#20 Philosophy of Immunology and the Biological Self (Thomas Pradeu)

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Holobiont

Ursule Demael

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A podcast at the crossroads of microbiology, immunology, evolution, computational biology and more. Through informal interviews with researchers and students, I explore how biological organisms are "holobionts": super-organisms formed by a host and all of its communities of micro-organisms ( bacteria, viruses, fungi...)

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#20 Philosophy of Immunology and the Biological Self (Thomas Pradeu)

Holobiont

53 minutes 52 seconds

3 years ago

#20 Philosophy of Immunology and the Biological Self (Thomas Pradeu)

Thomas Pradeu is a CNRS Research Director in Philosophy of Science, leading a group at the ImmunoConcept called Conceptual Biology and Medicine. His group explores conceptual aspects spanning immunology, evolutionary biology, ageing and the microbiome.

We discuss:

What Philosophy of Immunology is
How to assess the influence of an idea
Misconceptions about the immune system
The usefulness of the self/non-self framework
Definitions of cancer in multicellular organisms
How to integrate philosophy in science

The ImmunoConcept lab page: https://immunoconcept.cnrs.fr