Ronai, I., Greslehner, G.P., Boem, F. et al. (13 more authors) (2020) “Microbiota, symbiosis and individuality summer school” meeting report. Microbiome, 8 (1). 117. ISSN 2049-2618
Abstract
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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Keywords: | Microbiome; Holobiont; Hologenome; Philosophy of biology; History of biology; Downward causation; Ecology; Conceptual analysis; Holistic; Physiological individuals |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2020 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2020 14:50 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s40168-020-00898-7 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:164951 |