Collaborative Research Centre 1182
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence fitness of their plant and animal hosts, ultimately forming a metaorganism consisting of a uni- or multicellular host and a community of associated microorganisms.
Recent Highlights
German Research Foundation continues to fund the CRC 1182 at Kiel University in a third funding phase
Four more years of metaorganism research in Kiel
Recent Publications
Industrialization drives convergent microbiome and host physiological shifts in the human metaorganism
Poyet, M., Rühlemann, M., Schaan, A. P., Ma, Y., Moitinho-Silva, L., Wacker, E. M., Jebens, H., Patel, L., Nguyen, L. T. T., Zimmer, A., Plichta, D., McDonald, D., Stevens, C., Agyei, A., Afihene, M. Y., Asibey, S. O., Awuku, Y. A., Badiane, A. S., Corzett, C., Deme, A., Dominguez-Rodrigo, M., Duah, A., Fezeu, A., Froment, A., Gibbons, S., Girard, C., Hooker, J., Ibrahim, F., Iqaluk, D., Juimo, V., Kettunen, P., Lafosse, S., Lango-Yaya, E., Lee, S. C., Lehtimäki, J., Lim, Y. A. L., Mabulla, A., Mahachai, V., Mohamed, R. S., Moniz, K., Mwikarago, I. E., Nartey, Y. A., Ndiaye, D., Noel, M., Onyekwere, C., Pin, T. M., Plymoth, A., Roberts, L., Ruokolainen, L., Rusine, J., Segurel, L., Shapiro, B. J., Sigwazi, S., Sistiaga, A., Valles, K., Vatanen, T., Vilaichone, R., Rosenstiel, P., Baines, J., Franke, A., Ellinghaus, D., Knight, R., Daly, M., Xavier, R. J., & Alm, E. J., & Groussin, M. (2026). Cell. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2026.10.016
Prioritize validation over discovery of novel antibiotics
Hanson, M. A., Bosch, T. C., Chen, I. A., & Zasloff, M. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(44), e2616439123. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2616439123
Contact
Collaborative Research Centre 1182
Kiel University
Zoological Institute
Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
D-24118 Kiel
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schulenburg
+49 431 880 4143
+49 431 880 2403
hschulenburg@zoologie.uni-kiel.de
