The Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

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Central Research Facilities

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High-Performance Computing

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

Morphology Laboratory

Morphologie is the science of the form and structure of an organisms. The morpho lab coordinates the morphological research, trains and advices researchers and supervises the related infrastructure.

Bat Banding Centre

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.

Library

The library of ZFMK is a scientific library for zoology.