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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 Mariella Greutmann!
We are very pleased to welcome Mariella Greutmann to our group. Mariella will work on bacterial evolution in patients with prolonged antibiotic treatment. We wish her a great start.
Adrian's inaugural lecture
With great pleasure Prof.Dr.Dr. Adrian Egli gave his inauguration lecture on the topic "Why do bacteria make us sick?". Many thanks to all the people who attended in person and online for this personal and very special moment. Please find the link for the talk here.
How much should we sequence? - Swiss SARS-CoV-2 surveillance
We are happy to share our latest publication on How much should we sequence? An analysis of the Swiss SARS-CoV-2 surveillance effort. Congrats Fanny for the amazing work. We would also like to thank all our colleagues involved in the project.
Welcome to new students!
A warm welcome to our three (!) new students!
Thiviya does her BSc at the FHNW and will do an internship for 6 months, supervised by Tim.
Priya, an MSc student at the VU Amsterdam, will do her Master's project for 6 months, supervised by Fanny and Adrian.
Laze does his MSc at ETH and will do a 12-week internship, supervised by Diana.
We wish you all a good start!