Central Research Facilities

Biodiversity Informatics

Since Aug. 1st 2011 a new section Biodiversity Infomatics has been established at the ZFMK.

High-Performance Computing

Next generation sequencing techniques are generating unprecedented amounts of data which challenge concepts of data analyses and storage.

The Bat Banding Centre at the Research Museum Koenig is a service institution. Since 1960 it has supplied bat bands to researchers in Germany and some adjacent countries, documented the resulting band recoveries, and made the data available to science.

Molecular Laboratory

The molecular lab of the ZFMK has its origins in the late 90's and steadily developed into an important resort of research activities within the house.

Biobank

The ZFMK Biobank is a specialized archive storing ultra-deep frozen animal samples (e.g. DNA and tissue) for non-commercial molecular research. The biobank is closely linked to the morphological collections of the museum.