Season Two

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  • Episode 32: How microbes and mucus interact in the gut
    Dr. Mindy Engevik PhD discusses how mucus in the gut is produced and degraded, and different ways that pathogens and commensal microbes interact with the mucus layer.

  • Episode 31: Microbial species and strains: What’s in a name?
    Dr. Bisanz discusses how to define a bacterial strain, the diversity of strains within a species, and how genetic differences correspond with functional differences.

  • Episode 30: A systems biology perspective on the gut microbiome
    Dr. Gibbons talks about exploring and manipulating the complex ecology of the microbiome with the aim of engineering outputs of this system.

  • Episode 29: Human milk oligosaccharides in the infant gut
    Dr. Simone Renwick PhD talks about investigating how communities of microbes versus individual microbes in the infant gut metabolize human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) structures, and what we know about the origin and functions of the microbes contained in human milk.

  • Episode 28: Lactobacilli in the microbiomes of the gut, skin, reproductive tract and more
    Prof. Anukam talks about lactobacilli in microbiomes across many different contexts: fermented foods, skin, gut, and reproductive tract sites.

  • Episode 27: Investigating the benefits of live dietary microbes
    Prof. Colin Hill PhD from APC Microbiome Ireland / University College Cork and Prof. Dan Tancredi PhD from University of California – Davis talk about their recent work investigating the health benefits from consuming higher quantities of live dietary microbes.

  • Episode 26: The role of microbes in gut-brain communication
    Prof. Emeran Mayer MD, a gastroenterologist and researcher at University of California Los Angeles, talks about the microbiota-gut-brain axis, covering its evolutionary origins and how this complex system works in the human body to support overall health.

  • Episode 25: The effects of metabolites in the colon
    Prof. Kristin Verbeke PhD, from KU Leuven, Belgium talks about characterizing microbial metabolism in the colon and the consequences of producing various metabolites, both beneficial ones (such as short-chain fatty acids) and potentially detrimental ones.

  • Episode 24: Reflections on the probiotic field and ISAPP’s role
    Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders PhD, ISAPP’s outgoing executive director, describes how ISAPP is a unique organization advancing the science in the field, highlights what she has enjoyed about being a part of the ISAPP community, and looks ahead to the future of the field.

  • Episode 23: Studying microbial ecosystems and how they support health
    Prof. Emma Allen-Vercoe PhD from the University of Guelph in Canada describes how her lab brings together information from microbial sequencing and culturing to learn about the human gut microbiome and how it supports health.