Research topics: Microbial ecology, The human microbiome in IBD, Selfish genetic elements, Microbial defense systems, Systems biology, Halophilic archaea

Research methods: Deep sequencing/massively parallel sequencing, microbiology, gene cloning, quantitative RT-PCR, immunofluorescence, Metagenomics , bioinformatics.

Main projects in the lab include:
> Microorganisms as biomarkers, and mediators of inflammation in IBD
> Evolutionary roles of CRISPR-Cas systems in archaea
> Identification and characterization of new RNA phages