Click above to listen to part 1 of You Are Exposed, featuring Rob Knight, professor of Pediatrics, Computer Science and Engineering, and Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California, San Diego, discussing the way microbiology is changing how we think of ourselves as humans.

You Are Exposed:
Part 1: Rob Knight / Our Microbiome
Part 2: Vanessa Ezenwa / Sharing Microbes
Part 3: Indira Mysorekar / Microbiome Development
Part 4: Gary Miller / The Exposome

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