Research lines

Our principal areas of research

We love to conduct interdisciplinary research in which methods and ideas from different fields are merged to address new scientific questions. The main topics we cover in our research are outlined below.

Hologenomics

We are interested in knowing how the interactions between animals and their associated microorganisms, revealed using multi-omic approaches, shape ecological and evolutionary processes.

Trophic ecology

We analyse trophic niche variation across taxa and environments usind DNA metabarcoding to understand its relation with other aspects of animal biology and ecosystem services. 

Community ecology

We use genomic and metagenomic tools to understand ecological community variation across space and time. 

Resources

Field, laboratory and informatic infrastructure

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION FACILITY

To conduct controlled captivity experiments

We run controlled captivity experiments to understand the interactions between animals and their gut microorganisms.

HIGH-THROUGHPUT LABORATORY

To process thousands of samples

We use automated tools that enabe high-throughput processing of hundreds or thousands of samples per projects

POWERFUL BIOINFORMATIC PLATFORM

To generate cool results!

We make use of HPCs dedicated to live sciences to run the heaviest bioinformatic procedures.

Address

GLOBE Institute
University of Copenhagen
Ă˜ster Farimagsgade 5,
Building 7
1353 Copenhagen, Denmark

Contact

Assoc. Prof. Antton Alberdi
Email: antton.alberdi@sund.ku.dk