Comparative Microbiome Analysis
We are living in a microbial world … It is our aim to use the enormous functional power of microbiomes to improve planetary health.
We are living in a microbial world … It is our aim to use the enormous functional power of microbiomes to improve planetary health.
About our Research
The human microbiome is a key component for our health. It is strongly influenced by environmental microbiota, which interact with the microbiome of barrier organs like skin or respiratory system. As a consequence, the reduced microbial diversity in the environment, resulting from climate- and global change, strongly impacts human – environment interactions, resulting in an increase in environmental diseases and infections. According to the planetary health concept the prevention of such diseases requires strategies which increase biodiversity in the environment.
We identify key microbiota from the environment, which trigger our health, develop strategies to promote the abundance of those microbiota in urban and indoor environments and analyze consequences for our health.