Invisible Influence: A Bacterial Guide to Your Health

December 30, 2015 10:03 PM

Jack Gilbert, a Microbial Ecologist at Argonne and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, gave a free public lecture at Argonne. In recent years, scientists have discovered that our bodies teem with microbial life, which outnumber our cells 10 to one. In his talk, Gilbert explored how your microbial world influences your health, probing where that microbial world comes from, and highlighting the ways in which your lifestyle, diet and medical treatment can influence your microbiome.
posted by Blasdelb (4 comments total)

This is fascinating, thanks for posting!
posted by clockzero at 10:13 PM on December 30, 2015 [1 favorite]

Entertaining speaker.

I like that he looked at some results and went out and got a dog.
posted by aniola at 10:07 AM on December 31, 2015

Is there a transcript of this anywhere?
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:43 PM on December 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

Fascinating
posted by jeffgilden at 8:22 PM on January 4, 2016