Research area Epidemiology and clinical significance of common intestinal parasitic protists, especially Blastocystis, Dientamoeba, and Entamoeba Genetic diversity, host specificity and evolutionary aspects of intestinal protists Detection and identification of non-human, eukaryotic ribosomal DNA in stool samples Molecular typing of parasites, e.g. in relation to outbreaks Validation of state-of-the-art diagnostics Investigations into associations between gut parasites and gut bacteria