Dr. Rob Knight, co-founder of American Gut, Discusses the Microbiota and Microbiota testing

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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 28 September 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Dr. Rob Knight, co-founder of American Gut, Discusses the Microbiota and microbiota testing. This was a fascinating discussion about the current state of microbiota research. We cover what the newest breakthroughs are and what place your American Gut microbiota results have related to gut interventions. There are a few gems here you won’t want to miss.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and
0:13.8	functional medicine. To make sure you're up to date on this and other important topics,
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0:27.0	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.2	any disease.
0:33.3	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
0:37.1	Now let's head to the show.
0:41.9	Hey, everyone.
0:42.7	Welcome to Dr. Rucho.
0:43.9	This is Dr. Rucho.
0:44.9	I am here with Dr. Rob Knight, who is really a leader in microbiota research, and I'm super
0:50.8	excited for this conversation.
0:52.6	So, Rob, thanks for being on the show today.
0:55.0	Sure, thanks so much for having me.
0:57.0	Can you tell people just briefly about your background and how you're active in this field?
1:02.0	Yeah, sure. So currently I'm a professor of pediatrics and computer science and engineering at the UC San Diego Diego where I've been for a year and a half
1:11.9	Before that I was at the University of Colorado at Boulder for about 15 years as a postdoc and as a
1:18.6	faculty member in chemistry and biochemistry and computer science. So my formal training is in biochemistry and evolutionary biology.
1:30.6	Essentially analysis of DNA sequences and molecules sent me on a path that led to developing some tools
1:39.9	that let us read out the microbiome much faster and much more efficiently than has been possible before.
1:47.3	Which is such an amazing field right now that's just booming in terms of the importance of the microbiota.
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