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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 Chumei Tang!!!
We are very happy to welcome Chumei Tang to the group. Chumei has joined as a bioinformatician working prominently with 16S data analysis. We extend a warm welcome to Chumei and wish her a great start.
Welcome Harta Wedari!!!
We are very pleased to welcome Harta Wedari to the group. Harta has joined the group as an MD-PhD student. Coming with a strong clinical background, Harta will dive into the research world, exploring the anaerobes and their resistance mechanisms in the GvHD population. We wish her a great start.
Welcome Alejandro Guerrero López!!!
We are very pleased to welcome Alejandro Guerrero López. Alex will bring his machine learning and AI expertise to the group as a post-doc. We wish a great start in Zurich and a warm welcome to the group.
ESCMID workshop: AI and machine learning in medical microbiology diagnostics - report published
From 2-5 June 2025 in Zurich, we co-hosted the ESCMID workshop “Artificial intelligence and machine learning in medical microbiology diagnostics”. The course brought clinicians, data scientists, and microbiologists together, combining lectures and practicals to demonstrate how AI can be integrated into routine diagnostics.
The meeting report has now been published. Read it here.
