Responsibilities
Junior group leader
Contact
Phone:
+49 (0)89 / 4400-46205
Email:
corinne.benakis@med.uni-muenchen.de
Website:
https://www.isd-research.de/research-groups/benakis-lab/0b29bdd23b1f63b4
Further Information
Primary research focus: Biomedical Neuroscience
Second research focus: Molecular & Developmental Neuroscience
Keywords: Microbiota, Gut-brain axis, neuroimmunology, stroke
Research description: The research focus of my lab is to understand the bidirectional communication between the gut microbiome and the brain in experimental model of stroke.
Selected publications:
Benakis C, Brea D, Caballero S, Faraco G, Moore J, Murphy M, Sita G, Racchumi G, Ling L, Pamer EG, Iadecola C and Anrather J. (2016) Commensal microbiota affects ischemic stroke outcome by regulating intestinal T cells. Nat. Med. 22: 516–523.
Benakis C, Poon C, Lane D, Brea D, Sita G, Moore J, Murphy M, Racchumi G, Iadecola C and Anrather A. (2020) Distinct commensal bacterial signature in the gut is associated with acute and long-term protection from ischemic stroke. Stroke 51: 1844–1854.
Sorbie A, Delgado Jiménez R, Benakis C. (2022) Increasing transparency and reproducibility in stroke-microbiota research: A toolbox for microbiota analysis. iScience 25, 103998.