Ruth Ley

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Gut microbiota and health Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Created: Nov 2, 2026

•Updated: Nov 2, 2026

Public URLs (2)

https://nobleid.org/NI5P16W98R95S06 https://nobleid.org/ruthley

Affiliations

Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

2016 - Present

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

2016 - Present

Max Planck Institute for Biology

2021 - Present

University of Tübingen

2021 - Present

Cornell University

2014 - 2018

Education & Qualifications

University of Colorado Boulder

1995–2001

University of California, Berkeley

1987–1992

Cited by

Measure	All
Citations	182,151
h-index	94
i10-index	163

As of Oct 14, 2026 · 291 works

Works (259)

247 on NobleID · 12 being added

Title	Cited by	Year
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data Nature Methods	34,825	2010
Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Nature Biotechnology	23,528	2019
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest Nature	12,408	2006
Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome Nature	11,691	2012
Human gut microbes associated with obesity Nature	8,769	2006

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