EMBO Member
Ruth E. Ley
EMBO 2019
MPI für Biologie Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Co-evolution of humans and their microbiomes
Our group addresses fundamental questions about the symbiosis between microbiome and human host. We take an evolutionary and genetic approach to identify microbiota with key roles in the host-microbiome relationship, which we then interrogate for their molecular underpinnings in animal and in-vitro models.
Keywords
Microbial ecology / microbiome / obesity / host-microbe interactions / immune system modulation