As a Research Associate at CCDD, Rene’s main research area will be the resistance of enteric bacteria using probiotics and an ecosystem perspective. He will analyze metagenomics data from follow-up stool samples of new-born babies in an intensive-care unit in Cambodia, and he will study how use of antibiotics and probiotics affect the gut microbiome and emergence of resistance. Using this data and simulations Rene will develop an optimal survey design to study the effect of probiotics from metagenomic data.