Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine

New Cluster of Excellence for Tübingen with significant contribution of the IMIT

The goal is to find new, targeted agents which will have a positive effect on the microbiome. We know that useful bacteria help to keep down the harmful ones. In order to understand and exploit the underlying mechanisms, the Cluster of Excellence will bring together researchers from the fields of molecular, bioinformatics and clinical disciplines. The Cluster speakers are Professor Andreas Peschel and Professor Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt of the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine at the University, along with Professor Ruth Ley, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. The University Hospitals and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) are also partners in the Cluster.

Press release

Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen

The Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) was founded in 2009, merging the Institute for Microbiology (Faculty of Science) and the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (Faculty of Medicine). IMIT is the first institute of its kind in Germany and comprises six full professorships, two associate professorships, two assistant professorships, and several junior research groups.

The IMIT consists of the following ten units:

From The Faculty of Science:

From the Faculty of Medicine:

From Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science:

IMIT is supported and evaluated by an international scientific board of advisors which convenes every other year.

Scientific Board of Advisors of IMIT

  • Prof. Dr. Volkmar Braun (MPI für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen)
  • Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Hardt (ETH, Zürich)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Heesemann (LMU, München)
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinz (HZI, Braunschweig)
  • Prof. Dr. Hauke Hennecke (ETH, Zürich)
  • Prof. Dr. Andrei Lupas (MPI für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen)