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New ERA-NET NEURON grant to investigate the microbiome–pain connection
We are delighted to announce that Joel Selkrig has been awarded funding as part of the international ERA-NET NEURON project SUSEBERI, a collaborative research initiative investigating the mechanisms…
Publication in PLoS Biology on the perinatal transition of the intestinal epithelium
Johannes Schöneich and Aline Dupont, both from the Hornef research group, have published their systematic analysis of the small intestinal epithelium during the postnatal period. Using laser…
Congratulations to Anna-Lena!
Congratulations on the successful defence of your doctoral thesis, “Short-and long-term functional consequences of infection-induced cytokine stimulation of the intestinal epithelium in the neonatal…
Nour Diab reports on a new function of the Salmonella SopB virulence factor
In a paper just published in *Nature Communications*, Nour demonstrates the ability of the Salmonella virulence factor SopB to inhibit the early response of the intestinal epithelium to an invasive…
Johannes successfully defended his PhD
Johannes defended his PhD work entitled "A multi-omics analysis of the postnatal development of intestinal epithelial cells" successfully on Wednesday 27th of May. It represents one of the first…
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,…
