Congratulations, Helen! 🎉👩🏽‍🎓
We’re celebrating the first PhD defense in the @agkriegel.bsky.social lab! 🥳
During her PhD, Helen investigated bacterial RNA and its capacity to stimulate Toll-like receptors (TLRs).
Congratulations on this fantastic achievement, Helen — well deserved! ✨🧬

We are happy to share our latest publication, a systematic review on coordinated oral-gut microbiota relocation in connective tissue diseases #Microbiota#Relocation

www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Traveling back from the #CellPress #Host-MicrobiomeDynamics Symposium in Bruges today with terrific new insights from great speakers, thrilling interactions with other scientists and fantastic scientific discussions while presenting our newest research in poster sessions! #CSMicrobiome2026

Happy Day of Immunology! 🧬
We’re resharing this great post by the DGfI highlighting the important role of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in maintaining immune balance and preventing autoimmunity. A fascinating area that also connects closely to our lab’s research!
Take a look 👇

Our lab member Carina was invited to the ImmunoChat podcast by Pia Madeleine Leipe from @dgfi-yi.bsky.social and the episode is now live! 🎙️

She shares insights into our lab’s research and what drives our work. Have a listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6UjM...

Exciting News 🎉
We’ve been awarded a #CellsInMotion pilot project and an #InSight CRC 1450 perspective project grant! Grateful to our partner labs for the teamwork and to the funders for their support.
Looking forward to what we’ll discover together. Stay tuned! 🔬🧬

Last week we had the opportunity to discuss latest research updates with our close collaborator Prof. Nissan #Yissachar from @goodmanfaculty.bsky.social (@YissacharLab at X). We appreciate your visit and helpful feedback and are thrilled about your newest findings! 🫶🏼🧫🧪 #international #collaboration

What a week!🎉
Three of our Medical Doctoral students presented their research projects at the MedK Symposium this week. MedK is a @uni-muenster.de program that enables medical students to pursue an experimental doctoral thesis + dedicated scientific training.
Great work, all of you!
Congrats!🔬✨

Merry Christmas from the Immune–Microbiota Interaction Lab! 🎄
We treated our microbiomes at the UKM Christmas dinner and toasted to the great discoveries of the past year.
Looking ahead to 2026 and all it has in store for us!

🌍 World Arthritis Day 💙

Today we stand with everyone affected by arthritis and other rheumatic diseases — and celebrate the collective efforts of patients, clinicians, and researchers working toward better understanding and care.

#WorldArthritisDay #Rheumatology #Autoimmunity

Accomplishing goals together in the lab and also on the street. Last Sunday we successfully took part in the Münster Marathon relay. Our Martinis and Egallis did a fantastic job! #TeamSpirit #MünsterMarathon #Running #FitMicrobiome

Last Tuesday our yearly team retreat took place at Mühlenhof. We spent some time learning about each other's earlier career steps, talking about future projects and we shared a nice meal together #LabRetreat #TeamBuilding #FeedYourMicrobiome

Recently we had the invaluable opportunity to meet Michael S Gilmore, who visited our lab. He is the Chief Scientific Officer of Mass Eye and Ear/Mass General Brigham and also serves as Director of the Infectious Disease Institute at Harvard Medical School. Thank you!
#microbiome#enterococci

Glad to share our latest publication:

Translocating gut pathobiont Enterococcus gallinarum induces TH17 and IgG3 anti-RNA–directed autoimmunity in mouse and human | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#pathobiont#autoimmunity#microbiome