What we do
We are interested in studying ecological and evolutionary factors that determine the structure, function and diversity of microbial communities – with a focus on the ocean ecosystem and the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. To this end, we develop and combine bioinformatic and experimental approaches to integrate quantitative ‘meta-omics’ readouts with contextual information, with the goal to better understand and predict the role of environmental microorganisms and the underlying mechanisms of host-microbial homeostasis.
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Publications 2020
- Paoli L and Sunagawa S
Space, time and microdiversity: towards a resolution revolution in microbiomics
Environ Microbiol Rep, 10.1111/1758-2229.12897 - Sunagawa S et al.
Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology
Nat Rev Microbiol, 10.1038/s41579-020-0364-5
