KAUST-SFDA First Joint International Conference

Trends in Microbiome and Digital One Health

October 30 - November 1, 2023

Martin Blaser
Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello

Event Quick Information

Date
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Time
06:30 PM – 09:00 PM

Movie Screening - KAUST Discovery Cinema

Special documentary screening of “The Invisible Extinction: The race to save our vanishing microbiomes”

Synopsis

Two renowned scientists race to save our vanishing microbes before it's too late.

The Invisible Extinction spotlights the extraordinary work and charismatic personalities of renowned scientists Martin Blaser, and his partner in the lab and in life, Gloria Dominguez-Bello, as they endeavor to save the vanishing microbes that are essential for our survival.

The film joins them on this urgent quest from the USA to Venezuela, China, Middle-east, and Switzerland, showing us how the overuse of antibiotics, elective C-sections, and processed foods are driving the destruction of our inner ecology, which is happening even faster than climate change.

As the Covid-19 pandemic hits, Blaser pivots to focus on how our microbes may help protect us from the virus and future pandemics, while Dominguez-Bello spearheads the creation of an international microbe vault to safeguard precious bugs that may help cure chronic illnesses.

 

Watch the movie trailer here: The Invisible Extinction- trailer


 

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