Dr. Mani Arumugam is a Group Leader and Associate Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen. He leads the “Microbiome Systems Biology” research group that investigates how health and diseases are influenced by our gut microbiome; how the gut microbiome interacts with the host and environmental factors; and how we can therapeutically modulate the gut microbiome to improve health. His group takes interdisciplinary approaches combining multi-omics microbiome data to study host-microbial crosstalk.

Mani has an interdisciplinary education with degrees in biotechnology and computer science. He received his PhD in computational biology from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg) in 2010. He has been studying the human microbiome for over 15 years. 

Masters Thesis Opportunities in Bioinformatics

Highly motivated Masters students are invited to perform their thesis or project work in our group. We prefer students with experience in programming and/or high performance computing. Background in biology is not necessary! Please check out this flyer!

We are always looking for excellent researchers to join our group

Human mikrobiom, systembiologi, bioinformatik, metagenomics, machine learning, artificial intelligence

Lifestyle changes and lack of physical activity are important factors involved in metabolic disorders. However, emerging evidence suggests that our gut microbiome and their interactions with us play an important role in our health and well-being. An imbalance in the gut microbiome may signify an unhealthy state of the host and contribute to obesity and diabetes pathogenesis.

The Arumugam Group aims to study the interactions between the host and the gut microbiome in order to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic disorders. The Group takes interdisciplinary approaches combining multi-omics microbiome data to study host-microbial cross-talk. The Group also investigates therapeutic approaches to modulate the gut microbiome towards improving human health.

Systembiologi, menneskelige sygdomme, genomics, maskinlæring

Education

Research Experience

Dr. Mani Arumugam has received speaking and/or consulting fees from Roche A/S, Lundbeck Pharma A/S and SNIPR Biome ApS.