Enders is enrolled in the doctoral (
M.D.) programme in
gastroenterology at
Goethe University Frankfurt. In 2012, she won the first prize at the
Science Slam in
Freiburg, Berlin and
Karlsruhe with her talk
Darm mit Charme (
Charming Bowels). This talk was also published on
YouTube. Enders received the offer to write a book about this subject that has sat atop the German paperback charts shortly after the release in March 2014. The drawings for the book were made by her older sister Jill Enders. She appeared in the German talk-shows
3 nach 9 and
Markus Lanz. The book
"Gut" (original "Darm mit Charme") was published in March 2014; in July 2014, the editor
Ullstein Verlag announced that 500,000 copies were sold. The rights for the book have been sold in 18 countries. In her book, she explains the functions and the importance of the
human gastrointestinal tract. She also criticises the excess of hygiene in society and its impact on the immune system (
hygiene hypothesis). She is currently working on her thesis about the topic
Acinetobacter baumannii that can cause infected wounds, respiratory diseases and blood poisoning. She would like to become a gastroenterologist afterwards. She has been a main cast of the
Netflix documentary
"Hack your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut." == Awards ==