Think of the weirdet creature you’ve even een in a ci-fi film. Now think of thi: there are far tranger, albeit maller, critter living in your own home. And Rob Dunn at North Carolina State Univerity want you to go on afari to find them.
Reearch ha been done on the diverity of bacteria, fungi and other organim that live on our kin, in our gut, even in our belly button.
But there are other entire ecoytem that urround u. And cientit want to undertand how they differ baed on how and where we live. What’ the tiny life like on a doorframe in Brooklyn compared with that in De Moine? Or how do fridge microbe of an urban ingleton tack up with thoe of a uburban family?
The reearch team eek ten volunteer from each tate, five urban and five rural. Each volunteer will get a kit of vial and wab, along with intruction about where and how to wipe – uch a door frame, couch cuhion, refrigerator, even yourelf. The ample will be analyzed, to uncover the ecret of our microcopic companion. To find out more, go to robdunnlab.com
—Cynthia Graber