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DECODING THE MICROBIOME A discussion with Jack Gilbert, Moderated by Larry Smarr _______ Publisher's Note: What happens when two global leaders in microbiome science, and the scientist who discovered virus and bacterial transmission in air and ocean, are interviewed by the scientist who founded the personalized-health movement? We all get to learn. Whether you're wondering if COVID can travel from China to California or if your microbiome can be improved with "black market" supplements, you'll want to read this week's issue. Once again, I am reminded that humans may just be the transport mechanism that select bacteria and viruses chose for global domination. If so, It seems to be working. - mra _______
Jack Gilbert, Professor, UCSD School of Medicine and Robert Knight, Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation, and Kimberly Prather, Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC San Diego Moderated by Larry Smarr, Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) FiRe 2019 Conference Thursday, October 10, 2019 - The Lodge at Torrey Pines - La Jolla, California Photos 2019 Kris Krug This discussion has been lightly edited.
L-R: Larry Smarr, Kim Prather, Rob Knight, and Jack Gilbert Larry Smarr: I'm Larry Smarr, director of Calit2 - a number of you will be over visiting us later today. For years I've been telling FiRe attendees about the incredible importance of the microbiome, the most pervasive and important life on this planet - everywhere on this planet, including inside of all of you - but this time we have a panel of people who really know what they're talking about with respect to the microbiome. These are three of our superstar faculty from the University of California-San Diego, in the microbiome, and they are actually working together to create a major institute for microbiome research. But they're very diverse in their backgrounds, and we're going to try to paint a picture across the whole planet, from starting inside of you, or on you, in the next half-hour. |
