{"id":7704,"date":"2019-04-15T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T09:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/public-lecture-tracing-the-invisible-life-in-us-and-our-planet-the-world-of-microbes\/"},"modified":"2019-04-15T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T09:35:06","slug":"public-lecture-tracing-the-invisible-life-in-us-and-our-planet-the-world-of-microbes","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/public-lecture-tracing-the-invisible-life-in-us-and-our-planet-the-world-of-microbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Lecture: \u00ab\u00a0Tracing the invisible life in us and our planet: the world of microbes\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"prof-peer-bork-from-the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-heidelberg-will-present-tracing-the-invisible-life-in-us-and-on-our-planet-the-world-of-microbes\"\n    >\nProf. Peer Bork from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg will present \u201cTracing the invisible life in us and on our planet: The world of microbes\u201d<\/h6>\n<p><\/p><p>Professor Peer Bork is senior group leader and head (with C. 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