Lab News Archive

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Here Nick Youngblut uses tree-based approaches for comparing human gut metagenomes. This is similar to using UniFrac for 16S rRNA datasets. And similarly, it works really well for discerning samples by disease, for instance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.16.207811v1

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We know from previous work that people with a lactase-non-persistent (LNP) genotype have more Bifidobacteria in their guts, but what kinds? Victor Schmidt and fellow post doc Hagay Enav dive into this question using samples from TwinsUK. They use genome-capture...

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A big congratulations to Stacey Heaver who successfully defended her PhD this week! It certainly was an affair to remember, with COVID-19 forcing the seminar to be held via video conference with participants taking part from all corners of the...

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Congratulations are in order for Claudia Frick, who is the recipient of a CMFI Young Investigator’s Grant! Claudia is a senior postdoc in the Ley Lab and investigates the role of sphingolipids in bacteria-host interaction. This award will assist her...

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Yesterday afternoon, we had a toast for Priyanka, a reasearch technician who is leaving the lab in a few days. All the best to her. And of course we were happy to say good bye to 2019 and eager for...

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2019 is comming to an end, but the holidays are not the only reason to celebrate in the Ley Lab; we close the year with three new publicatons! First, a literature review of one of our favorite taxa, the family...

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Liam Fitzstevens, a PhD student in our lab, yesterday took home the Best Poster Award at the PhD Symposium organized by the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. He is researching how human gut microbiota is transferred between parent and...

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The Mey Generalbau Triathlon recently coursed through the heart of Tübingen drawing thousands of participants from near and far. The Ley and Angenent Labs were well-represented, with the most athletically-inclined joining forces to form “Team Microtriome”. From the Ley Lab,...

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We are very happy to announce that Professor Ruth Ley is now an elected EMBO Member! Ruth joins a league of more than 1800 researchers around the world who have been recognized for their research excellence and outstanding contribution to...

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It is our great pleasure to report that Zach Henseler graduated on the weekend with his PhD! Zach and Ruth attended the Commencement Ceremony at Cornell where Zach was awarded his degree in biochemistry and molecular and cell biology. This...

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Congratulations to Stacey Heaver who won a Travel Award for her “Poster Flash-Talk” at the recent FEBS Sphingolipid Biology conference in Cascais, Portugal. Stacey was there showcasing her research on host sphingolipid compensation by gut-associated Bacteroides.

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Screenshot_2020-07-21_at_16.44.28

Here Nick Youngblut uses tree-based approaches for comparing human gut metagenomes. This is similar to using UniFrac for 16S rRNA datasets. And similarly, it works really well for discerning samples by disease, for instance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.16.207811v1

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Screenshot_2020-07-21_at_16.50.53

We know from previous work that people with a lactase-non-persistent (LNP) genotype have more Bifidobacteria in their guts, but what kinds? Victor Schmidt and fellow post doc Hagay Enav dive into this question using samples from TwinsUK. They use genome-capture...

Xnip2020-04-28_17-41-08

A big congratulations to Stacey Heaver who successfully defended her PhD this week! It certainly was an affair to remember, with COVID-19 forcing the seminar to be held via video conference with participants taking part from all corners of the...

9b88de2f-f6b8-4f79-8472-dbb14776ee03

Congratulations are in order for Claudia Frick, who is the recipient of a CMFI Young Investigator’s Grant! Claudia is a senior postdoc in the Ley Lab and investigates the role of sphingolipids in bacteria-host interaction. This award will assist her...

IMG_1633

Yesterday afternoon, we had a toast for Priyanka, a reasearch technician who is leaving the lab in a few days. All the best to her. And of course we were happy to say good bye to 2019 and eager for...

csm_PCAIG_f81025441b

2019 is comming to an end, but the holidays are not the only reason to celebrate in the Ley Lab; we close the year with three new publicatons! First, a literature review of one of our favorite taxa, the family...

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Liam Fitzstevens, a PhD student in our lab, yesterday took home the Best Poster Award at the PhD Symposium organized by the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. He is researching how human gut microbiota is transferred between parent and...

92c3489c-2e84-43ee-b113-6246ede97712

The Mey Generalbau Triathlon recently coursed through the heart of Tübingen drawing thousands of participants from near and far. The Ley and Angenent Labs were well-represented, with the most athletically-inclined joining forces to form “Team Microtriome”. From the Ley Lab,...

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We are very happy to announce that Professor Ruth Ley is now an elected EMBO Member! Ruth joins a league of more than 1800 researchers around the world who have been recognized for their research excellence and outstanding contribution to...

IMG_6436

It is our great pleasure to report that Zach Henseler graduated on the weekend with his PhD! Zach and Ruth attended the Commencement Ceremony at Cornell where Zach was awarded his degree in biochemistry and molecular and cell biology. This...

IMG_7057

Congratulations to Stacey Heaver who won a Travel Award for her “Poster Flash-Talk” at the recent FEBS Sphingolipid Biology conference in Cascais, Portugal. Stacey was there showcasing her research on host sphingolipid compensation by gut-associated Bacteroides.

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