We are interested in the co-evolution of humans with their microbiomes. Our basic science investigates the evolutionary history of gut microbes, how they have adapted to life inside humans, and how they affect human biology and health.
We are interested in the co-evolution of humans with their microbiomes. Our basic science investigates the evolutionary history of gut microbes, how they have adapted to life inside humans, and how they affect human biology and health.
Prof. Ruth Ley is the Director of the Department of Microbiome Science and a Speaker for the Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” at the University of Tübingen.
Our Department has two of the 66 Highly Cited researchers from the Max Planck Society! What are the odds? (Tony
And here is a super nice write-up by George Semaan at the Daily Neron.
Jennifer Tsang wrote a nice piece about our recent Nature Communications article by Taichi Suzuki et al.