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Prof. Dr. Manuel Liebeke

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Kiel University
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science
Metabolomics

Heinrich Hecht Platz 10

24118 Kiel

Information about Prof Dr Manuel Liebeke

Manuel Liebeke has been Professor of Metabolomics at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science at the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences at Kiel University since April 2023. His professorship is a professorship of excellence in Kiel's life sciences as an interface between life science and clinical research.

His field of research, spatial metabolomics, is highly modern. It makes it possible to look inside cells and investigate the complex interactions in metabolism in great detail. This enables Manuel Liebeke to uncover the secrets of cellular metabolic states, investigate host-microbe interactions at a microscopic level, track metabolic cell states and create spatial images of metabolic activity. These findings are also of great importance for clinical applications. For example, they can help to clarify the causes of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases that are based on disorders of the human intestinal microbiome.

Liebeke's research utilises modern mass spectrometry methods to understand which molecules are involved in host-microbe systems, how different metabolites shape ecological communities and how symbiotic partners react metabolically to environmental changes.

Priority research areas

  • Imaging mass spectrometry for the visualisation of bacteria and their metabolites
  • Metabolomics of environmental samples such as seawater and animal and plant tissue
  • Metabolic interactions within symbioses, for example between worms and bacterial symbionts