Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, 10027, NY, USA.
ImmunoConcept, UMR5164, CNRS & University of Bordeaux, 146 Rue Léo Saignat, Bordeaux, 33076, France.
Microbiome. 2020 Aug 14;8(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00898-7.
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. Video Abstract.
微生物组研究如何影响我们对生物个体性的理解？我们总结了由欧洲研究理事会启动资助项目“免疫、发育与微生物组（IDEM）”支持的“微生物组、共生和个体性：概念和哲学问题”跨学科暑期学校（2019 年 7 月）的情况。暑期学校的重点是围绕微生物组研究的四个方面进行跨学科小组工作：整体生物、个体性、因果关系和人类健康。对前沿实证研究的概念性讨论为微生物组研究提供了新的见解，并强调了在会议中纳入来自哲学和科学史等其他学科专家的价值。
