What can dogs teach us about the microbiome? - with Bushra Schuitemaker

How similar is your microbiome to your dog’s? How do volcanoes influence the microbiome of the earth? And what links the microbiome to epilepsy? It’s not just the gut that has a microbiome – everything from your phone screen to the soles of your shoes has a community of microorganisms residing together that forms a microbiome. But the microbiome in the gut specifically has a huge impact on our bodily functioning, and we can learn a lot about our own gut microbiome by looking at those of domesticated animals like dogs. This month, we’re joined by Bushra Schuitemaker, a microbiologist and head of science and research at Biome9, to understand what we can learn from the microbiomes around us. Ri Science Podcast episodes are released on the last Wednesday of every month.

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What can dogs teach us about the microbiome? - with Bushra Schuitemaker is an episode from Ri Science Podcast by The Royal Institution.

This episode is 40:03 long.

This episode was published on Jul 29, 2025.

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