While it may initially seem farfetched that bacteria in our gut can affect physiological processes occurring within the brain in Parkinson’s

After a nervous listen, I am pleasantly surprised at the sound of my own voice on a podcast called Memory Health Made Easy.

Tonight I’m talking ‘Your gut, brain and bacteria’ as part of a worldwide festival called the Pint of Science. Thousands of scientists wi...

You may have heard about AGEs - yet another fancy term for something that is apparently bad for our health. AGEs are allegedly another ty...

In the previous article, we discussed limitations of current drug treatment approaches for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and the growing under...

Watching a loved one’s gradual decline from Alzheimer’s Disease is no easy feat. My family experienced this first hand as we watched my b...

We have trillions of bacteria living inside us, with most residing in our gut. Until recently, it has been challenging to explore our gut...

We’re learning exciting new things about the microbiome all the time. As a psychologist and a neuroscientist, I’m most interested in how ...

So what is the real story behind the food-mood link? What kinds of foods affect the brain, and how? Sarah is one of my colleagues at the ...

A concept that is strongly linked to the microbiome and its impact on the body, is epigenetics. As Dr Emma Beckett explains in this artic...

Update: February 2020 This week, the journal article that the presentation I describe below was finally published! It was the longest tim...

On a recent trip to visit my sister in Hobart, Tasmania, I met up with Ronald, of the Hobart-based fermenting outfit, Southern Wild. I qu...

So…what is the gut microbiome anyway? The gut microbiome is the combined genetic material of a community of microorganisms that live in v...

A few weeks ago, I attended a microbiome conference as part of the Frontiers of Science, an initiative of the Australian Academy of Scien...

Last week I attended an incredibly inspiring meeting of Australian early and mid-career researchers working in the microbiome field, an i...

You might have heard about fermented foods. But there are so many crazy food fads going around these days — lemon juice detox, anyone? So...

Who wins in the contest between our neanderthal stress-response system and the demands and joys of our modern lives? Spoiler alert — neit...

Our gut does more than help us digest food; the bacteria that call our intestines home have been implicated in everything from our mental...

This week I attended a 5-hour workshop on the microbiome with about 40 other clinicians, researchers and thought-leaders. Expertise range...