We’re proud to announce that our team member and former PhD student Matthias Mitteregger, successfully defended his thesis:
“Gut microbiota metabolism linked to metabolic health and cardiovascular diseases” today.

A big thank you to opponent Marius Vital from the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, for an inspiring and insightful discussion.

Grateful to the examining committee:
Soffia Gudbjornsdottir, Thaher Pelaseyed, and Reetta Satokari.

Special congratulations to the supervisory team:
Main supervisor Valentina Tremaroli, and co-supervisors Rima Chakaroun, Tanweer Khan and Fredrik Bäckhed.

Best wishes to Dr. Mitteregger and hope to see you around!