Workshop, Multiple Speakers: Erik van Nimwegen (U Basel), Jacopo Grilli (ICTP), Maitreya Dunham (U Washington), Nandita Garud (UCLA)
Microbes make up the vast majority of the tree of life. While we know very little about most microbial species, large-scale sequencing is giving us glimpses of the diversity that exists both within species and in ecosystems. The challenge now is to find the patterns in this diversity and understand them. This session features provocative talks on attempts to meet that challenge.