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Scientists from Aachen set standards for microbiome analysis by metagenomics
Scientists at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen have benchmarked a key method used to characterize the microbial contents of our digestive tracts. Their work will enable scientists to more clearly understand…
Congratulations on your PhD, Eva
We congratulate Eva Stange (supervised by Natalia Torow) on successfully defending her dissertation on April 20, 2026! Over the past few years, Eva has been studying the establishment of T-cell…
Paper of the Month: Award Winner Dr. Thomas Hitch
The research of Dr. Thomas Hitch in the Clavel lab introduces MiMiC2, a tool that builds defined microbial communities by selecting bacteria based on their specific biological functions rather than…
Leonie Ziller successfully defended her MD thesis
On March 17th 2026, Leonie Ziller from the AG Horz successfully defended her MD thesis entitled „Newly isolated Drexlerviridiae phage LAPAZ is physically robust and fosters eradication of Klebsiella…
Neue Förderung für Prof. Thomas Clavel und Jun.-Prof. Joel Selkrig am Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie
Im März 2024 richtete der Senat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) das Schwerpunktprogramm „lluminating gene functions in the human gut microbiome – SPP2474“ ein. Das Programm ist auf sechs…
Alina Viehof verteidigt erfolgreich ihre Promotion
Alina Viehof aus der Arbeitsgruppe Clavel hat am 08.12.2025 erfolgreich ihre Doktorarbeit verteidigt. In ihrer Arbeit mit dem Titel „Influence of intestinal Coriobacteriia on host metabolism“…
Poster prize for two PhD students
We warmly congratulate two of our PhD students from the Hornef group, Anna-Lena Ullrich (right) und Jonas Pes (left), who received a poster award at the retreat held from November 26–28 in Berlin,…
MSE-Award for Daniel Kaplan
Daniel Kaplan, MSc (AG Horz) has received the MSA-Master Award 2025 for his master thesis entitled „Harnessing T7 Bacteriophage for the delivery of a conjugative CRISPR-Cas9 plasmid in order to…
New DFG Funding - Exploring the motility of V. cholerae in mucus
AG Grognot obtained a new grand from the DFG, in order to explore how the bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae swims in mucus and mucus-like environments. The project entails 3D tracking in different…
Mathias Hornef speaks at the Latin American Mucosal Immunology Group (LAMIG) conference in Bogota, Colombia
The conference took place from November 13-15, 2025, in Bogota, Colombia, and brought together scientists from Central and South America who are involved in research on the mucosal immune system.
Aachener Wissenschaftler unter den weltweit am häufigsten zitierten Forschenden
Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Clavel, Leiter der Research Group Functional Microbiome im Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, und Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Weiskirchen, Direktor des Institut für…
Nour Diab successfully defends her doctoral thesis.
On Tuesday 18th of September, Nour Diab from the Hornef lab successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “The Immunomodulatory role of Salmonella SopB delays early neonatal mucosal Inflammation and…
