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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
Welcome Ashley Rooney!
We are very pleased to welcome Ashley Rooney to our research group. Ashley has joined our group as a Post-Doc, where she will be working on metagenomics with ONT. We wish Ashley a great start.
Welcome Mariella Greutmann!
We are very pleased to welcome Mariella Greutmann to our group. Mariella will work on bacterial evolution in patients with prolonged antibiotic treatment. We wish her a great start.
Adrian's inaugural lecture
With great pleasure Prof.Dr.Dr. Adrian Egli gave his inauguration lecture on the topic "Why do bacteria make us sick?". Many thanks to all the people who attended in person and online for this personal and very special moment. Please find the link for the talk here.
How much should we sequence? - Swiss SARS-CoV-2 surveillance
We are happy to share our latest publication on How much should we sequence? An analysis of the Swiss SARS-CoV-2 surveillance effort. Congrats Fanny for the amazing work. We would also like to thank all our colleagues involved in the project.