Bäckhed Lab takes a translational research approach to investigate how the gut microbiota contributes to cardiometabolic disease.

Gothenburg, Sweden
Joined August 2020
Ending the fall semester celebrating two excellent PhD defenses from Wilhelm Sjöland and Jamie Kraft @kraftyjamie . So proud of both of you - good luck with your future careers!
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Congratulations Michael Treschow and Jens Nielsen for being appointed as honorary doctors at @SahlgrenskaAcad at the conferment cermony at @uniofgothenburg yesterday. @BioCPH @Mito_at_GU
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Amazing to bump into my high school teacher Felix Schulze yesterday after 31 years. Felix is a role model who inspired me to a career in science!
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Christina Heiss receieved her diploma and ring yesterday after defending her PhD thesis last year at the conferment cermony @uniofgothenburg #proudPI
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Great post dinner talk by @GilesYeo about science communication at rhethe @EMBO workshop on Energy Balance in Metabolic Disorders
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What an honor and privilege to listen to Tore Midtvedt giving an overview of the microbiome field and where it is heading after performing his first experiments 60 years ago. Epic talk at @CTMRBio meeting yesterday concluding that we are at the end of the beginning!
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Fantastic to finally meet with groups in our Transatlantic Network ⁦@FondationLeducq⁩ in Berlin last week!
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Honored to give the lecture to Bengt Ihre’s memory at Gastrodagarna 2022 organised by @SvenskGastro after introductions of @HannesHagstrom and Hanns-Ulrich Marschall #gastrodagarna #bengtihre
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Today we are celebrating Dr. Christina Heiss who defended her thesis in an excellent fashion🥳
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Finally able to have our lab retreat! Such great feeling to get together for science, team-building and fun.
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