Marc Güell on engineering the skin microbiome

On 2 September 2025, the NCCR Microbiomes Seminar Series is thrilled to host Marc Güell, ICREA Research Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona.
Marc Güell heads the Translational Synthetic Biology Lab, which uses synthetic biology tools to advance biological engineering and synthetic evolution. The group is active in the field of microbiome engineering for healthcare and environmental applications, and is notably focused on the development of new skin microbiome technologies to treat ailments from common acne to chronic inflammatory disorders. Marc is also the Co-Founder of the startups S-Biomedic, Integra Therapeutics and Synflora.
Prof. Güell is an EMBO Young Investigator and member of Academia Joven de España. He has been recognized with the National Research Award to the young talent (2018), the August Pi i Sunyer Award (2021) and the National Research Award Ángela Ruiz Robles (2022).
Marc Güell will give a talk entitled ‘Host sensing and skin modulation with engineered endogenous microbess’. The seminar will take place on 2 September 2025, from 12h00 to 13h00 CET. You can access this public seminar through this Zoom link.