B: Bacterial Cells and Communities
Central question:
Which complex interaction networks shape mutualism or antagonism along with strain evolution and adaptation in bacterial communities?
Aim
Members of complex bacterial communities interact on multiple levels. These interactions may involve the exchange of genetic information, metabolites and molecular signals and they ultimately contribute to the dynamics and evolution of microbiomes. Scientists in Research Area B join forces to characterize the contribution of phages to the spread of genes related to antibiotic resistance, fitness and virulence within human microbiomes, using computational, biochemical and cell biology approaches.
In parallel, they will dissect the major mutualistic and antagonistic metabolic interactions of host-associated or in vitro -reconstituted microbiomes, using a combination of omics approaches. The long term goals of Research Area B are the development of targeted phage-based anti-infective strategies and the identification of microbial metabolic consortia with therapeutic potential.
Principal Investigators
University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Environmental Biotechnology
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© Franz Baumdicker
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Organismic Interactions
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Microbial Genetics
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© Christoph Jäckle/University of Tübingen
University of Tübingen
Center for Bioinformatics
Algorithms in Bioinformatics
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Geomicrobiology
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
University of Tübingen
ZMBP/IMIT
Microbial Interactions in Plant Ecosystems
@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© Max Planck Institute Marburg
Coordinator Research Area A
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Bacterial Metabolomics
@cmfi.uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© University of Tübingen / Friedhelm Albrecht
© Leon Kokkoliadis
Coordinator Research Area B
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© Jörg Jäger, University of Tübingen.
University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Environmental Biotechnology
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
University of Tübingen
Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI)
Integrative Transcriptomics
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
@ University of Tübingen/Jörg Jäger
Spokesperson
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Department of Infection Biology
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© UKT
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
@med.uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© Leon Kokkoliadis
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Functional Metabolomics
© Jörg Jäger/University of Tübingen
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Systems Biology of Microbial Communities
@cmfi.uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
© University of Tübingen / Friedhelm Albrecht
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Microbiology/Biotechnology
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
@uni-tuebingen.deWebsite
