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Chemist and microbiologist Jörn Piel combs through the vast world of bacteria for new natural substances to combat the antibiotic crisis. The ETH professor has now been honoured for his research with one of Europe’s most highly endowed medical prizes.
A new PLOS Pathogens study by the Hardt (IMB) and Sauer (IMSB) groups shows how chemotaxis, quorum sensing, and metabolism shape E. coli -Salmonella interactions in vivo, affecting mannose use and redox balance at different infection stages.
Julia Vorholt, Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Novonesis Biotechnology Prize by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
A recent "Nature Communications" paper by the Hardt (IMB) and Vorholt groups reveals how Salmonella's glpT gene acts as a double-edged sword: boosting replication in macrophages but hindering growth in the gut lumen during infection in mice.
