Microbes

Professor Tim Spector of King's College London on how the microbial communities in your gut could be playing a major role in how bad your hangover is after you overindulge in alcohol. Audio

In his book 'I, Superorganism' (Icon Books) the science writer Jon Turney goes on a journey through our inner ecosystem. On the way he he finds out there's lots to love about the hidden microbial… Audio

Ex-pat Kiwi Rob Knight looks at allergies, obesity and acne - conditions that may be caused, and someday cured, by the microscopic life inside us. His TED book 'Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of… Audio

Jill Mikucki is an Antarctic researcher who's been studying the evocatively named Blood Falls at the McMurdo Dry Valleys. She's discovered the falls are part of an extensive network of interconnected… Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. Fascinating new research shows how our gut bacteria helps with the formation of our nervous system. Audio

Could there be an alternative to the invasive, unappealing prospect of a faecal transplant? Dr Elizabeth Hohmann is working on a pill that can do the same job with seemingly equal efficacy, and Dr… Audio

The Home Microbiome Study tries to understand how the communities of microbes living in and on us colonise our rooms and buildings. Jack Gilbert of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National… Audio

The Smart Seeds programme at Lincoln University has been screening brassica seeds for potential microbial biocontrol agents against black rot and diamondback moths Audio

Pathomap is a microbial census taking thousands of swabs all over New York City and its public places. Christopher Mason of the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University is leading the… Audio

Sean Simpson is the co-founder, and head of the science team at Lanzatech - a privately owned, NZ-based company which has developed and patented a microbe that eats polluting gases and excretes… Audio