Biopolis - into the microbiome
Episodes
Connected [Big problems, small solutions]
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It all ends here....Or perhaps that's a tad dramatic. New beginnings is perhaps more appropriate. Anyway: in this final episode we find out how Minerv...
Striking a balance [Deep breaths, everyone]
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At long last, Michiel gets to the bottom of what the microbiome means, as Professor Sofia Kirke Forslund-Startceva reveals an uncomfortable truth. Mea...
Science, not fiction [It's not rocket science]
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Minerva visits the ileum, where her true mission is revealed. "Good science isn’t really about proving yourself right. It’s about trying to prove ...
The magic bullet [Another smoothnami!]
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michiel travels back to his hometown Leiden (NL), to meet a Canadian professor in biochemistry. What are antibiotics, really? And exactly how big is t...
The big picture [The resistance]
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Minerva Thalyss uses her micronaut to travel into the microbiome of her sister Fleming. Meanwhile, in the real world, Theda teaches Michiel a valuable...
It's the small things [Gut city]
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michiel travels to Berlin to meet Dr. Theda Bartolomaeus, who tells him about the microbiome.'We are putting too much pressure on the microbial commun...
Welcome to Biopolis!
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A young scientist ventures into the human microbiome in search of answers. Biopolis is an original audio series that is part non-fiction and part scie...