Benoit Pugin

I study the diversity of microorganisms and activities that constitute the gut microbiota, to uncover mechanisms contributing to health and diseases. My research aims at connecting key activities of the gut microbiota with specific microbes, enzymes, and genes, and deciphering how these activities are regulated by host and nutritional factors. I use pioneering high throughput and continuous cultivation techniques combined with animal models to reveal mechanisms of microbe-diet-host interactions.