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âMicrobiota, symbiosis and individuality summer schoolâ meeting report
How does microbiota research impact our understanding of biological individuality? We summarize the interdisciplinary summer school on âMicrobiota, symbiosis and individuality: conceptual and philosophical issuesâ (July 2019), which was supported by a European Research Council starting grant project âImmunity, DEvelopment, and the Microbiotaâ (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