Did you know that you and in fact all living organisms collaborate with millions of tiny microbes every day? And that these microbes are essential for all living beings?
”Microbial Connections” explores the exciting new research field holobiont biology – where host organisms and their associated microbes are viewed as one intertwined system. The expert guests explore how viewing life in this new way stands to transform everything from food production to medical science. Learn how important early life is for shaping your microbiome, why fermented food is so popular, how food production can become more sustainable thanks to microbes, and much more.
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Københavns Universitet, Tom Gilbert, Christina Lehmkuhl Noer
What if microbes control your thoughts? Studying evolution and ecology from a holobiont perspective
Associate Professor Antton Alberdi discusses studying ecology and evolution from a holobiont perspective with Professor Tom Gilbert and Editor Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, revealing how microbes shape behavior and adaptability in various species in this interview.
25 Apr 2025
How growing miniature stomachs can help uncover our evolutionary history with microbes
How can a microbe responsible for ulcers be either beneficial or harmful to you depending on your genetic background and at what time in life you are infected? And why are fewer Danish children today infected and what does that mean for the future of our health? Associate Professor Sandra Breum Andersen will answer all of these fascinating questions in this episode of Microbial Connections on her field Evolutionary Medicine.
28 Mar 2025
Fermented foods – the extended microbiome
What do cheese, sourdough, and yogurt have in common? Microbes! In this episode, postdoc Veronica Marie Sinotte from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, University of Copenhagen takes us on a journey through the ancient art (and science) of fermentation—how humans stumbled upon "controlled rot," why our ancestors relied on it for survival, and what modern research says about its impact on gut health. Could your microbiome be shaping your cravings? And are some of the world’s stinkiest foods actually good for you?
30 Jan 2025
How diapers can help researchers dive into microbes' influence on digestion, diet and human health in early life
Can we understand the mechanisms by which the gut microbiome contributes to digestion and health in infants? If so can we use this to accelerate this knowledge toward personalised microbiome-based nutrition concepts and novel food products for optimised health and wellbeing? In this episode Professor Tom Gilbert and editor Christina Lehmkuhl Noer talk to Henrik Munch Roager who is an Associate Professor and group leader of the Nutrition, Microbiome & Metabolomics research group at Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen.
30 Jan 2025
How gut microbes can help the aquaculture industry grow bigger and healthier salmon
Microbes might be tiny, but their impact on aquaculture is large. This episode sheds light on how these invisible helpers could improve fish farming, protect wild salmon populations, and feed a growing world.
In our debut episode, Professor Tom Gilbert and editor Christina Lehmkuhl Noer sit down with Associate Professor Morten Limborg, a biologist, fish expert, and researcher at the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, to discuss how microbes are transforming aquaculture. Together, they dive into the surprising ways salmon and their gut microbiomes could revolutionise sustainable food production.
30 Jan 2025
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Did you know that you and in fact all living organisms collaborate with millions of tiny microbes every day? And that these microbes are essential for all living beings? Microbes such as bacteria, viruses and fungi are everywhere. In your gut, on your skin, in your sourdough, on your kitchen table and all your surroundings. These microbes influence your daily life and health in ways that researchers are only just starting to realise and investigate. In this podcast series Professor Tom Gilbert and editor and PhD Christina Noer talk with experts to explore these remarkable relations.
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