Children's university on the human superorganism

We humans are not alone. Around ten trillion microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, live on and in us. Our tiny co-inhabitants are summarized under the term microbiome. Compared to the microbiome, our body consists of only about one trillion cells. Human cells live (mostly) in good neighborhood with microorganisms and help each other, which is called symbiosis. So humans are not alone, but a real superorganism.

In the current Children's University lecture, participants will find out what the microbiome is and what the human microbial fingerprint looks like, what tasks the microbiome performs for us, and what happens when the microbiome gets out of balance.

The speaker is Dr. Anne Kammel, who is a visiting scientist at the BTU in Senftenberg in the field of multiparameter diagnostics, where she is working on the microbiome. Professionally, the biochemist works in the Institute for Laboratory Medicine at the CTK Polyclinic (MVZ) in Cottbus, Department of Genetics.

Pupils from the third to sixth grades are invited toattend the children's university lecture "Me and my microbiome - the human superorganism" . The 45-minute event will begin for participants at the Cottbus Central Campuson Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 3 and 5:15 p.m. in the Central Lecture Hall Building, Audimax 2. Registrations are possible at the e-mail address  Heike.Postelt(at)b-tu.de.

On Saturday, March 4, at 11 a.m., this lecture will begin lecture for the participants of the child university at the Campus Senftenberg begins in the large lecture hall of the Konrad Zuse Media Center, room 11.122. For all those interested who cannot attend, for example due to a long journey, the lecture will be broadcast live online. Registrations , including information on whether attendance will be in person or online, will be accepted at the e-mail address kinderuni(at)b-tu.de requested. The link to the online lecture will be sent after registration.

Background
Children's lectures are intended to arouse interest in solving scientific and other problems at an early age, and to give children the opportunity to experience the flair of a university. The BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg conveys approaches to solving scientific phenomena of everyday life in a child-friendly, exciting way and thus creates formative experiences and experiences that are intended in particular to reduce the inhibition threshold to a university.

Further information on the Children's and Pupils' University and other BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg offers for children and young people: https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/kinder-jugendprojekte