Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
14195 Berlin-Dahlem
DE
mail@bgbm.org
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
14195 Berlin-Dahlem
DE
mail@bgbm.org
Prof. Dr.Thomas Borsch
url : https://collections.naturalsciences.be/cpb/nh-collections/countries/germany/de-bgbm/1-cetaf-passport-administration/@@download/structure_chart_file
file : bgbm_organigramm.pdf
The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM) is a so-called Zentraleinrichtung (central unit) of Freie Universität Berlin. The BGBM is managed by its director and is organized in four departments:
The preservation of the Garden and of the living plants’ collections, along with the maintenance of the technical infrastructure and the buildings is carried out by the so-called “Gemeinschaftsbetrieb” (joint operational management).
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| staff total | 166.0 |
| scientific staff (permanent) | 5.0 |
| scientific staff (non permanent) | 22.0 |
| scientific staff post doc (non permanent) | 7.0 |
| scientific staff collections (permanent) | 5.0 |
| staff collection managers technicians (permanent) | 57.0 |
| staff administrative (permanent) | 63.0 |
| staff exhibitions (permanent) | 3.0 |
What we study – Our research program
Exploring the Earth’s plant diversity is a highly topical research field with countless new discoveries. Building upon the ground-breaking work of Carl L. Willdenow, Adolf Engler and Ignatz Urban as well as long-standing international partnerships, the Botanic Garden Berlin holds a crucial position in the global network of botanical institutions.
Our research is to a large extent based on our scientific plant collections. Taxonomic research, through which plants are identified, described, named and classified, is a central element of our daily work. Furthermore, we study the phylogenesis of plants and the mechanisms of their evolution. We focus our research on the following model groups of flowering plants and microorganisms: Asterales, Caryophyllales and Diatoms.
Besides this, our research activities are focused on particular regions of the world, where we carry out inventories and investigations of plant diversity together with our local partners. The results of our activities include contributions to Floras, identification guides (including genetic ‘Barcodes’) and concepts for the conservation and sustainable use of plant diversity. Our focal regions are: Europe and Mediterranean area including the Caucasus and Cuba and the Caribbean region.
It is essential to link information about organisms and specimens in the collections, to secure this data sustainably and to make widely accessible and usable. This is the main task of Biodiversity Informatics. To develop efficient software solutions and services that help to process knowledge on biodiversity in a “taxonomically intelligent” way is one of the major tasks of this research and development group. Thereby, we make our collections accessible and work together with our international partners in order to make information on biodiversity available to everyone.
Our research infrastructures and expertise links collections with information resources and up-to-date laboratory technology:
For bachelor, master and PhD students we provide research and training opportunities on evolution, systematics and diversity of plants, in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin’s Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy (Working group of Prof. Borsch, Institute of Biology / Botany). Our research infrastructures, our long-term research programs and international partnerships provide an excellent professional learning environment.
Link of the Research page : Research page
Link of the Annual report :
BGBM is involved in several courses of the Institute of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin. Within the bachelor programme, we cover the lecture “Das Pflanzenreich” (the plant kingdom) and supervise the courses „Bestimmungsübungen“ (plant determination) and „Grundpraktikum“ (basic course) of the “Modul Botanik”. In the master programme „Evolution und Biodiversität II“ we provide courses in the “Modul Evolution und Biodiversität II”. Furthermore dissertations and other theses are supervised. http://www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/biologie/arbeitsgruppen/botanik/ag_borsch... |
| BGBM takes place in the so-called “ecological year” programme and offers two internships in cooperation with Botany School (see below) and Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin http://www.stiftung-naturschutz.de/freiwilligendienste/foej/einsatzstell... and http://www.stiftung-naturschutz.de/freiwilligendienste/foej/einsatzstell... Several internships for students are available. |