apl.-Prof. Birgit Gemeinholzer - Research Information System | University of Kassel

Prof. Dr. Birgit Gemeinholzer

Research Interest

- Metabarcoding of plants
- Population genetic analyses of endangered plants
- Biological data accessibility

Academic background

1989-1993 study of horticulture at the Technical College Berlin (Dipl. Ing. (FH) Horticulture)

1994-1995 Master of Science at the University and the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh/GB

1996-2000 Scientific employee at the University Heidelberg

2000 PhD at the University Heidelberg (Reconstruction of the molecular phylogeny of the Solanaceae)

2001-2004 Postdoc at the Institute for Plant Breeding and Crop Plant Research (IPK-Gatersleben)

2004-2010 Scientific employee at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (Free

University Berlin), head of the molecular laboratory

2010-2020 Akademische Rätin at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

2012 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Systematics and Biodiversity Research of Plants

2017 Appointment as Extraordinary Professor at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Since 2021 Ordinary Professor at the University Kassel

Publications

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2012	Bach, K., Schaefer, D., Enke, N., Seeger, B., Gemeinholzer, B., Bendix, J., 2012. A comparative evaluation of technical solutions for long-term data repositories in integrative biodiversity research. Ecological Informatics 11, 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.11.008
2012	Enke, N., Gemeinholzer, B., Zidorn, C., 2012. Molecular and phytochemical systematics of the subtribe Hypochaeridinae (Asteraceae, Cichorieae). Organisms Diversity and Evolution 12, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-011-0064-0
2012	Lauterbach, D., Burkart, M., Gemeinholzer, B., 2012. Rapid genetic differentiation between ex situ and their in situ source populations: an example of the endangered Silene otites (Caryophyllaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168, 64–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01185.x
2012	Gemeinholzer, B., Mayr, F., Ristow, M., Batsch, C., Lauterbach, D., 2012. Strong genetic differentiation on a fragmentation gradient among populations of the heterocarpic annual Catananche lutea L. (Asteraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 298, 1585–1596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0661-1
2012	Enke, N., Thessen, A., Bach, K., Bendix, J., Seeger, B., Gemeinholzer, B., 2012. The user’s view on biodiversity data sharing - Investigating facts of acceptance and requirements to realize a sustainable use of research data. Ecological Informatics 11, 25–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.03.004
2011	Zimmermann, J., Jahn, R., Gemeinholzer, B., 2011. Barcoding diatoms: evaluation of the V4 subregion on the 18S rRNA gene, including new primers and protocols. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 11, 173–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-011-0050-6
2011	Lauterbach, D., Ristow, M., Gemeinholzer, B., 2011. Genetic population structure, fitness variation and the importance of population history in remnant populations of the endangered plant Silene chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh. (Caryophyllaceae). Plant Biology 13, 667–677. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00418.x
2011	Gemeinholzer, B., 2011. Populationsgenetische Veränderungen von ex-situ Erhaltungskulturen in Botanischen Gärten im Vergleich zu den Wildvorkommen am Beispiel der Pflanzenarten Silene otites (L.)WIBEL und S. chlorantha (WILLD.) ERH., BfN-Skripten.
2011	Enke, N., Fuchser, J., Gemeinholzer, B., 2011. Shrinking genomes? Evidence from genome size variation in Crepis (Compositae). Plant Biology 13, 185–193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00341.x
2011	Gemeinholzer, B., Droege, G., Zetzsche, H., Haszprunar, G., Klenk, H.-P., Guentsch, A., Berendsohn, W.G., Waegele, J.-W., 2011. The DNA Bank Network: The Start from a German Initiative. Biopreservation and Biobanking 9, 51–55. https://doi.org/10.1089/bio.2010.0029