Written by Thomas C.G. Bosch and David J. Miller, this book examines how the growing knowledge of animal-bacterial interactions, whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses, is fundamentally altering our understanding of animal biology. This new view may have profound impact on understanding a strictly microbe/symbiont-dependent life style and its evolutionary consequences. The scope of this book is best described as an attempt to understand animal evolution in terms of symbiotic interactions and in light of the realization that we animals are intruders that have evolved within a microbial world.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Science Pub at Weinbar Idéal
Das Individuum als Metaorganismus: Neue Perspektiven für Biologie und Medizin
by Prof. Thomas Bosch
The MGSE acts as co-organizer of a Science 
Pub to quench the thirst for knowledge of Münster’s citizens. It brings together scientists and the public for easy-to-understand presentations and thought-provoking discussions combined with food and drinks in an informal atmosphere. The overall aim is to promote understanding of and enthusiasm for science in the public. At the same time, researchers get the chance to receive feedback from a diverse audience and get people excited about their work outside the lab.
2016
Augustin R and TCG Bosch (2016) Revisiting the Cutaneous Epithelium: Insights from a Nontraditional Model System. Akt Dermatol 42: 414-420 
Schröder K and TCG Bosch (2016) The Origin of Mucosal Immunity: Lessons from the Holobiont Hydra. mBio 7(6) e01184-16
Deines P and TCG Bosch (2016) Transitioning from Microbiome Composition to Microbial Community Interactions: The Potential of the Metaorganism Hydra as an Experimental Model. Front. Microbiology, 13 October 2016
Bosch TCG (2016) Emergence of immune system components in Cnidarians. In: Ratcliffe, M.J.H. (Editor in Chief), Encyclopedia of Immunobiology, Vol. 1, pp. 397–406. Oxford: Academic Press.
Gilson E, Bosch TCG (2016) Understanding why we age and how: Evolutionary biology meets different model organisms and multi-level omics: Meeting report on “Comparative Biology of Aging,” Roscoff, October 12-16, 2015. Bioessays. 2016 Apr 27. doi: 10.1002/bies.201600049
Theis KR, NM Dheilly, J Klassen, RM Brucker, TCG Bosch, JF Cryan, SF Gilbert, CJ Goodnight, JSapp, P Vandenkoornhuyse, I Zilber-Rosenberg, E Rosenberg, SR Bordenstein (2016) Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: An Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes. mSystems, 1(2):e00028-16. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00028-16.
Publication highlighted in F1000 prime
Bosch TCG and D Miller (2016): The Holobiont Imperative: Perspectives from Early Emerging Animals. Springer New York. Now available for preorder on amazon.