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Principal Investigators

25 principal investigators – including the spokespersons and members of the Executive Board – form the core of the CMFI, together with other highly qualified researchers. They represent the breadth of expertise and the research priorities that characterise the cluster of excellence’s second funding phase.

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Prof. Dr. Ana Rita Brochado

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine

ana.brochado@uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt

Deputy Spokesperson

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Microbial Bioactive Compounds

heike.broetz-oesterhelt@uni-tuebingen.de
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Portrait Stephanie Grond © University of Tübingen / Jörg Jäger
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Grond

University of Tübingen
Institute of Organic Chemistry

stephanie.grond@uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Mathias Heikenwälder

University of Tübingen
Faculty of Medicine

mathias.heikenwaelder@uni-tuebingen.de



Portrait Daniel Huson © Christoph Jäckle/University of Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Daniel Huson

University of Tübingen
Center for Bioinformatics
Algorithms in Bioinformatics

daniel.huson@uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg

University Hospital Tübingen
Diabetology, Endocrinology, Nephrology

reiner.jumpertz-vs@med.uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler

University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Geomicrobiology

andreas.kappler@uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Eric Kemen

University of Tübingen
ZMBP/IMIT
Microbial Interactions in Plant Ecosystems

eric.kemen@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Peter Kremsner

University of Tübingen
Institute for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine, Human Parasitology

peter.kremsner@uni-tuebingen.de
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Portrait Ruth Ley © Max Planck Institute for Biology
Prof. Ruth Ley, PhD

Deputy Spokesperson, Coordinator Research Area C

Max Planck Institute for Biology
Managing Director
Department of Microbiome Science

ruth.ley@tuebingen.mpg.de
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Portrait Hannes Link © Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
Prof. Dr. Hannes Link

Board Member, Coordinator Research Area A

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Bacterial Metabolomics

hannes.link@cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Peter Loskill

University of Tübingen
Department of Biomedical Engineering

peter.loskill@uni-tuebingen.de


Portrait Lisa Maier © Leon Kokkoliadis
Prof. Dr. Lisa Maier

Board Member, Coordinator Research Area B

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Microbiome-Host Interactions

l.maier@uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. Kay Nieselt

University of Tübingen
Institute for Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics (IBMI)
Integrative Transcriptomics

kay.nieselt@uni-tuebingen.de
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© Friedhelm Albrecht / University of Tübingen
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Francine Ntoumi

University Hospital Tübingen
Institute for Tropical Medicine

francine.ntoumi@uni-tuebingen.de



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Prof. Dr. Andreas Peschel

Spokesperson

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Infection Biology

andreas.peschel@uni-tuebingen.de
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© Friedhelm Albrecht / University of Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Nico Pfeifer

University of Tübingen
Department of Computer Science

nico.pfeifer@uni-tuebingen.de



Portrait Christoph Ratzke © Jörg Jäger/University of Tübingen
Dr. Christoph Ratzke, PhD

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Systems Biology of Microbial Communities

christoph.ratzke@cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de
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Dr. Maria Alexandra Spyrou

University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Prehistory and Archaeological Sciences

maria-alexandra.spyrou@uni-tuebingen.de



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Prof. Christoph Stein-Thoeringer

Board Member, Coordinator Research Area D

University Hospital Tübingen
Internal Medicine II
Infectious Diseases and Translational Microbiome Sciences

christoph.stein-thoeringer@med.uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Samuel Wagner, PhD

Board Member, Director Graduate School IGIM

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen
Cellular and Molecular Microbiology

samuel.wagner@med.uni-tuebingen.de
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Prof. Dr. med Juliane Walz

University Hospital Tübingen
Peptide-based immunotherapy

juliane.walz@med.uni-tuebingen.de


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Prof. Dr. Alexander Weber

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology
Department of Immunology

alexander.weber@uni-tuebingen.de
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Portrait Detlef Weigel © Max Planck Institute for Biology
Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel

Max Planck Institute for Biology
Molecular Biology

detlef.weigel@tuebingen.mpg.de
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Portrait Nadine Ziemert © UKT
Prof. Dr. Nadine Ziemert

Board Member, Equal Opportunities Officer

University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen
Translational Genome Mining for Natural Products

nadine.ziemert@uni-tuebingen.de
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