Microbiology

Fighting back antibiotic resistance: a new hope from the soil

Antibiotic resistance represents a critical threat for our health and disease treatment. New discoveries are crucial to develop further medicaments against...

Collateral damage: antibiotics disrupt the balance in the gut

Cold adaptation: gut bacteria can make the difference

Invisible allies for healthy juvenile growth

The cutting EDGE: Bringing genomics to everyone

Red in Tooth and Claw: another weapon against antibiotic resistance

A new synthetic antibiotic may lead the way to develop further strategies against superbugs

How a fungus causes the collapse of salamander populations

Fire salamanders in Europe are threatened by a seemingly relentless pathogen. How will salamanders cope with this aggressive fungus?

Gut microbes as a novel anti-aging intervention?

Want a long-lasting life? Research shows that there might be an interplay between the microbes in your gut (gut microbiota) and aging. Hence, the answer is:...

Studies of the bugs within: telling sickness from cure

Gut microbiota, the bacterial communities that live inside our bodies, more and more appear to be related to our well-being. A major challenge for modern...

The unexpected partner(s): a billion viruses

What constitutes a human body? What is it that makes your body, your own? With our research, we begin to break down the human body to investigate the smallest...