Microbiome

In the last ten years, research has revealed the significance of bacteria and microbial communities in the environment, oceans, our homes, and our bodies. The UChicago Microbiome Center is positioned to produce research that will improve both human life and the health of the earth.

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Harper Lecture with Jack Gilbert: Adventures in Our Microbial World

People in the developed world spend more than 90 percent of their lives in the built environment. This new human ecosystem may be both the source and the solution to modern health concerns like depression, anxiety, allergies, and autism. In this lectur...

You and Your Microbiome: Is This Why I’m Allergic to Peanuts?

How do intestinal immune cells distinguish the trillions of normal, endogenous bacteria in the gut from pathogenic ones. How do normally harmless external dietary substances sometimes elicit a potentially life-threatening immune response in an individ...

Jack A. Gilbert on "The Microbiome Revolution: Why microbes control your life!"

Dr. Gilbert is a microbial ecologist whose ongoing research is focused on exploring how microbial communities assemble themselves in natural and human-made environments. He currently manages the Earth Microbiome Project, which is an ongoing effort to c...