Dr. Laura Bolte is an MD and PhD with a background in Nutritional Sciences. After completing her degree in Nutritional Sciences in Münster, she earned her MD at the University of Groningen. Her PhD research, conducted at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) under the supervision of Rinse Weersma, Geke Hospers, and Johannes Björk, focused on the relationship between diet, gut microbiome, and the immune system in the context of intestinal inflammation and cancer immunotherapy. Laura is currently working as a physician-scientist at UMCG and together with the Seerave Foundation to build a data consortium on antibiotic and drug use in relation to immunotherapy outcomes, with the goal of integrating scientific evidence into clinical guidelines.

• diet-microbiome interaction
• intestinal inflammation
• immunotherapy
• nutrition