The organism as ecosystem: How symbiosis changes the way we see nature and study disease and toxicology Speaker：Prof. Scott Gilbert 写真 Swarthmore College, USA 他専攻からも来聴歓迎！ 日時：2016年 3月 17日（ 木 ）13:30〜 場所：理学 2号館 第一講義室 What biology has traditionally described as an organism is actually a functionally coherent set of ecosystems. Most of the cells in an animal body are symbiotic microbes, and these microbes are involved in regulating the normal developmental and physiological functions of the organism. They are involved in constructing the gut, the immune system, and the capillary network, and they may secrete products necessary for normal brain development. They are also critically important in regulating neurophysiological homeostasis during adult life. Recent studies have shown that they can have profound effects on the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotic substances. Thus, tests on drugs, teratogens, and endocrine disruptive chemicals need to take into account the microbiome of the animal, and exogenous chemicals should also be tested as to whether they alter the populations of microbes in and on the animal subjects. 世話人：高橋 淑子 生物科学専攻 動物学教室 内線：4102
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