Your Microbiome, Your Health

Richard Sprague, CEO and Co-Founder of Ensembio, Inc., a startup building mobile consumer self-tracking products, joins us to discuss how our gut effects our health. Our bodies are home to three pounds of germs - a rich microbiome that weighs as much as our brain! Thanks to the recent plummeting cost of gene sequencing, scientists are just now discovering how important these microbes are to health and wellness, with surprising links to conditions ranging from obesity, autism, allergies, depression, and much more. We’ll discuss the latest developments, and show how new, low-cost testing kits can help you learn more about — and reshape — your own unique microbiome. Richard Sprague has more than 30 years of high tech experience at companies like Apple, Microsoft, and is an investor and consultant to diverse quantified self companies, with clients including market-leading calorie-tracking app MyFitnessPal. Join us at The STEAM Vent to meet Richard Sprague and learn about microbiomes and health!