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Lab Matters Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
2022
lab-matters
When microbiomes collide
Science EMBL researchers used data from over 300 human faecal microbiota transplants to gain an ecological understanding of what happens when two gut microbiomes clash.
2022
science
The impact of drugs on gut microbes is greater than we thought
Science Researchers studying a massive cohort of European patients have found that commonly prescribed drugs for cardiometabolic disorders can have long-term effects on the gut microbiome. Such effects can complicate the understanding of how disease affects the microbiome and must be taken into…
2021
science
Molecular biology stepping up to solve environmental challenges
Lab Matters EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
2021
lab-matters
In kefir, microbial teamwork makes the dream work
Science Researchers discovered the dominant species of bacteria in kefir grains cannot endure without other species that help the 'team' survive.
2021
science
Microbiomes take the stage at New Scientist Live
Events On microbiomes, public engagement and not being boring
2019
events
Many gut microbes may originate in the mouth
Science Many microbes traverse the oral-gut barrier
2019
science
More than 100 new gut bacteria discovered in human microbiome
Science A new database of bacteria in the human microbiome is the most comprehensive to date.
2019
science
The web meets genomics: a DNA search engine for microbes
Science New search engine allows researchers to identify antibiotic resistance genes or mutations in real time
2019
science
Looking for life using geobiology
Events Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
2018
events
How wine-making yeast can feed wine-spoiling bacteria
Science How microbes can create niches for each other
2017
science
How bacteria affect your wellbeing
Events Science and Society event answers controversial questions about gut microbes
2017
events
Microbiomes: Our humble overlords
Science What's a microbiome? How on Earth do they work?
2016
science
My microbes
Science In a nutshell : The gut metagenome is the collection of all the genomes of all the microbes in the human intestinal tract : it is specific to each human, like a second genetic signature At least in healthy humans, this personal metagenome is stable over time The gut metagenome is…
2012
science
A new tree of life allows a closer look at the origin of species
Science In 1870 the German scientist Ernst Haeckel mapped the evolutionary relationships of plants and animals in the first ‘tree of life’. Since then scientists have continuously redrawn and expanded the tree adding microorganisms and using modern molecular data, yet, many parts of the tree…
2006
science
Trees, vines and nets: microbial evolution changes its face
Science EBI researchers have changed our view of 4 billion years of microbial evolution. Christos Ouzounis and colleagues have gained intriguing quantitative insights into how gene families are transferred, not only ‘vertically’ through passage from one organism to its progeny, but also…
2005
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