The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

What drew you into gut microbiome research? I work with people who suffer from functional gastrointestinal disorders and have a myriad of symptoms, many which change over time. These diseases are ...

What will you explore in your GGGH project? Our main goal is to begin deciphering the molecular communication between bacteria (and the small molecules they secrete) and host cells in the small ...

Bacteria in the small intestine adapt dynamically to our nutritional state, with individual species disappearing and reappearing. Researchers at the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern ...