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 very own James Marsh was quoted in the Washington Post this week in an article about engineering the gut
We are delighted to congratulate our PhD students and lab members for their strong presence at the 2024 PhD Symposium.
We are happy to announce that Hagay Enav’s powerful new tool SynTracker is now explained in a Nature Biotechnology publication.