Mirko Trajkovski

Professor Mirko Trajkovski leads the Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva. He completed his PhD at the International Max Planck School in Dresden (2005), followed by postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich, before establishing his lab at University College London (2012) and moving to Geneva (2013). His work focuses on adipose tissue plasticity, gut microbiota, and their roles in obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance.

• Swiss National Science Foundation Professor (2014)
• ERC Starting Grant (2014) & Consolidator Grant (2019)
• Dr Walter Seipp Prize & Carl Gustav Carus Prize (2005)

His lab investigates fat browning mechanisms, microbiota-host communication, and multi-tissue metabolic regulation using in vivo, in vitro, and human cohort approaches. Recent publications emphasize microbiome-based therapies, temperature effects on metabolism, and gut-bone-adipose crosstalk. Current advisees include PhD student Silas Kieser, with past members like Jing Xue, Salvatore Fabbiano, and Claire Chevalier contributing to immuno-metabolism and microbial engineering projects.