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.
The Reinhard and Maria Teufel Stiftung recognizes outstanding PhD theses in biology. Out of 9 awards handed out this year, 2
Former Post-Doc Sara Clasen is now a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville! Read
We were happy to see Hagay Enav’s Nature Biotechnology paper introducing the use of microsynteny for strain comparisons with the