Research on Tap: Microbiome Systems Biology for Human and Environmental Health (2016)
Hosted by Daniel Segrè, Professor, Biology, CAS, Biomedical Engineering, ENG, and Bioinformatics; and W. Evan Johnson, Associate Professor, Medicine and Biostatistics, MED.
Microbial communities play a crucial role in the health of plants, animals and humans, and of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Understanding these communities can have great impact in many areas, including agriculture and food production, immune system function and infectious disease, and environmental sustainability and remediation. This Research on Tap showcased strengths and synergy of BU faculty working in microbiome research. This is part of the newly established BU Microbiome Initiative, whose goal is to develop multi-level quantitative understanding of microbe-microbe, microbe-environment, and microbe-host interactions, and to use this knowledge for biomedical applications and for the design of artificial microbial communities for specific purposes. View program here.