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Review article by Natalia Torow and Mathias Hornef in Immunity
Together with Timothy Hand from the University of Pittsburgh, Natalia Torow and Mathias Hornef summarize and discuss our current knowledge and the concepts of the establishment of the mucosal immune…
Perspective article in Nature on the analysis of low density microbiota
A perspective article with Mathias Hornef as co-author was published in Nature on January 25th 2023 dealing with the analysis of low density microbiota. The paper discusses the technical problems and…
Annika Schwentker successfully defended her PhD
On January 23rd,Annika Schwentker from the AG Hornef successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Enterohepatic cooperation in the postnatal establishment of immune homeostasis”. Her work was…
Mathias Hornef spoke at the Botnar Reasearch Center for Child Health on November 18th2022 at the ETH Zürich
Mathias Hornef talked about his research at the BRCCH Seminar on the importance of the microbiome in pediatric health on November 18that the ETH in Zürich. The talk is available…
Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology to Mathias Hornef, MD
The German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) awarded the 2022 prize to Mathias Hornef, MD. Mathias Hornef studied medicine at the Karl-Eberhard-University of Tübingen, the University Lübeck,…
New DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center PILOT with Tom Clavel and Mathias Hornef as PIs
The newborn's immune system is suddenly confronted with microorganisms, food and numerous environmental influences at birth. How do the baby's immune cells prepare for this moment during pregnancy and…
Aachener Studie in „Cell Host & Microbe“ erschienen
Kultivierte Vielfalt der Maus-Darmmikrobiota ermöglicht maßgeschneiderte synthetische Gemeinschaften
Herzlich willkommen, Professor Selkrig!
Seit dem 1. Februar 2022 arbeitet Juniorprofessor Joel Selkrig als W1-Professor für Mukosale Infektionsbiologie am Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie. Er studierte Molekulare und Medizinische…
Marianne Grognot new professor and group leader at the Uniklinik RWTH Aachen of Medical Microbiology
We are glad that Marianne Grognot, PhD, decided to accept our offer and join our institute as junior professor to continue her work on biophysics of host-microbes interactions, using quantitative…
Dunja von Zezschwitz defended her MD thesis
March 4th 2022, Dunja von Zezschwitz from the AG Hornef successfully defended her MD thesis entitled „The influence of bile acids and lactose on in vitro growth of Giardia lamblia“. Congratulations!
Matthias Schmitz defended his Bachelor thesis
March 3th 2022, Matthias Schmitz from the AG Hornef successfully defended his Bachelor thesis entitled „Impact of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection on gene expression in murine small…
Successful PhD defense by our colleague Stefan Schlößer
Stefan Schlößer from the AG Hornef successfully presented and defended his PhD thesis “The influence of postnatal infectious challenge on enteric tissue development and epithelial cell…
