Human Microbiome Ecology
Dr. Sara Vieira-Silva – Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Mainz
ReALity has been instrumental in bringing Dr. Sara Vieira-Silva to the Mainz research community. She is now a group leader at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and an adjunct group leader at the IMB. Her research focuses on understanding the function of microbial communities, in particular the human gastrointestinal microbiota, in health and disease. Her group combines metagenomics, comparative genomics, evolutionary ecology, and state-of-the-art computational approaches.
