MTS43 - Rob Knight - The Microbes That Inhabit Us
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In this episode, I speak to Rob Knight, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
\\nKnight studies our inner ecology: the 100 trillion microbes that grow in and on our bodies. Knight explained how hundreds of species can coexist on the palm of your hand, how bacteria manipulate your immune system and maybe even your brain, and how obesity and other health problems may come down to the wrong balance of microbes.
\\nLinks to studies mentioned in this episode:
\\nRuth Ley and Peter Turnbaugh\'s studies on obesity in Jeff Gordon\'s lab:
\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nJulie Segre\'s studies of the skin:
\\n\\n\\n\\nChris Lauber and Elizabeth Costello\'s studies of human-associated body habitats (in Noah Fierer\'s and Rob Knight\'s lab):
\\n\\n\\n\\nJeremy Nicholson\'s studies of the metabolome:
\\n\\n\\nCathy Lozupone\'s study of global microbial diversity (in Rob Knight\'s lab), and confirmation of the patterns in archaea by Jean-Christophe Auguet:
\\n\\n\\n\\nRuth Ley and Cathy Lozupone\'s study integrating gut-associated and environmental bacteria:
\\nWorlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota.
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