# Meet your microbes

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2012
- Speaker: Jonathan Eisen
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes -- both the pathogens that make us sick and the "good" microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy. At TEDMED, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen shares what we know, including some surprising ways to put those good microbes to work.

## Lectures

1. [Meet your microbes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes/a64be0b1aae3), 15 min (TED's player)