Public Lecture Series: How Backyard Microbes Could Help Treat Disease

Could the key to better treatments for chronic conditions such as diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease be found in our own backyards? In this enlightening presentation, Van Andel Institute’s Dr. Nick Burton will share how studying microbes harvested from soil, leaf litter and riverbanks may help us develop new therapies for a host of diseases.

Dr. Nick Burton explores how our environment, especially microbes, can impact our health and the health of our offspring — even before they are born. His research has extensive implications for understanding how epigenetics contributes to human disease and how the environment we are exposed to today affects not only our own health, but also our children’s.