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.
Passing Traits Without Genes: How the Gut Microbiome Transfers Behavior Microbes can evolve faster than their hosts. We show that
Mid of July our lab retreat took place at the the Max Planck Castle: Schloss Ringberg. Our Lab retreat this
Graduate student Anna Bogdanova has constructed a machine learning model to predict whether a bacterial flagellin is likely to bind