Host-microbiome coevolution in the mammalian intestine (A02)

• Subject Area: General Genetics and Functional Genome Biology ; Evolution, Anthropology ; Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 261376515

Project A2 aims to determine the genetic basis of evolutionary change among mammalian metaorganisms. The project will investigate mechanisms of host-microbe interactions, with G protein-coupled receptors as an important updated focal class of host genes, as well as with blood group-related glycosylation on the side of both the host and microbes. These classes of genes represent diverse possibilities for host-microbiome interactions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1182: Origin and Function of Metaorganisms
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. John F. Baines; Professor Dr. Andre Franke