Giulia Enders (born 1990 in

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) is a German writer and scientist whose first book ''Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ'', has sold more than two million copies in Germany and that was published in English, French (more than one million copies sold), Italian, Spanish,

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and other translations in 2015.

Biography

Enders is enrolled in the doctoral (

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) programme in

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. In 2012, she won the first prize at the Science Slam in

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, Berlin and

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with her talk ''Darm mit Charme'' (''Charming Bowels''). This talk was also published on YouTube. Enders received the offer to write a book about this subject that has sat atop the German paperback charts shortly after the release in March 2014. The drawings for the book were made by her older sister Jill Enders. She appeared in the German talk-shows '' 3 nach 9'' and '' Markus Lanz''. The book ''"Gut"'' (original "Darm mit Charme") was published in March 2014; in July 2014, the editor

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announced that 500,000 copies were sold. The rights for the book have been sold in 18 countries. In her book, she explains the functions and the importance of the

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. She also criticises the excess of hygiene in society and its impact on the immune system ( hygiene hypothesis). She is currently working on her thesis about the topic ''

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'' that can cause infected wounds, respiratory diseases and blood poisoning. She would like to become a gastroenterologist afterwards. She has been a main cast of the documentary ''"Hack your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut."''

Awards

* Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication (2017)

Books

* Pete Smith:
Ein Schätzelchen, dieser Darm!
' Review in Ärzte Zeitung, 14 April 2014. ** English translation: **

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: Shortened version read by Giulia Enders, 229 minutes, 3 CDs, Audio Media, München 2014.

Notes and references

External links

* * * The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Gut Reaction, with Giulia Enders
29 May 2015. *
Giulia Enders was awarded the first Helmut Fischer Prize for Science Communication at the German Museum in Munich 16.02.2016
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