Dr James Kinross a Consultant surgeon specialising in the gut microbiome at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has published a new book, Dark Matter. the book explains the role of micro-organisms in our bodies and the impact on our health of their imbalance in our system and the world around us. His research interests include how the gut microbiome causes colorectal (bowel) cancer, how we can influence it to improve our health and the use of artificial intelligence for real-time decision support in the operating theatre. Dr Kinross’ is also an active researcher with interests spanning three NIHR BRC themes- Digestive Diseases, Surgery and Cancer and Infection and AMR.