Microbiome Research in Wild Systems

Convened by

Eveliina Hanski
Early-Career Fellow 2025–2026

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Venue: Collegium Helveticum, Rudolf Wolf Room

This is a public event. Participation is free of charge. No registration is needed.

Microbial communities clearly are important for host health, but most microbiome research focuses on humans and lab animals in tightly controlled conditions. What happens when we look beyond these systems to wild populations and alternative models?

This seminar explores host–microbiome interactions in non-conventional study systems. Through empirical findings and discussions of both field- and lab-based approaches, the talks illustrate how microbial communities function across different levels of diversity, how environmental factors shape host–microbe interactions, and what laboratory models can — and cannot — reveal about microbiome biology.

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