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Isabel Richter successfully defended her MD thesis
On september 8th 2023, Isabel Richter from the AG Hornef successfully defended her MD thesis entitled "The influence of microbial exposure on postnatal enterocyte differentiation and immune…
New research reveals: Bacteria adapt their locomotion to different environments
A recent publication from the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the Uniklinik RWTH Aachen sheds new light on the movement of bacteria and their adaptability to different environments. The study,…
Institute members at the Gordon Conference on Salmonella
Nour Diab, Anna-Lena Jürgens and Mathias Hornef participated at the Gordon Conference on Salmonella Biology and Pathogenesis that took place between July 23rd-28th 2023 in Lucca Italy. They presented…
Continuous funding of the Gut Liver CRC1382 by the German Research Foundation
Last week we learnt with excitement that our CRC1382 Gut-Liver Axis funded by the German Research Foundation since 2019 will be prolonged until 2027. Many members of the Institut of Medical…
Publication by Natalia Torow in Immunity
After hard work over many years on the postnatal maturation of antigen presenting cells in the intestinal Peyer’s patches after birth, Natalia has now published her results in the May edition of…
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
