Soil health and human health: Microbial diversity helps both | Jack Gilbert | Nobel Conference

Описание: Dr. Jack Gilbert presenting at the 54th annual Nobel Conference (Living Soils: A Universe Underfoot) at Gustavus Adolphus College in 2018.

Gilbert is Professor in Department of Surgery and Faculty Director, The Microbiome Center, University of Chicago

Through the Earth Microbiome Project (EMP), Jack Gilbert and his colleagues are using crowdsourcing techniques to study the microbial makeup of the planet. The EMP is revealing vast diversity in the microbial communities in our soil. Gilbert explores what we can learn from this diversity, and what the variations in these communities mean for humans.

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