The Science of Doing Good: Social Microbes and Symbiosis

Nicole Gerardo, Professor of Biology (Emory) will discuss with Joshua Weitz the nature of competition, cooperation and symbiosis among microbes, between them and host organisms, and the biological roots of doing well by and for neighbors.

This program is supported by Scientists in Synagogues, run by Sinai and Synapses in consultation with the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion, and funded by the John Templeton Foundation.