Welcome to the PKU-EMBL Lab
Environmental Microbiome Biotechnology Lab, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University
The PKU-EMBL Lab studies microbial diversity, function, and biotechnological potential across extreme environments. Our work integrates large-scale environmental sampling, multi-omics, artificial intelligence, cultivation, and bioengineering to uncover novel microbial taxa, biosynthetic gene clusters, and actionable biological mechanisms.
We aim to build both fundamental understanding and usable research infrastructure: datasets, analysis pipelines, software tools, and experimentally grounded workflows for environmental microbiology and AI for life science.
Research Areas
- Extreme-environment microbiomes in hypersaline, acidic, and alkaline ecosystems.
- AI-enabled multi-omics analysis, including metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and foundation-model-based interpretation.
- Microbial cultivation and functional validation for novel taxa and biosynthetic potential.
- Bioinformatics software, databases, and community resources that support reproducible research.
Our Approach
The lab combines field work, wet-lab experimentation, computational biology, and high-performance computing. We are particularly interested in questions where biological complexity and data scale require close integration between domain science and modern machine learning.
Join The Lab
We welcome inquiries from prospective master’s students, Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, visiting students, and research interns who are excited about microbiome science, environmental biotechnology, and AI for science. Current opportunities are listed on the Openings page.