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“Microbiota, symbiosis and individuality summer school” meeting report

Ronai, Isobel; Greslehner, Gregor P.; Boem, Federico; Carlisle, Judith; Stencel, Adrian; Suárez, Javier; Bayir, Saliha; Bretting, Wiebke; Formosinho, Joana; Guerrero, Anna C.; Morgan, William H.; Prigot-Maurice, Cybèle; Rodeck, Salome; Vasse, Marie; Wallis, Jacqueline M.; Zacks, Oryan

How does microbiota research impact our understanding of biological individuality? We summarize the interdisciplinary summer school on “Microbiota, symbiosis and individuality: conceptual and philosophical issues” (July 2019), which was supported by a European Research Council starting grant project “Immunity, DEvelopment, and the Microbiota” (IDEM). The summer school centered around interdisciplinary group work on four facets of microbiota research: holobionts, individuality, causation, and human health. The conceptual discussion of cutting-edge empirical research provided new insights into microbiota and highlights the value of incorporating into meetings experts from other disciplines, such as philosophy and history of science.





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Microbiome
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00898-7

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September 22, 2023

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Microbiome, Holobiont, Hologenome, Philosophy of biology, History of biology, Downward causation, Ecology, Conceptual analysis, Holistic, Physiological individuals