Rob Knight

About The Author

Rob Knight is a Professor of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering and Director of the Microbiome Initiative at the University of California, San Diego. He is cofounder of the American Gut Project and the Earth Microbiome Project.

Books by Rob Knight

Follow Your Gut

How the Bacteria in Your Stomach Steer Your Health, Mood and More

By Rob Knight and Brendan Buhler
Part of the TED series: Follow Your Gut

Today we study the brain with painstaking detail. But we largely ignore what might prove to be the most important part of our body: the trillions of microbes that live inside us, especially in our gut. Increasingly, it looks like the harmless bacter...
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