🦠Malte Rühlemann
(he/him)
Postdoctoral Researcher and Project PI
Professional Summary
I am a molecular biologist by training and a bioinformatician by practice. My research focuses on how gut microbial communities evolve, adapt to host environments, and contribute to chronic inflammatory disease. I combine large-scale human metagenomics, microbial genomics, host genetics, and ecological modeling to study host–microbiome systems across human populations and disease contexts.
Education
Dr. rer. nat. Biology
2014
2020
Kiel University, Germany
M.Sc. Medical Life Sciences
2012
2014
Kiel University, Germany
B.Sc. Life Science
2008
2011
University of Hannover, Germany
Interests
Human microbiome
Metagenomics
Host-microbiome interactions
Inflammatory bowel disease
Microbial ecology
Bioinformatics
Large-scale microbiome meta-analysis
📚 My Research
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Featured Publications
Convergent genomic responses of human gut bacteria to variations in industrialization
To what extent gut bacteria respond to the distinct ecological pressures imposed by human lifestyle remains unclear. Here, we investigate how genomic adaptation in gut bacteria …
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Functional host-specific adaptation of the intestinal microbiome in hominids
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Recent Publications
(2026).
P1320 Longitudinal metagenomic profiling reveals early microbial changes during infliximab response in IBD..
Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis.
(2025).
Bacterial metabolite patterns of infants receiving multi-strain probiotics and risk of late-onset sepsis.
Cell Reports.
(2025).
First insights into microbial changes within an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Family Cohort study.
Gut Microbes.
(2025).
Industrialization drives convergent microbial and physiological shifts in the human metaorganism.
openRxiv.
(2025).
The Fecal Mycobiome in Chronic Pancreatitis Is Characterized by an Increase in Candida species and Nakaseomyces.
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.
(2025).
Lower cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with an altered gut microbiome. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).
Scientific Reports.
(2025).
The C-type lectin receptor MINCLE interferes with eosinophil function and protective intestinal immunity in Strongyloides ratti-infected mice.
Mucosal Immunology.
(2025).
Convergent genomic responses of human gut bacteria to variations in industrialization.
bioRxiv.
(2025).
FIRST INSIGHTS INTO MICROBIAL CHANGES WITHIN AN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FAMILY COHORT STUDY.
GASTROENTEROLOGY.
(2024).
Dietary Diversity, Rather Than Quality, Parallels a Reduction in Metabolic Syndrome and a Favorable Gut Microbiome: The Dietary Diversity Score.
Journal of the American Nutrition Association.
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