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Our lab works towards a systems understanding of pathogen transmission: integrating host, pathogen and environmental aspects.
We combine patient cohorts with novel technologies to have an innovative translational research setting. In vitro and in vivo data is further used in computational models.
Our newest Blog-Posts
ESCMID Global 2025 poster on e-learning browser
A few weeks to ESCMID Global 2025, we present one of our interesting posters from Ms. Anna Simona Rieder, a master thesis student on the development of an e-learning browser-based tool to create awareness among high students on Antimicrobial Resistance in an interactive manner. Please find the poster here
2nd Bacterial Genome Sequencing Pan-European Network Conference
Successful 2nd Edition of the “Bacterial Genome Sequencing Pan-European Network Conference” in Engelberg, Switzerland
Organized jointly by the University of Zurich (Switzerland), Genomic Medicine Sweden & Örebro University Hospital (Sweden), Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (Germany), Akershus University Hospital (Norway), and the University of St. Andrews (UK), the event fostered interdisciplinary collaboration and active discussion among participants.
Adrian's interview in ARTE
What will happen if the microbes become extinct? Watch the latest interview with Prof. Dr. Adrian Egli about the Microbiota vault in Switzerland on the ARTE TV episode "Does the microbiome control us"?