Research Focus

Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Area of Research

The aim of our research group is to decipher how microbial and environmental factors contribute to the development of inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Approved Research Projects

Macrophages and dendritic cells in oral tolerance and inflammation

Collaborations

National Collaborations

Swiss IBD Cohort Investigators
Swiss EoE Cohort Investigators

International Collaborations

Eduardo Villablanca, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Andreas Schlitzer, Quantitative Systembiologie, Deutschland, Bonn

Ongoing Research Projects

A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Multicenter, Phase 2a Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral AMT-101 in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis (2020-02733)
A Combined Phase 2/3 12-week, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Investigating the Efficacy of AMT-101 in Subjects with Chronic Antibiotic-resistant Pouchitis (#2020-02727)
Biologika-induzierte HyperCKämie bei Patienten mit chronischen entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen (# 2019-00641)

[FG] Niess Jan

Head of Research Unit

Prof. Dr. med. Jan Hendrik Niess

Projects & Collaborations