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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We've been very moved by the tributes paid to Peer at conferences around the world: e.g. at ISME by Jeroen Raes, at ECCB by Christian von Mering, and at the Tara conference by Chris Bowler. Thank you! @isme-microbes.bsky.social @eccb-europe.bsky.social @taraoceans-science.bsky.social @raeslab.org

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Apply until December 15th! More info: group homepage: www.bork.embl.de TREC: www.embl.org/about/info/t... BIOcean5D, the funding source : biocean5d.org SPIRE: spire.embl.de Also, as a teaser, we plan to release out database of contextual data (a.k.a. metadata) for metagenomic samples soon! (4/4)

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

The first day of our lab retreat is underway. We didn't venture far from EMBL, just up the hill to Königstuhl overlooking Heidelberg and the Rhine valley. However, we did invite guest from other labs who are working on the microbiome and are enjoying the discussions across the groups!

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Our paper together with @typaslab.bsky.social is out now! doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Previously available on bioRxiv, it has now been accepted in Cell. 🎉 @sarsarela.bsky.social and @biocs.bsky.social show that bacteria can be protected from & sensitized to drugs in community; ... (1/2)

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

⚡️ Our latest preprint "Refined Enterotyping Reveals Dysbiosis in Global Fecal Metagenomes" led by @maelschermarisa.bsky.social is now available! We’ve revisited the concept of #enterotypes using a massive dataset of 16,772 human fecal #metagenomes from 38 countries! 🌍🧬 doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

New paper: "Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Probiotics and Gut Dysbiosis in Preterm Infants: The PRIMAL Randomized Clinical Trial" showing that while the probiotics did not reduce the incidence of MDRO+, they modulated their microbiome toward eubiosis. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... (1/2)

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

Are you coming to #IHMC in Rome? Our lab is represented with 3 posters and 2 talks ("Stool #microbiome analysis and its impact on progression and decompensation of liver cirrhosis" by Peer & "The global landscape of horizontal gene transfer" by Chan Yeong Kim). Looking forward to seeing you there!

Talks:
Peer Bork | Monday June 24, 11:45 | II Parallel Session
Stool microbiome analysis and its impact on progression and decompensation of liver cirrhosis

Chan Yeong Kim | Sunday June 23, 10:35 | Plenary Session The global landscape of horizontal gene transfer

Posters:

Suguru Nishijima | Monday June 24, 11:00 - 11:30 | Area Poster 4
Fecal microbial load is a major determinant of gut microbiome variation and a confounder for disease associations

Marisa Isabell Keller | Saturday June 22, 12:00 - 14:00 | Area Poster 1
Revised enterotyping reflects dysbiosis in global fecal metagenomes

Marisa Isabell Keller | Tuesday June 25, 08:30 - 09:30 | Area Poster 2
Bile acid equilibrium as a measure of gut microbiota to alcohol-related liver disease

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

Congratulations to Askarbek Orakov, who successfully defended his PhD at the University of Würzburg today! Peer is dressed in a Kazakh traditional “Shapan”, which is given to honorable people – a gift from Askarbek's and his wife's families. Thank you very much for this!

Askarbek Orakov wearing his PhD hat (based on an aquarium) and Peer Bork dressed in a Kazakh traditional “Shapan”

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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

At the end of a busy year, we are on a retreat in Strasbourg for a few days of brainstorming, team-building fun, scientific discussions across the many topics we're working on, and of course to enjoy the Christmas market and the sights

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