Prof. Dr. Emma Slack
Area of Research
Description of Research Interest
We investigate mechanisms of interaction between bacteria and the immune system, particularly at mucosal surfaces and aim to translate our findings into novel vaccines preventing increasingly antibiotic resistance bacterial infections.
Special Expertise
Mucosal vaccine development
Mucosal antibody development and function
Microbial glycobiology
Metabolomics
Member of Collaborative/interdisciplinary Research Consortia
Zurich Exhalomics
NCCR Microbiomes
mTORUS
Botnar Institute for Immune Engineering
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK. Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich (until March 2027)