The Secret World Inside You

The Secret World Inside You presented by University Health, explores the rapidly evolving science that is revealing the complexities of the human microbiome and reshaping our ideas about human health, offering new perspectives on bacteria, viruses, and other microbes that call our body home.

Our bodies are home to many trillions of microbes living in and on us, including bacteria, fungi, and other organisms collectively called the human microbiome. In any individual, microbial genes outnumber the genes in human DNA by more than 100 to one. Your body also contains more microbial cells than human cells—a new perspective that is changing and complicating our view of ourselves.

Organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, The Secret World Inside You uses larger-than-life models, computer interactives, videos, art installations, and live presentations takes you on a journey into the microbiome that makes you…you.