Our new home

since summer 2021.

Hunting for microbes since 2003

We seek to understand

the role of microorganisms in Earth's nutrient cycles

and as symbionts of other organisms

Cycling of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur

affect the health of our planet

The human microbiome -

Our own social network of microbial friends

Ancient invaders -

Bacterial symbionts of amoebae

and the evolution of the intracellular lifestyle

Marine symbioses:

Listening in on conversations

between animals and the microbes they can't live without

Single cell techniques offer new insights

into the ecology of microbes

Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Sciences

PhD program in Microbial Symbioses

A special FWF funded track in our doctoral school