PhD student position: Role of phages in the gut microbiome

The gut microbiome consists of viruses, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. To date research efforts have focused on bacteria, however the gut virome remains underexplored, even though the viral (bacteriophages) interactions are intrinsically linked to the dynamics of the gut microbiome. The project will seek to understand overall changes to the gut microbiome with increased phage loads.