The Anthropocene, a proposed geological epoch characterized by significant human influence on Earth's ecosystems, has seen dramatic changes in environmental microbiomes due to urbanization, industrialization, pollution, and climate change. These changes affect not only soil and water microbiomes but also those within human bodies, altering fundamental ecological and health processes.
Conversely, microorganisms are resilient in the face of anthropogenic disruption due to their capacity for rapid adaptation, thriving in even in the most contaminated environments and are used to develop remediation strategies.
Understanding the interplay between microbiomes and human-driven environmental changes is crucial for learning to live on a damaged planet.
Questions we are investigating in this topic are:
How can the microbiomes of contaminated sites teach us responsible stewardship?
What are the ethical implications of ‘harnessing’ microbial mechanisms - how do you ask consent of a microbe?
| Title | Type | Venue | Date | People | Topics | Projects | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Press | NYU Tandon Newsletter | May 13, 2024 | |||||
Conference PresentationExhibit | 2023 BioDesign Challenge | June 22, 2023 → June 23, 2023 | Sheila Atieno Diedre Brown Tori Coleman Ands Sanchez Anshika Srivastava | Holobiont Interactions Microbiomes and the Anthropocene Biological Metrics and Design | |||
Award | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | June 23, 2023 | Ands Sanchez Sheila Atieno Tori Coleman Diedre Brown Anshika Srivastava | ||||
Publication | Environmental Microbiome | 2023-03-30 | |||||
Talk | 2022-05-12 | ||||||
Exhibit | Open Source Gallery | June 29, 2023 | |||||
Press | PopSci | 2023-03-31 | |||||
Press | New York | 2022-04-08 | |||||
Award | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | April 26, 2024 |
