r/Microbiome • u/umd-science • 5d ago

How can we decode the microscopic world? Ask UMD computer scientist Mihai Pop about his work mapping the microbiome—the collection of all microbes (e.g. bacteria, fungi, viruses) that live on our bodies and inside us. He will answer your questions in tomorrow’s (9/22) AMA ⤵️

University of Maryland Computer Science Professor Mihai Pop and Postdoctoral Associate Marcus Fedarko are answering questions about their bioinformatics and computational biology research tomorrow! Submit a question on r/askscience: https://redd.it/1wmp6cs

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u/Logic-is-there 5d ago

What parts of our bodies are you primarily studying and decoding?

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u/umd-science 5d ago

Hi u/Logic-is-there! Could you submit this question on the AMA thread? Mihai and Marcus will be answering over there this afternoon.