Christoph Kaleta

Christoph Kaleta is a Professor in Medical Systems Biology at Kiel University, Germany. His research focuses on metabolic modeling of host-microbiota interactions in human diseases, with emphasis on integrative OMICs data analysis and microbial community modeling.

• Current research includes host-microbiome interactions in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Development of tools like gapseq for bacterial metabolic pathway prediction
• Investigations into microbial regulation of mitochondrial metabolism and cell death
• Exploration of the gut-brain axis in Parkinson's disease

Kaleta's recent publications highlight trends in computational modeling of microbiota metabolism, precision nutrition, and microbial impact on drug efficacy. His work frequently employs Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans models for studying metabolic trade-offs and aging-related disease transitions.

He collaborates with institutions such as the Research Center Borstel, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, and Universität zu Lübeck. His research is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).