Cargando…

On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge

The individual disciplines of microbiology and immunology are exploding with new information necessary for understanding host-pathogen relationships, infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmunity. Because of overlapping scientific interests, immunologists and microbiologists often share common acade...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Biron, Christine A., Casadevall, Arturo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2010
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2975366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21714147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00260-10
_version_ 1782190941424058368
author Biron, Christine A.
Casadevall, Arturo
author_facet Biron, Christine A.
Casadevall, Arturo
author_sort Biron, Christine A.
collection PubMed
description The individual disciplines of microbiology and immunology are exploding with new information necessary for understanding host-pathogen relationships, infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmunity. Because of overlapping scientific interests, immunologists and microbiologists often share common academic affiliations. The coexistence is uneasy. Significant problems arise because the groups have evolved different intellectual traditions. Pressures are intensified by sporadic changes in perceptions of their relative worth. As the mixing of microbiologists and immunologists can be likened to ground zero in the fight for interdisciplinary knowledge, it is useful, at this time of escalating data acquisition and growing appreciation for multidisciplinary research, to examine their histories, the challenges to amalgamation, and the advantages of their association for the advancement of knowledge and the delivery of protection against disease. The exploration supports a recommitment to integration of the disciplines and a proposal to facilitate this by inclusion of expertise bridging the areas.
format Text
id pubmed-2975366
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2010
publisher American Society of Microbiology
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-29753662010-11-22 On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Biron, Christine A. Casadevall, Arturo mBio Editorial The individual disciplines of microbiology and immunology are exploding with new information necessary for understanding host-pathogen relationships, infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmunity. Because of overlapping scientific interests, immunologists and microbiologists often share common academic affiliations. The coexistence is uneasy. Significant problems arise because the groups have evolved different intellectual traditions. Pressures are intensified by sporadic changes in perceptions of their relative worth. As the mixing of microbiologists and immunologists can be likened to ground zero in the fight for interdisciplinary knowledge, it is useful, at this time of escalating data acquisition and growing appreciation for multidisciplinary research, to examine their histories, the challenges to amalgamation, and the advantages of their association for the advancement of knowledge and the delivery of protection against disease. The exploration supports a recommitment to integration of the disciplines and a proposal to facilitate this by inclusion of expertise bridging the areas. American Society of Microbiology 2010-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2975366/ /pubmed/21714147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00260-10 Text en Copyright © 2010 Biron and Casadevall. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) , which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Editorial
Biron, Christine A.
Casadevall, Arturo
On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
title On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
title_full On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
title_fullStr On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
title_full_unstemmed On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
title_short On Immunologists and Microbiologists: Ground Zero in the Battle for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
title_sort on immunologists and microbiologists: ground zero in the battle for interdisciplinary knowledge
topic Editorial
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2975366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21714147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00260-10
work_keys_str_mv AT bironchristinea onimmunologistsandmicrobiologistsgroundzerointhebattleforinterdisciplinaryknowledge
AT casadevallarturo onimmunologistsandmicrobiologistsgroundzerointhebattleforinterdisciplinaryknowledge