Department of Microbiome Science, 2020
Prof. Ruth E. Ley, Ph.D.
Dr. 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.
Ruth Ley Bio | ruth.ley (at) tuebingen.mpg.de
MPI Project Leaders and Tandem Group Leader
Post-Docs
Hagay Enav, Ph.D.
Postdoc - The gut microbiome in infant development and health
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-364
Claudia Frick, Ph.D.
Postdoc - Bacterial sphingolipids in brain development
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-1465
Daphne Welter
Postdoc - Ecology and evolution of the genus Psychrobacter
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-490
William "Tony" Walters, Ph.D.
Postdoc -
Microbiome community dynamics
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-455
James Marsh, Ph.D.
Postdoc -
Novel genetic systems in key gut microbiota
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-364
Sofia Esquivel Elizondo, Ph.D.
Hydrogen syntrophy in the human microbiome
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-365
Taichi Suzuki, Ph.D.
Postdoc -
Microbiome-host co-evolution in wild mouse populations
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-1321
Stacey Heaver, Ph.D.
Postdoc - Sphingolipid metabolism in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-1321
Doctoral Students
Jacobo de la Cuesta
PhD Student - Metagenomic analysis of the Colombian gut microbiome
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-455
Mirabeau Mbong Ngwese
Methanobrevibacter diversity in nonWestern gut microbiomes
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-401
Guillermo Luque
PhD Student - Outer-membrane vesicle cargo in bacterial communication
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-1321
Jessica Sutter
PhD Student - Microbial ecology of the maize rhizosphere
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-482
Liam Fitzstevens
PhD Student - Parent-child transmission of human gut microbiota assessed in three populations around the world
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-473
Tanja Schön
PhD Student - Microbial ecology of the keystone gut bacterium Christensenella minuta
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-1321
Michael Bell
PhD Student: Structure-function relationships in flagellin-TLR5
Email | Phone: +49 7071 601-455
Students and Visitors
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