Research conducted by the Applied Microbiology Genomics & Ecology (AMGE) group is based on recent advances in sequencing technologies and our ability to utilize vast amounts of generated sequence data.

Research projects include but are not restricted to:

Bioinformatics

Enzyme Discovery & Characterization

Genomics & Metagenomics

Microbial Ecology

Synthetic Biology

Transcriptomics & Metatranscriptomics

Students and postdoctoral fellows interested in joining AMGE should contact Matthias Hess directly.