Congratulations on promotion

Shinichi Sunagawa, since May 2016 Assistant Professor in the Institute of Microbiology at ETH Zurich, was promoted to Associate Professor of Microbiome Research in the same institute. His research concentrates on microbial communities in oceans and the human gut. Among other activities, he is bioinformatics coordinator for the Tara Oceans expedition, a major international project which is studying the biological diversity of the oceans. The appointment of Shinichi Sunagawa enables the Department of Biology to boost interdepartmental cooperation in the fields of environment, health and medicine. His research will create further synergies with the University of Zurich and Zurich University Hospital, and assist the NCCR Microbiomes national research programme.

Link to the website of the Sunagawa lab.