Overview
Syllabus
- Program introduction
- Participant introductions
- When do we acquire our microbiome?
- Connection between the microbiome and our immune system
- Using mice to study the microbiome
- When does your microbiome stabilize?
- What is the Human Microbiome Project?
- How unique is each person's microbiome?
- Mapping the microbiome on different areas of the body
- The effects of extensive antibiotic use on the microbiome and cause of modern diseases
- Are the microbes in dirt good for us?
- Rates of asthma in the Amish and Hutterites
- Hygiene hypothesis
- Antibiotic use and the rise of obesity in the US
- Obesity and the microbiome
- How do changes in the microbiome get passed from generation to generation?
- C. difficile and fecal transplants
- Can fecal transplants be used to treat other diseases?
- Connection between the gut and the brain
- Can the microbiome cause depression?
- How do you study depression in mice?
- Is there a strong association between what is happening in the gut and behavior?
- Is the microbiome connected to autism?
- How do the microbiomes of hunter-gatherers living in primitive conditions compared to people with high exposure to antibiotics?
- Is it possible that we'll never recapture our full ancestral microbiota diversity?
- How can we keep our microbiome happy and healthy?
- The role of the microbiome in precision medicine and drug efficacy
- Do probiotics really work?
Taught by
World Science Festival