Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
The IZW conducts integrated biological and veterinary research on wildlife. Our work is focused on the mechanisms and functions of evolutionary adaptations that ensure the survival and reproduction of individuals in free-ranging and captive populations of wildlife, and the limits that may affect the viability and persistence of such populations. For this purpose, we study the behavioural and evolutionary ecology, wildlife diseases, and reproduction of mostly larger mammals and birds.
Address
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
Postfach 601103
10252 Berlin
Berlin
Phone: 030-5168-0
Fax: 030-5126-104
email: direktor(@)izw-berlin.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Adaptation
- Conservation
- Wildlife Diseases
Networks:
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (WGL)
Coordinated projects
- Basic research to influence the offspring sex in particularly endangered rhinoceros species Details of Basic research to influence the offspring sex in particularly endangered rhinoceros species
- Berlin Summer School 'Non-invasive Monitoring of Hormones' Details of Berlin Summer School 'Non-invasive Monitoring of Hormones'
- Comparative studies on the digestive physiology nichtwiederkäuender Vormagenfermentierer Details of Comparative studies on the digestive physiology nichtwiederkäuender Vormagenfermentierer
- Domstication of the horse Details of Domstication of the horse
- Extraction of fecundation able eggs from ovaries after freeze conservation - genome resource banking from cat like Details of Extraction of fecundation able eggs from ovaries after freeze conservation - genome resource banking from cat like
- Identification and reconstitution of detergent-resistant membrane domains in mammalian sperm and its function in fertilization Details of Identification and reconstitution of detergent-resistant membrane domains in mammalian sperm and its function in fertilization
- Quantity at the expense of quality - the importance of estrogens in spermatogenesis and sperm maturation of teratozoospermer cats Details of Quantity at the expense of quality - the importance of estrogens in spermatogenesis and sperm maturation of teratozoospermer cats
- Studies on TSEs and prion protein genotyping in mouflon sheep in Germany Details of Studies on TSEs and prion protein genotyping in mouflon sheep in Germany
- The trefoil domain of the zona pellucida B protein of the domestic cat - a sperm receptor Details of The trefoil domain of the zona pellucida B protein of the domestic cat - a sperm receptor
Involved in research projects:
- Validation of a minimum-invasive blood-sampling technique for measuring catecholamines Details of Validation of a minimum-invasive blood-sampling technique for measuring catecholamines