Massive Data on Your Microbiome | Katherine Pollard | Talks at Google

[@kbeetles]

Great talk, great presenter, fascinating subject - I am no scientist and no technology geek but I was riveted from the beginning to the end.... Thank you!

[@iwnunn7999]

Excellent job. Interesting subject and very well presented.

[@bpath60]

I wish We could see the slides as well - "I contain multitudes" By Ed Yong may be of interest

[@steveanston4906]

I would like to know what the microbes do in the body - like which proteins/SCFAs etc they produce rather than their exact species.

[@dragonlizarddolphin]

Next-gen sequencing can be used to assign functional information as well (i.e. what proteins they (can) produce, etc)

[@mattstofko7797]

Do dental X rays kill the mouth microbiota?

[@joeschmo5699]

Hopefully this can be put to practicable use that can actually help people, rather than be the latest new thing with a lot of hype that ends up being a money train for industry but no help to the general population. And, notice how insulin resistance, which must surely be a factor here, is, once again, flying under the radar as everyone gets giddy with the (money making) possibilities of the microbiome.