): Integrative Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and New Species of the Weevil Genus Onyxacalles Stüben (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). - Psyche 2012 (654948): 1-22.

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Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/654948 [79]

Wägele, J. W., Astrin, J. J., Balke, M., Hausmann, A., Krogmann, L., Hendrich, L., Pietsch, S., Raupach, M., Schmidt, S., Segerer, A. H., Haszprunar, G. (2012). Taxonomie am Scheideweg? Eine moderne Taxonomie als große Chance mit Zukunftsperspektive (eine Antwort an M. Jaschhof). - Studia dipterologica 18 2011 (2012): 105-117.

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Links:

http://www.studia-dipt.de/data/18105.pdf [81]

2011

Astrin, J. J. (2011): Biodiversität schneller erfassen – DNA-Barcoding und integrative Taxonomie bei Rüsselkäfern. - Koenigiana 5: 15-22.

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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] [83]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS10021 [84]

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

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Documents:

pietsch-germany_launches-2012.pdf [86]

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] [87]

Links:

http://www.curci.de/weevilnews/no/68/WN68.pdf [88]

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.

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Links:

http://www.curci.de/weevilnews/no/65/WN65.pdf [90]

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] [91]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00559.x [92]

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] [93]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-26 [94]

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.

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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] [96]

Links:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00609.x/abstract [97]

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] [98]

Links:

http://www.curci.de/weevilnews/no/51/WN51.pdf [99]

2009

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.

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

[more] [101]

Links:

http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/docviews/abstract.php?id=29629 [102]

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] [103]

Links:

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02300p067.pdf [104]

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] [105]

Links:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS09017 [106]

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.

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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:
CaBOL: Caucasus Barcode of Life

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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2021

Genomic technology for the Caucasus [24]

2020

CaBOL - Caucasus Barcode of Life [29]

GBOL III: Dark Taxa [33]

2019

FOGS - Forensic Genetics for Species Protection [41]

Joint Danube Survey [43]

DNA barcoding of benthic invertebrates from Lake Sevan (Armenia) [44]

SYNTHESYS+ NA3.1 [46]

2018

ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories [47]

Cell banking at the ZFMK Biobank [48]

2017

GGBC: Assessment, Monitoring and Management of Caucasian Biodiversity [49]

Optimizing and standardizing the preservation of animal tissue for molecular biodiversity research [55]

2014

Bumbuna Phase II Project [56]

ESBB & ISBER Enviro-Bio Working Group [60]

2012

Frozen Ark Project [61]

Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) [62]

2011

GBOL- German Barcode of Life [64]

Molecular Weevil Identification [67]

2007

DNA Bank Network [68]

Integrative taxonomy in cryptic weevils [71]

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