We are happy to invite you to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG). This year's meeting will take place in Berlin organized by Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universistät Berlin and Museum für Naturkunde Berlin from September 8th to 12th, 2025. The talks will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Meet with your peers under the largest dinosaurs in the world.
Zoologists, scientists from related disciplines, young academics, and DZG members with national and international backgrounds will present and discuss their exciting research in talks and during a poster session.
We are looking forward to welcome you!
- Nadia Fröbisch
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
- Marta Szulkin
University of Warsaw, Poland - Ellen Decaestecker
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium - Johanna Mappes
University of Helsinki, Finland - Mirjam Knörnschild
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany - Ute Hentschel Humeida
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel & GEOMAR, Germany - Silke Sachse
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
- Sophia Kimmig
Verhaltensökologin
- Evolutionary & Behavioural Biology
Wildlife in Urban Spaces - Adaptations and Human Perceptions - Physiology
Advances in Membrane Physiology - Developmental Biology
Looking at Evo-Devo through the Prism of Network Science and Systems Biology
DFG: Presentation of Funding Opportunities
(Wednesday, September 10th, 13:15 hrs, Lecturehall 1a)
In this special event, Sonja Ihle, Program Director at the German Research Foundation (DFG) will present an overview of the DFG's funding schemes tailored to early career researchers. DFG panel members Sven Bradler and John Nyakatura will then share an inside perspective from recent panel meetings. After the presentations, Sonja Ihle will be available for one-on-one questions at an informal kiosk.
Knowing Every Species: The German Zoological Society's Century-Long Quest
(Thursday, September 11th, 17:35 hrs, Lecturehall 2)
In a special presentation, Michael Ohl illuminates the German Zoological Society's (DZG) early history. In 1891, the DZG set out to standardize animal naming and compile a complete catalog of every known species - a visionary quest that unfolds in the century-long publication of the series "Das Tierreich" and still drives biodiversity science today. (click here for further information)
Excursions
Participants of the 2025 annual DZG meeting will have the opportunity to join tours, guided by experts, to The Botanical Museum Berlin, Berlin Botanic Garden, Erinnerungsort Ihnestraße, Tierpark Berlin, Zoo Berlin, and Berlin Museum of Medical History (Charitè).
Sponsors
We thank the generous sponsors, who support this year's DZG-Meeting in Berlin. (if you would like to support the DZG-Meeting as well, please contact: thomas.stachhu-berlinde)
