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Anita Schürch

Associate Professor

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Research groups

Microbial genomics and metagenomics

Research aim

We develop novel genomic methods for reconstructing and tracking antimicrobial resistance genes by building bioinformatics tools to facilitate data analysis of massive sequence data sets of pathogens and microbiomes.

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Molecular and cellular host-microbiota interactions

Research aim

Our research aims to unravel how the products from pathogenic and beneficial bacterial species within the intestinal microbiota contribute to human health and disease.

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Recent publications

Impact of selective digestive decontamination on the pangenome composition of ESBL-E. coli Julian A Paganini, Anita C Schürch, Jelle Scharringa, Marc J M Bonten, Rob J L Willems, Nienke L Plantinga
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2026, vol. 81
gplasCC Julian A. Paganini, Jesse J. Kerkvliet, Oscar Jordan, Gijs Teunis, Nienke L. Plantinga, Rodrigo Meneses, Rob J.L. Willems, Sergio Arredondo-Alonso, Anita C. Schürch
NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 2026, vol. 8
Alarum Marianne A B van der Sande, Daniel Valia, Caroline Tigoi, Nicole Stoesser, Linda Stamm, Andrea Marten, Bram Riems, Robert Musyimi, Yougbare Sibidou, Anita C Schurch, Eric W Tiendrebeogo, Shalton Mwaringa, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Brecht Ingelbeen, Halidou Tinto, Julia A Bielicki, Ben S Cooper, James A Berkley, Esther van Kleef
BMJ Open, 2026, vol. 16
Coccidiosis prevention strategies shape the microbiome, resistome and mobilome composition in the broiler gut Matteo Buffoni, Jesse J Kerkvliet, Henk Enting, Jannigje G Kers, Malbert Rogers, J Arjan G M de Visser, Fernanda L Paganelli, Rob J L Willems, Anita C Schürch
Animal Microbiome, 2026, vol. 8
Limited value of Nanopore adaptive sampling in a long-read metagenomic profiling workflow of clinical sputum samples Weizhen Xu, Janetta Top, Mattheus C Viveen, Andrii Slyzkyi, Noud Hermans, Sarah van Erp, Dafna Eiloz, Richard Anthony, Kristin Kremer, Anita C Schürch
BMC Medical Genomics, 2025, vol. 19
Effect of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae oil feed inclusion on growth performance and fecal microbiome development in post-weaning pigs Matteo Buffoni, Marco Viveen, J. Arjan GM De Visser, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Rob JL Willems, Anita C. Schürch, Jannigje G. Kers
Livestock Science, 2025, vol. 301