Unconventional paths: From the deep sea to the stomach - Scope
Unconventional paths: From the deep sea to the stomach Benedikt Geier traverses academic fields in pursuit of a chemical analysis that images the intimate relationships between microbe and host. Author Emily Moskal Published on August 24, 2022 August 25, 2022 Gurgling. Harsh. Inhospitable. Those three words describe the deepest pits of the oceans -- and the human stomach. Not much, save for some types of bacteria, can survive in either place, and even they need to be highly specialized. Benedikt Geier, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford School of Medicine, has traversed the two bacterial realms, harnessing a chemical analysis technique that captures the close interactions between bacteria and the worlds they inhabit. Geier has always been fascinated by microscopic organisms and how they survive in environments w...