Inside Matters

Learn more about this episode's guests and the topics discussed - https://insidematters.health/ The following is a conversation with Professor Konstantinos Yerasmididis, a professor in clinical nutrition at the University of Glasgow, who has a special interest in the gut microbiome and dietary interventions to treat disease. We also had Dr Richard Hansen, consultant paediatric gastroenterologist,...

With a wrap-up of 2023, Dr James McIlroy reflects on his journey hosting the Inside Matters Podcast so far. I have to say that I've thoroughly enjoyed the first year and a bit of the Inside Matters podcast. I'm thrilled actually that I took that step to start it. And there was an element of not sure what I'm getting into here. Can I produce content once every two weeks? And are people going to wan...

In episode 24 we once again meet up with IFBB bodybuilder Andy Scott. Hopefully, you can see for those of you who are watching the video Andy is massive. He's 130kg and there are just slabs of muscle on his body. So he knows a thing or two about how to gain muscle. If you're interested in how to gain muscle, lose fat, and get in shape, this is a podcast episode that you’ll want to listen to. You c...

In episode 23 we chat with Dr. Simon Baunwall, a medical doctor and scientific researcher focused on fecal microbiota transplantation, also known as FMT. Dr. Baunwall is based at Arras University Hospital in Denmark. This conversation centred around the establishment of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as a therapy in Denmark. Simon talked to us about his work which centres around establishi...

Following is a conversation with Dr Indrani Mukhopadhyay, a lecturer at the Institute of Medical Sciences Microbiology and Immunology Group at the University of Aberdeen. Over the last ten years, we’ve started to understand more and more about why the virome is important in both health and disease. Indrani is an expert in the viral and has been involved in some of the seminal research to character...

In episode 21 we chat with Professor Karen Scott of the Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen. Watch the podcast on YouTube. Professor Scott is one of the world's leading researchers for gut health, gut microbiome and all things microbial.  We had a fascinating and at times humourous chat about all things microbiome and bacterium. We cover questions such as; Does Professor Scott take prob...

In episode 20 we chat with Kristina Campbell, microbiome science communicator, educator and author. In this episode, I had a fascinating chat with Kristina Campbell, a science writer who specialises in tiny things. In other words, all the microorganisms that live on and inside of our bodies. It was our first remote podcast with a guest, and I'm really grateful for Kristina joining me and helping m...

In episode 19 we chat with Dr Megan Eldred, Senior Policy Advisor and Dementia Mission Lead at the Office for Life Sciences. Megan walked us through her journey from PhD and potential academia, to transition into the UK Civil Service and the work she does with the Office for Life Sciences. She told us about her journey to becoming the senior policy adviser and dementia mission lead on everything t...

Dr Laura Craven is Lead Research & Development Scientist at EnteroBiotix and has a  PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, specialising in gut microbiome modulation. Dr Craven’s studies include research into the gut's role in auto-immune diseases like MS. In this episode, Dr Craven joins James to discuss her journey from completing her PhD in Canada and the impact the NEMJ’s paper on Duodenal Infusio...

Professor Harry Flint is a world leader in gut microbiome science and Professor Emeritus at the Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen. He's known for his book, "Why Gut Microbes Matter" and has two species of gut bacteria named after him: 'HarryFlintia' and 'Flintibacter'. As part of a research collaboration, Professor Flint helped to identify a combination of six naturally occurring bact...

Learn more about Inside Matters - https://insidematters.health/ Professor Simon Carding is Group Leader at the Quadram Institute and is a Professor of Mucosal Immunology at the University of East Anglia. Professor Carding's research covers a broad area of gut biology including epithelial cell physiology, mucus and glycobiology, mucosal immunology, commensal microbiology, foodborne bacterial pathog...

Learn more about Inside Matters - https://insidematters.health/ In this week’s episode, James has a lively discussion with Dominic Falcão about science, new technologies, starting and securing funding for tech companies and their personal philosophies and outlooks when it comes to development. Dominic is a co-founder of Deep Science Ventures (DSV), a company that focuses on four key outcomes: rest...

Learn more about this episode's guest and the topics discussed - https://insidematters.health/   Dr Mapstone is co-founder and CEO at BoobyBiome, a biotechnology company developing live biotherapeutic products to improve and protect infant health. BoobyBiome are seeking to achieve this by rationally designing microbial therapeutics from the beast milk microbiome. Dr Mapstone holds a PhD in Synthet...

Learn more about the podcast - https://insidematters.health/   Sean Lazzerini is a professional boxer and 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist. He started boxing at the age of 12 and quickly started to win fights. He took a short break for a couple of years during his mid-teens while at school but restarted at age 17 and progressed from there. He became a professional boxer towards the end of 202...

Learn more about the podcast here - https://insidematters.health/episodes/dr-andrew-morgan   Dr Andrew Morgan is the former Chief Scientist of DuPont Nutrition & Health. He has forty years of experience in biosciences innovation in major global science-based companies spanning nutrition, health and agri-food. He is actively involved in supporting microbiome innovators and researchers as well as th...

Emma is a fitness coach, sports scientist and researcher with a large following on social media and multiple successful online businesses.  Through structured programmes and coaching, Emma has helped thousands of people lose weight and improve their body composition. She understands the science underpinning successful diets and uses her knowledge to help other personal trainers and coaches help th...

Mark R. Bamforth is an entrepreneur, investor and mentor in life sciences. Mark has founded, built, and sold three contract development and manufacturing organisations (CDMOs) over the last 12 years. His first company, Gallus Biopharmaceuticals, focused on monoclonal antibodies. His second company, Brammer Bio produced viral vectors for gene therapies. His third company. ArrantaBio, produced advan...

Visit our website for full show notes and guest information - https://insidematters.health/episodes/kristen-stavridis Kristen Stavridis is a nutritionist and speaker based in London who focuses on gut health and how we can improve this through healthy eating and lifestyle. She is also the creator of The Gut Health Programme, a programme which has helped over 800 people improve their gut microbiome...

Learn more about the podcast here - https://insidematters.health/episodes Debbie Shawcross is a clinician scientist and Professor of Hepatology and Chronic Liver Failure at Kings College London. She is a global key opinion leader in hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and has a specific research interest in why patients with advanced chronic liver disease are susceptible to developing an infection. Profes...

This was a wide-ranging and fun conversation that covered a lot of ground. We could have kept going for a lot longer.  Professor Marchesi is an expert on the application of next-generation sequencing technology and novel analytical methods to study microbial ecologies. Our understanding of the microbiome and the genomic potential of the microorganisms within the microbiome has vastly increased due...

Learn more about the podcast - https://insidematters.health/ We talk with Dr Gianluca Ianiro about the concept of the microbiome clinician, intestinal microbiota transfer, and the future of microbial therapeutics Dr Gianluca Ianiro , is a gastroenterologist at the Digestive Disease Center of the Fondazione A. Gemelli IRCCS and an adjunct professor in gastroenterology at the Università Cattolica de...

Learn more about the podcast here - https://insidematters.health/ David (Dave) Stevens is the CEO of Arranta Bio , a leading contract development manufacturing organisation that specialises in advanced therapies, including microbiome therapeutics. ArrantaBio supports many of the world's leading microbiome companies that develop and manufacture novel drugs for the benefit of patients around the wor...

Visit the Inside Matters website for more information about the podcast and the guests - https://insidematters.health Andy Scott is one of the UK's top amateur bodybuilders. In this episode, we dive into the world of bodybuilding and discuss in detail the psychological processes bodybuilders go through, along with the science of diet and the role the gut biome plays in their health and training pe...

Dr Morgan Langille, an expert in bioinformatics, talks about developing novel technologies and techniques that enable a better understanding of human-microbial interactions.    Dr Langille discusses advances in the microbiome field as well as combining computer science and microbiology to lead to new therapeutics and diagnostics.   Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 00:30, How Dr Langille got into th...

Episode 002 - Dr Benjamin Mullish - faecal microbiota transplantation, donor selection, the microbiome in immuno-oncology. Dr Mullish discusses the microbiome, the evolution of faecal microbiota transplantation (‘FMT’ also known as intestinal microbiota transfer ‘IMT’) including donor selection, novel microbial therapies, developing consensus guidelines for the benefit of patients and his involvem...