Gut microbiome plasticity and human adaptability in changing environments
The gut microbiome responds rapidly to dietary change and other ecological perturbation. Plasticity in the gut microbiome is a double-edged sword, potentially lending humans some extra-genomic capacity for adaptation to environmental change while also creating opportunities for pathology if the gut microbiome departs from profiles to which our physiology has adapted. In this talk, I'll discuss recent work probing the benefits and costs of gut microbial plasticity for human physiology and highlight key opportunities for future research.
Nancy Hickey
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