Our lab is dedicated to understand the interactions between microbes and the host at mucosal surfaces. We are interested in applying this knowledge to prevent and treat human and veterinary diseases. We want to understand how diet, microbiota, metabolism and immunity interact in health and disease. Currently we are 80% located at the ETH Zürich, and 20% in Oxford, with research running in both locations.
The interactions between diet, the microbiota and the host immune system
Safe and effective vaccines for application in livestock rearing.
Mechanistic understanding of food-as-therapy for microbiota/immunity-related diseases.
Our current understanding of microbiota population dynamics in the gut is based on the sequencing data or the quantification of certain strains by culture.
Claudia Eberl, Diana Ring, Philipp C. Münch, Markus Beutler, Marijana Basic, Emma C. Slack, Martin Schwarzer, Dagmar Srutkova, Anna Lange, Julia S. Frick, André Bleich and Bärbel Stecher
Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 10, pp. 2999, Lausanne: Fontiers Research Foundation, 2020.
Claudia Eberl, Diana Ring, Philipp C. Münch, Markus Beutler, Marijana Basic, Emma C. Slack, Martin Schwarzer, Dagmar Srutkova, Anna Lange, Julia S. Frick, André Bleich and Bärbel Stecher
Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 10, pp. 2999, Lausanne: Fontiers Research Foundation, 2020.
Oliver Pabst and Emma Slack
Mucosal Immunology, vol. 13: no. 1, pp. 12-21, New York, NY: Nature Publishing Group, 2020
Daniel Hoces, Markus Arnoldini, Médéric Diard, Claude Loverdo and Emma Wetter Slack
Immunology, vol. 159: no. 1, pp. 52-62, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2020
Group Leader
PhD Student
Pioneer Fellow, CEO & cofounder at Baxiva (Baxiva)
Senior Scientist
Senior Scientist
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD Student
Lab Manager / Technical Specialist
Technician (Baxiva)
Technician
Scientific Assistant (Hausmann Group)
PhD Student (Hausmann Group)
Postdoctoral Researcher (Oxford Lab)
Postdoctoral Researcher (Oxford Lab)
Master Student (Oxford Lab)
PhD Student
Head of Preclinical Development (Baxiva)
Clinical Study Manager (BIIE)
Apprentice
Master Student
PhD Student
Senior Assistant
Senior Scientist and CSO (Baxiva)
PhD Student (Hausmann Group)
SNSF Ambizione Group Leader
PhD Student
Technical Specialist (Baxiva)
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, University Hospital Zurich
PhD candidate, Immunology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
Data Scientist, Novartis (Japan)
Associate Clinical Development Director, Novartis (Switzerland)
PhD candidate, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich
Research Assistant, Igis (Switzerland)
Consultant
PhD candidate, Medical University Vienna
Migros Industry Management Trainee (Switzerland)
Senior Research Associate, Roche (Switzerland)
Scientist, Roche (Switzerland)
PhD candidate, University of Geneva
Medical Student, ETH Zurich
PhD candidate, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, England)
PhD candidate, Max Perutz PhD Fellowship, Max Perutz Labs, Austria
PhD candidate, Hardt Lab, ETH Zurich
PhD candidate, Monash University
Lab Assistant, University of Zurich
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University (USA)
Senior Associate, Eli Lilly and Company (Ireland)
PhD candidate, ETH Zurich
Radio Oncology Research Technician, University Hospital Zurich
Mechanical Engineer, Ypsomed AG, Burgdorf
PhD candidate, University of Sorbonne (France)
Phd candidate, Neuroimmunology, University of Zurich
Business Development Manager, Xlife Sciences
PhD candidate, Immunology, ETH Zurich
PhD candidate, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice
Laboratory Technician and Data Analyst, MSD
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
PhD candidate, University Zurich
Intern, EPFL
PhD candidate, University Hospital Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
PhD candidate, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
PhD candidate, University College Cork (Ireland)
Medical Student, ETH Zurich
Scientist, Lonza
Postdoctoral Researcher, Saarland University (Germany)
Research Associate, Snijder Lab
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Bachelor Student, ETH Zurich
Project Manager, Graduate Consulting Club
Postdoctoral Researcher, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Teacher
Oberassistent, Group of Prof. Raffaele Mezzenga, Laboratory of Food & Soft Materials
Translational Scientist, PharmaBiome AG, Zürich
Intern, Novartis
Master Student, ETH Zürich
Master Student, ETH Zürich
Master Student, ETH Zürich
PhD candidate, University of Berne
Visiting Analyst, Verve Ventures
Master Student, ETH Zürich
Tenure-Track Professorwship, BOKU University, Institute for Mathematics
Intern, HSC Lentiviral Gene Therapy
Intern, Baxiva
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
Master Student, ETH Zurich
The Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) proudly welcomes Prof. Emma Slack to its growing faculty. Prof. Slack holds a joint appointment as the Barclay-Williams Professor of Molecular Immunology at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology within the University of Oxford.
Check out Baxiva, a biotechnology startup developing next-generation glycoconjugate vaccines to combat bacterial infections. Their mission is to address urgent global health needs by targeting pathogens with high clinical burden and rising antimicrobial resistance. Their lead program focuses on preventing urinary tract and invasive infections caused by Escherichia coli—the world’s leading cause of antibiotic-resistant infections.
Published in Science, a ground-breaking study by the Slack group reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics.
The Slack Lab warmly welcomes the laboratory for Mucosal Crosstalk. Their research is dedicated to understanding how the interactions between our microbiota, the intestinal epithelium, and immune cells in the intestinal mucosa maintain intestinal homeostasis, and how these interactions derail in disease. They employ interdisciplinary approaches at the interface of epithelial cell biology, microbiology and mucosal immunology in combination with versatile in vivo and in vitro models.
Interview from the Swiss Young Immunologist Society with Emma. Learn about Emma's passion for immunology, why Emma wanted to become a scientist and how diversity can benefit science.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Emma Slack is joining the Dunn School as the inaugural Barclay-Williams Professor of Molecular Immunology, in association with the Queen’s College.