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.
Graduate student Anna Bogdanova has constructed a machine learning model to predict whether a bacterial flagellin is likely to bind
Graduate Student Mirabeau Ngwese analyzed gut microbiomes that he obtained in Gabon for the diversity of soil transmitted helminths (STH)
New Preprint! Kelsey Huus led the µHEAT (Microbial-Human Ecology And Temperature) study aimed at understanding how the microbiome affects response