Anne Madden: Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face
Anne Madden: Descubram a vida microscópica em sua casa... e em seu rosto
Whether brewing better beer, discovering novel antibiotics or chronicling the lives of the microscopic creatures living in the dust under the couch, Anne Madden seeks to understand and utilize the microbial world around us. Full bio
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thousands of microscopic creatures
milhares de criaturas microscópicas
from the air ducts today.
of the 100 billion bacterial cells
dos 100 bilhões de células bacterianas
at your skin oils and replicating,
de nossa pele e se replicam,
the fecal bacteria
estão tocando as bactérias fecais
you flushed a toilet,
da última vez que deram descarga,
in our water pipes
with your last shower.
após o último banho.
a microscopic high five
um cumprimento microscópico
that live on our faces,
que vivem em nosso rosto,
squirming across your face
rastejando no seu rosto
their gut contents onto your pores.
seu conteúdo intestinal nos seus poros.
de um sabonete ou desinfetante?
how you feel in the future.
próximos a nós.
a bug in your house
solution for that,
of the microscopic life in our world now.
dos seres microscópicos do nosso mundo.
the best source of new technology
a melhor fonte de novas tecnologias
human solutions to microbial problems,
humanas para problemas microbianos,
microbial solutions to human problems.
apresentarão soluções microbianas
with researchers
and the University of Colorado
da Carolina do Norte e do Colorado,
life that is nearest us,
que está próxima a nós;
and boring environments,
mais íntimos e sem graça;
nos nossos quintais,
that we know very little
que temos pouco conhecimento
that's nearest us.
que nos cercam.
no scientist could tell you
nenhum cientista poderia dizer
live in your home --
viviam em sua casa;
better than anywhere else.
melhor que qualquer outro.
life nearest us.
microscópica que nos cerca.
over 600 species of bugs
mais de 600 espécies de insetos
que se grudam em penas.
of bacteria and fungi
de bactérias e fungos
on our clothes or in our showers.
em nossas roupas e chuveiros.
of each of those bugs in our home.
de cada um desses insetos em nossas casas.
unfold in a petri plate,
you're looking at right now
remains unknown.
permanece desconhecida.
and got to name a new species.
que descobri e nomeei uma nova espécie.
in the nest of a paper wasp.
no ninho de uma vespa mandarina.
in the nest of another.
que ele vive no ninho de outro.
growing on a dinosaur,
crescendo sobre um dinossauro,
thinks dinosaurs are cool.
that I had found this new life form.
encontrado essa nova forma de vida.
a new microorganism species."
uma nova espécie de micro-organismo".
tenha encontrado a cura para ele".
discovered a cure for it."
to kill my new little life form,
queria matar minha pequena forma de vida,
eu tinha falhado com ele,
and in people's backyards,
arduamente em laboratórios e quintais,
the microscopic life around us,
a vida microscópica ao nosso redor,
my true mission to him.
minha verdadeira missão.
life around us.
ao nosso redor.
from this life, that will help save us.
novas tecnologias a partir dessas vidas,
than a list of 100,000 new species.
com 100 mil novas espécies.
of solutions to human problems.
para os problemas humanos.
that anything that's so small
que algo tão pequeno
possa fazer algo poderoso,
are microscopic alchemists,
são alquimistas microscópicos,
their environment
seu meio ambiente
anywhere on this planet,
em qualquer lugar deste planeta,
food is around them.
que esteja por perto delas.
from toxic waste to plastic,
de tudo, desde lixo tóxico a plástico,
like oil and battery power
como petróleo, carga de baterias
into nutritive.
o intragável em algo nutritivo.
que os próximos 100 anos
these microscopic creatures
dos nossos problemas.
to choose from.
bad-smelling clothes or bland food.
roupas mal-cheirosas e comida insossa.
the microscopic life around us,
a vida microscópica ao nosso redor,
well-suited to help us with.
elas estão bem adaptadas a nos ajudar.
em muitos de nossos lares.
a little-known microorganism species
pouco conhecida de micro-organismo
a few species on this planet have.
que poucas espécies têm neste planeta.
beer you've ever had
já produzida comercialmente
three microorganism species.
espécies de micro-organismos.
a beer that tasted like honey,
um cerveja com sabor de mel,
a delightfully tart beer.
that lives in the belly of a wasp,
que vive no abdômen de uma vespa,
on this planet.
espécie neste planeta.
that produce commercial beer.
que produzem cerveja comercial.
your future favorite beer.
to dig in the dirt in people's backyards.
cavando a terra dos quintais das pessoas.
that could make novel antibiotics,
que pode produzir novos antibióticos,
the world's worst superbugs.
a pior superbactéria do mundo.
do solo similar a esta.
and everyone in this room
that produce most of our antibiotics.
do solo similares,
dos nossos antibióticos.
comes from colleagues
de algas de águas paradas,
a pond scum microorganism,
the cow dung it was first found in.
do esterco de vaca em que foi encontrado.
and would be unworthy of discussion,
e não valeria a pena ser discutido,
that if you feed it to mice,
de que, se for dado aos ratos,
ao estresse pós-traumático.
now think of hope.
pensem em esperança.
to talk about today.
tempo hoje para falar.
that came from just three species,
que vêm de apenas três espécies,
100,000 species in your dust bunnies
que estão na poeira das nossas casas.
to make you sexier
nos deixar mais atraentes
at your finger again.
microscopic creatures
what they might be able to do
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Anne Madden - Microbiologist, inventor and strategistWhether brewing better beer, discovering novel antibiotics or chronicling the lives of the microscopic creatures living in the dust under the couch, Anne Madden seeks to understand and utilize the microbial world around us.
Why you should listen
Dr. Anne Madden studies the ways that our dimly understood microbial neighbors can yield surprising discoveries, including solutions to many of our human problems. Alongside her colleagues at North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado, she discovers what life exists around us, and how it can be employed to make our lives better, from new medications to new food and beverage flavors. She's helped create novel brewing technology (see more in her 2016 TEDx Charlotte talk), discovered a new fungus species living inside wasp nests and cataloged the astonishing diversity of some of the microscopic and macroscopic life in our homes by investigating the DNA in our dust.
In addition to her research work at North Carolina State University, Madden is chief strategist and partner at the brewing yeast company Lachancea LLC and consults for a variety of industries from biotechnology and lifestyle companies to textile and food companies. Her work has been featured on numerous media platforms, including National Geographic, Newsweek, Scientific American and PBS NewsHour.
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