What We Can Learn About Successful Citizen Science from Microbiome Research
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The document details a webinar hosted by the American Gut Project and SC CTSI on March 18, 2020, featuring Dr. Rob Knight discussing citizen science in microbiome research. Dr. Knight is a prominent figure in the microbiome field, with a focus on combining microbiology and computer science. Attendees were encouraged to engage through a Q&A feature during the session.
What We Can Learn About Successful Citizen Science from Microbiome Research
- 1. Digital Scholar Webinar 18th March 2020 Hosted by American Gut Project and the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI), University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
- 2. Eric Pedersen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences Director of Digital Mental Health @ericRpedersen @SoCalCTSI About Today’s Session Career building
- 3. Questions: Please use the Q&A Feature 1. Click on the tab here to access Q&A 2. Ask and post question here 1 2
- 4. Today’s Topic What We Can Learn About Successful Citizen Science from Microbiome Research Speaker: Rob Knight, Ph.D.
- 5. About the Speaker Dr. Rob Knight, Ph.D. • Professor of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and Computer Science & Engineering • Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California San Diego • Authored “Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes” • Co-founded the Earth Microbiome Project and American Gut Project • His work combines microbiology, DNA sequencing, ecology and computer science to understand the vast numbers of microbes that inhabit our bodies and our planet.