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...
Our new preprint was released today on bioRxiv! Interactions between the gut microbiome and mucosal immunoglobulins A, M and G in the developing infant gut1 utilized the TEDDY study cohort2 to investigate antibody dynamics during infancy. By measuring the profiles...
Congratulations to Ley Lab Group Leader, Nicholas Youngblut, and Postdoc William Walters, who saw their research on the vertebrate microbiome published today in Nature Communications! This publication will be the first of several based on this dataset and is a...
Our paper on age- and sex-dependent microbial diversity is out! Titled Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults, this work was a collaborative effort between the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, the University of California...
Our recent Cell Host & Microbe paper, relating human salivary amylase (AMY1) gene copy number to microbiome diversity, is being featured across the internet. So far, it has been highlighted by the PLoS Microbiome channel, the Gut Microbiota For Health...
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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The last issue of Cell Host and Microbe is dedicated to phages and includes our study on viruses in the human gut. This paper shows how we examined viromes of monozygotic twins to ask whether virome diversity relates to microbiome...
Curious about your gut microbiome and how you digest lactose? We’re looking for hundreds more mothers to participate at our partnering Institute of Tropical Medicine to learn about how their gut microbiomes are involved in lactose metabolism. If you know...
Leonardo Moreno -a PhD student from our lab- and colleagues have recently published on BioRxiv a research article on the relationship between microbiome and virome diversity in adult monozygotic twins with concord ant or discordant gut microbiome. You can read...
We enjoyed a nice Xmas party organized by our colleagues. We also played the funny German version of secret Santa as well as having a superb dinner, and gluhwein of course. We even had a nice trivia moment which tested...
Dr. Nicholas Youngblut, a project leader in our lab, has recently published on BioRxiv a research article on how host diet and evolutionary history help to explain different aspects of gut microbiome diversity among vertebrate clades. You can read the...
Yesterday, Jessica Sutter, a PhD student from our lab, earned the second place in the Best Oral Presentations of the 2018 Joint PhD Student Symposium organized by the IMPRS. Her talk was focus on comparative genomics of blooming rhizosphere pseudomonas.
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Dr. Victor Schmidt, a postdoc in our lab, is bringing a talk microbiome-mediated lactose tolerance across ethnicities in the International Conference on Microbiome Research (ICMR). The conference takes place in the city of Pune (India) this year. It congregates leading...
This afternoon, Albane Ruaud, a PhD student from our lab, has been awarded with the prize to the Best Short Talk of the 2018 Joint PhD Student Symposium organized by the IMPRS. She is actively researching on the Ecology of...
We want to share some pics from our inauguration party. At first, we present a graphical summary on the delicious snacks and desserts that resemble the type of research we use to do.
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Many people from all the institute joined us to celebrate our inauguration. Next, some pictures of the nice moments we had.
...
Yesterday’s afternoon we had the “official” inauguration of our research activities for all the Max Planck Institute community. A lot of great moments, good food and drinks, and even a science fair animated the people who joined us in the...
Last week, as the 2018 World Cup was in its last leg, the MPI Campus Soccer Tournament took place. A team from members of the Ley Lab competed, and although their results were not precisely championship-worthy, they sure enjoyed playing....
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, a former postdoct in the Ley Lab, is starting a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The Johnson Lab will focus on studying how...
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...
Our new preprint was released today on bioRxiv! Interactions between the gut microbiome and mucosal immunoglobulins A, M and G in the developing infant gut1 utilized the TEDDY study cohort2 to investigate antibody dynamics during infancy. By measuring the profiles...
Congratulations to Ley Lab Group Leader, Nicholas Youngblut, and Postdoc William Walters, who saw their research on the vertebrate microbiome published today in Nature Communications! This publication will be the first of several based on this dataset and is a...
Our paper on age- and sex-dependent microbial diversity is out! Titled Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults, this work was a collaborative effort between the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, the University of California...
Our recent Cell Host & Microbe paper, relating human salivary amylase (AMY1) gene copy number to microbiome diversity, is being featured across the internet. So far, it has been highlighted by the PLoS Microbiome channel, the Gut Microbiota For Health...
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.
... The last issue of Cell Host and Microbe is dedicated to phages and includes our study on viruses in the human gut. This paper shows how we examined viromes of monozygotic twins to ask whether virome diversity relates to microbiome...
Curious about your gut microbiome and how you digest lactose? We’re looking for hundreds more mothers to participate at our partnering Institute of Tropical Medicine to learn about how their gut microbiomes are involved in lactose metabolism. If you know...
Leonardo Moreno -a PhD student from our lab- and colleagues have recently published on BioRxiv a research article on the relationship between microbiome and virome diversity in adult monozygotic twins with concord ant or discordant gut microbiome. You can read...
We enjoyed a nice Xmas party organized by our colleagues. We also played the funny German version of secret Santa as well as having a superb dinner, and gluhwein of course. We even had a nice trivia moment which tested...
Dr. Nicholas Youngblut, a project leader in our lab, has recently published on BioRxiv a research article on how host diet and evolutionary history help to explain different aspects of gut microbiome diversity among vertebrate clades. You can read the...
Yesterday, Jessica Sutter, a PhD student from our lab, earned the second place in the Best Oral Presentations of the 2018 Joint PhD Student Symposium organized by the IMPRS. Her talk was focus on comparative genomics of blooming rhizosphere pseudomonas.
... Dr. Victor Schmidt, a postdoc in our lab, is bringing a talk microbiome-mediated lactose tolerance across ethnicities in the International Conference on Microbiome Research (ICMR). The conference takes place in the city of Pune (India) this year. It congregates leading...
This afternoon, Albane Ruaud, a PhD student from our lab, has been awarded with the prize to the Best Short Talk of the 2018 Joint PhD Student Symposium organized by the IMPRS. She is actively researching on the Ecology of...
We want to share some pics from our inauguration party. At first, we present a graphical summary on the delicious snacks and desserts that resemble the type of research we use to do.
... Many people from all the institute joined us to celebrate our inauguration. Next, some pictures of the nice moments we had.
... Yesterday’s afternoon we had the “official” inauguration of our research activities for all the Max Planck Institute community. A lot of great moments, good food and drinks, and even a science fair animated the people who joined us in the...
Last week, as the 2018 World Cup was in its last leg, the MPI Campus Soccer Tournament took place. A team from members of the Ley Lab competed, and although their results were not precisely championship-worthy, they sure enjoyed playing....
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, a former postdoct in the Ley Lab, is starting a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The Johnson Lab will focus on studying how...