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.
To celebrate the different roles and professional identities at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, we all participated in
Last week the lab went on its very first Stocherkahn (punting) trip together! Punting on a Stocherkahn along the Neckar
Bringing genetics to the microbiome. Group leader James Marsh and Ph.D student Christian Kirk this week saw the publication of