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Are fermented foods really good for us? Do antibiotics destroy our gut flora? And have you heard about poo transplants?
Our gut is teeming with trillions of microbial cells, and we are learning more all the time about how this affects everything from our digestion, to immunity, to mental health.
So crack open your kombucha, because these leading researchers will cut through the noise with some hard facts and pioneering science about the microbiome.
This event was recorded at the World Science Festival Brisbane 30 March 2025.
Original broadcast on June 25, 2025.
Speakers
Paul GriffinProfessor of Medicine, Clinical Unit Head and Director of Infectious Diseases, University of Queensland and Mater Hospital
Felice JackaDistinguished Professor in Nutritional PsychiatryFounder and director, Food and Mood Centre Deakin UniversityAuthor, There's a Zoo in my Poo
Gene TysonMicrobial ecologist, bioinformatician, and founder, Centre for Microbiome research, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Norman Swan (host)Presenter, Health Report and What's That Rash? ABC Radio National
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Are fermented foods really good for us? Do antibiotics destroy our gut flora? And have you heard about poo transplants?
Our gut is teeming with trillions of microbial cells, and we are learning more all the time about how this affects everything from our digestion, to immunity, to mental health.
So crack open your kombucha, because these leading researchers will cut through the noise with some hard facts and pioneering science about the microbiome.
This event was recorded at the World Science Festival Brisbane 30 March 2025.
Original broadcast on June 25, 2025.
Speakers
Paul GriffinProfessor of Medicine, Clinical Unit Head and Director of Infectious Diseases, University of Queensland and Mater Hospital
Felice JackaDistinguished Professor in Nutritional PsychiatryFounder and director, Food and Mood Centre Deakin UniversityAuthor, There's a Zoo in my Poo
Gene TysonMicrobial ecologist, bioinformatician, and founder, Centre for Microbiome research, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Norman Swan (host)Presenter, Health Report and What's That Rash? ABC Radio National

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