The world according to MicroPopBio

2012

How I see it

The realities of microbial diversity

The frontier of the human microbiome

• The oral microbiome:– http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/25

9/figure/F2• Our skin:– http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract

/324/5931/1190• Our body as a whole:– http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5960/1

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What are they all doing?

Who are friends and who are foes?Who are actors and who are

passengers?

Where do we begin?

From first principles To simple experiments

How do we measure this?

From counting… To COUNTING!

To COUNTING EVEN MORE

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/311/5768/1737

And to what end?

Understanding Prosperity• Algae biofuels