My main research interest is to understand the involvement of the microbiome in health promotion and disease development. As a pathologist I am specialized in gastro-intestinal-, pulmonary- and infectious disease pathology, as well as tumor genetics with a focus on molecular diagnostic methods. I established diagnostic microbiome analysis at the university, which is a unique diagnostic measure for several medical departments in Austria. Complementing visualization of diseases with multi-color fluorescence microscopy and spatial transcriptomics allows me to gain deep insights into pathogenetic mechanisms. My research group studies the gut microbiome in the context of inflammatory GI diseases, specifically addressing its immunomodulatory potential and how this contributes to diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and cancer.