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所在平台: Coursera |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/microbiome
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课程名称：肠道检查：探索您的微生物组 概述：想象一下，如果您身体里有一个器官，其重量与大脑相当，并且影响着您的健康、体重甚至行为，您是不是会想了解更多？这个器官存在于我们体内，那就是微生物的集合——您的人体微生物组。 课程大纲： - **模块1：微生物与人体微生物组简介** 本模块欢迎各位公民科学家加入我们的探索之旅，研究人类微生物组是一个引人入胜的领域。我们会通过预先录制的视频讲座和专家访谈来介绍每个主题，模块1将提供关于地球上和人体内微生物及其多样性的广泛概述。 - **模块2：研究微生物组** 在这一模块中，我们将深入探讨人类微生物组的研究基础，强调近期在微生物组研究方法上的最新进展，并带您参观Knight实验室。请注意，模块2和3旨在让您了解我们的数据生成和分析世界。 - **模块3：理解微生物数据** 本模块将重点讲解生成和分析微生物组数据的基础知识，讨论计算科学家如何革新分析大型复杂生物数据集的工具，并展示一些有趣的数据可视化方式。这将帮助您理解后续模块中的数据图表，但如果材料太过技术性，不必担心，理解完全不必要。 - **模块4：肠道微生物组与您的健康** 在了解分析微生物数据的方法后，本模块将专注于微生物组研究的最新发现，讨论影响肠道微生物群的主要因素，以及肠道微生物群对营养和肠道健康的影响。 - **模块5：肠道微生物与宿主的相互作用：超越营养** 您已经完成了一半的课程！在这一模块中，我们将关注肠道微生物如何与免疫系统以及神经系统相互作用，探讨肠道微生物群在过敏和压力中的作用。 - **模块6：美国肠道中的内容** 本模块将总结课程，讨论美国肠道的组成。Rob将带我们了解美国肠道项目的结果，并与Jeff Leach和Michael Pollan的结果进行比较。Michael Pollan还将谈论微生物组研究的重要性，以及它如何改变了他对健康和饮食的看法。 这个启发性的六模块课程将让您对人类微生物组有更深入的理解，欢迎参与！
Name:Introduction to Microbes and the Human Microbiome
Description:Welcome Citizen Scientists! We're very pleased to have you join us on an exploration of the human microbiome. This is a fascinating area of study, and we hope you will find this six-module course worthwhile. Each module's content will be presented in similar fashion; our team will introduce topics by way of pre-recorded video lectures interspersed with guest interviews by subject matter experts. Module 1 will provide a broad overview about microbes and their diversity on earth and in the human body.
Name:Studying the Microbiome
Description:In this module, we will dive into the fundamentals of how we study the human microbiome. We highlight recent advances in microbiome research methods and take you on a tour of the Knight lab. Please keep in mind, that Modules 2 and 3 are meant to provide a glimpse into our world of data generation and analysis. Modules 4, 5, and 6 will be less technical and provide a broad overview of fascinating research on the human microbiome. Stick with us!
Name:Making Sense Out of Microbial Data
Description:This module highlights the basics of generating and analyzing microbiome data. We will also discuss how computational scientists are revolutionizing the development of tools for analyzing large, complex biological data sets and show you some of the cool ways that we visualize data! This module will help you understand data plots in later modules, but do not get discouraged if the material here is too technical, a full understanding is not required to complete the course!
Name:The Human Gut Microbiome and Your Health
Description:Now that we've given you some background about the methods we use to analyze microbial data, it's time for us to talk more about recent discoveries in microbiome research. This module will focus on the main factors impacting the gut microbiota as well as the influence of the gut microbiota on nutrition and gut health. This is the fun part, so get excited!
Name:Gut Microbe-Host Interactions: Beyond Nutrition
Description:You're more than halfway through the course! We hope you've been learning lots of new, exciting things about the human gut microbiota! In this module, we'll shift the focus from nutrition and gut health to the rest of your body. How do your gut microbes and your immune system interact? What about your nervous system? Does the gut microbiota play a role in allergies and stress?
Name:What's in the American Gut
Description:We will wrap up the course in this module by discussing what's in the American Gut. Rob will walk us through results from the American Gut Project and compare results from Jeff Leach and Michael Pollan. We will also hear from Michael Pollan on the importance of microbiome research and how it has changed the way he thinks about his health and what he eats.
Imagine if there were an organ in your body that weighed as much as your brain, that affected your health, your weight, and even your behavior. Wouldn’t you want to know more about it? There is such an organ — the collection of microbes in and on your body, your human microbiome.
