Diet-induced Arrangement of the gut Microbiome for improvement of Cardiometabolic health
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Abstract
The gut microbiota, that is, the communities of microorganisms in the human intestine, was recently recognized as an important factor influencing health throughout all stages of life. Obesity and type-2 diabetes have globally reached pandemic-like prevalence and are major risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases, in particular coronary artery disease and stroke. These pathologies are referred to as cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), and to effectively tackle them it is crucial to understand interplays between dietary and microbial factors that promote or inhibit transition from early metabolic symptoms to cardiovascular complications. CMD are associated with dysbiotic microbial ecosystems in the gut, or alterations in the composition and function of the microbiota. Diet is a prime influencing factor of both the intestinal milieu and risks for developing CMD, but knowledge about the reciprocal interaction between dietary components and microbial populations is scant. Moreover, although certain gut microbial metabolites have been implicated in the onset of CMD, molecular mechanisms are poorly characterized and causal relationships have yet to be determined. The DINAMIC consortium will bridge the gap by investigating interactions between diet and the gut microbiota, and the potential of modulating these interactions for prevention of metabolic dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in humans. This would enable novel nutritional strategies for prevention of CMD. The work programme is based on a combination of analysis of prospective and genetically well-characterized human cohorts to study associations between diet, the gut microbiome and cardiometabolic health parameters, with a series of targeted nutritional and microbiota intervention studies. The complementary use of large scale and targeted strategies, and explorative and interventional approaches, will deliver insights into nutritional strategies to develop practices for modulation of the intestinal microbiome to promote cardiometabolic health.
Technical Summary
To effectively tackle cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) it is crucial to understand interplays between dietary and microbial factors that promote or inhibit transition from early metabolic symptoms to cardiovascular complications. CMD are associated with dysbiotic microbial ecosystems in the gut, that is, alterations in the composition and function of the microbiota. Diet is a prime influencing factor of both the intestinal milieu and risks for developing CMD, but knowledge about the reciprocal interaction between dietary components and microbial populations is scant. The proposal will investigate interactions between diet and the gut microbiota, and the potential of modulating these interactions for prevention of metabolic dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in humans. This would enable novel nutritional strategies for prevention of CMD. The work programme is based on: (i) state-of-the-art prospective and genetically well-characterized human cohorts to gain detailed insight into associations between dietary habits, the gut microbiome and cardiometabolic health parameters; and (ii) targeted nutritional and microbiota interventions to study causal relationships between specific diet-responsive microbial taxa and related metabolites and the development of metabolic syndrome as risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The work is underpinned by established pipelines for assessment of 16S rRNA gene diversity and composition, as well as state-of-the-art shotgun metagenomics, metabolomics and data integration platforms. Hence, the complementary use of large scale and targeted strategies, explorative and interventional approaches, as well as standardization innovative assessment of the gut microbiota within the DINAMIC consortium will deliver penetrating insights into nutritional strategies to develop and validate practices for modulation of the intestinal microbiome to promote metabolic and cardiovascular health.
Planned Impact
The DINAMIC project will bridge the gap between observational studies linking on the one hand altered microbiota composition and function to health, and on the other, mechanistic insights and practical intervention possibilities. The proposal is a unique opportunity to combine transnational experts in epidemiology, clinical intervention, nutrition, microbial ecology, microbiome research, metabolomics and bioinformatics for the sake of diet-driven improvement of health. It joins the cohorts, expertise and facilities necessary to carry out the ambitious project. The Exploitation Strategy will be developed under the guidance of the IP case manager who will manage how results will be used in the future (e.g. further research, or commercial exploitation). The potential beneficiaries from the knowledge and materials produced include the public, industry and SMEs, and policy and decision makers. Communication (both internal & external), dissemination and exploitation of the project's activities, outcomes and products will be addressed at all stages of the project to maximize impact. The ultimate deliverables from the project will be evidence-based microbiota-based nutritional strategies to prevent cardiometabolic diseases. There will be an important teaching and training component to the research program as partners of the consortium will exchange and promote significant and outstanding transfer of knowledge and mutualisation of technological expertise and tools as well as training our future scientists. Importantly, DINAMIC will form the basis for future collaborative research that will exploit the expected novel discoveries on diet-microbiome parameters that influence cardio-metabolic disease.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Tim Spector (Principal Investigator) | |
| Jordana Bell (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Adebayo AS
(2020)
The Urinary Tract Microbiome in Older Women Exhibits Host Genetic and Environmental Influences.
in Cell host & microbe
Asnicar F
(2021)
Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals.
in Nature medicine
Asnicar F
(2021)
Blue poo: impact of gut transit time on the gut microbiome using a novel marker.
in Gut
Asquith M
(2019)
HLA Alleles Associated With Risk of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Influence the Gut Microbiome.
in Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
Beaumont M
(2016)
Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat
in Genome Biology
Bowyer RCE
(2019)
Socioeconomic Status and the Gut Microbiome: A TwinsUK Cohort Study.
in Microorganisms
Bowyer RCE
(2018)
Use of dietary indices to control for diet in human gut microbiota studies.
in Microbiome
Bowyer RCE
(2020)
Associations between UK tap water and gut microbiota composition suggest the gut microbiome as a potential mediator of health differences linked to water quality.
in The Science of the total environment
Goodrich JK
(2016)
Genetic Determinants of the Gut Microbiome in UK Twins.
in Cell host & microbe
Kurilshikov A
(2021)
Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition.
in Nature genetics
| Description | Assessing the Role of Long and Short-Term Food Choices on Gut Microbiome-induced Visceral Fat Mass Accumulation |
| Amount | £142,923 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | Genetic Transmission of Components of the Human Gut Microbiome |
| Amount | £203,534 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Metabolomics of faecal samples to identify markers of type 2 diabetes incidence |
| Amount | £12,447 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Diabetes UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Targeted metabolomics of urine samples to understand the role of the gut microbiota in food polyphenol metabolism |
| Amount | £9,990 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Chronic Disease Research Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Title | Additional file 1: of Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat |
| Description | Supplementary Tables. Table S1. OTUs showing at least moderate (A >0.2) heritability in the extended TwinsUK 16S dataset. Each variance component, additive genetics (A, or heritability), shared environment (C) and unique environment (E) shown along with upper and lower 95Â % confidence intervals. Average relative abundance of the OTUs in the overall dataset is also shown. Table S2. 149 Bonferroni-significant OTU-adiposity associations. OTU-adiposity results are obtained from linear mixed effects regression models and include the original results (OTU-Adiposity) and results after adjustment for BMI (OTU-Adiposity BMI-adjusted). We also provide the OTU heritability and average OTU abundance in the cohort. The last two columns show the OTU results from the within MZ twin-pair difference analyses (MZ Diff Beta), and whether the MZ results were concordant with the linear mixed effects results. Reported phenotypes are visceral fat (VFM), subcutaneous fat (SFM), android/gynoid ratio (AGR), BMI, waist/hip ratio (WHR) and % trunk fat (pTF). Table S3. Genus-level associations with adiposity, where the collapsed taxonomy OTU genus was significantly associated with adiposity. Reported phenotypes are visceral fat (VFM), subcutaneous fat (SFM), android/gynoid ratio (AGR) and BMI. Table S4. Replication of TwinsUK (TUK-D) results in three independent cohorts, the American Gut (AG), the Flemish Gut Flora Project (FGFP) and the expanded TwinsUK dataset (TUK-R). The table lists the 97 OTUs forming 149 significant adiposity associations in TwinsUK and their association with BMI in both the replication and discovery samples. In addition, the table outlines the results of two meta-analyses that were performed across the studies, the first of just the independent cohorts, and the second including the discovery cohort. Finally, the last section of the table shows which OTUs were replicated in at least one of the replication cohorts. Table S5. Human genomic analyses at adiposity-related candidate host genes FHIT, TDRG1 and ELAVL4. The table shows significant genetic associations between the adiposity-related candidate host genetic variants and adiposity-associated OTUs. The final three columns summarize the results of the association between the host genetic variants and DNA methylation at CpG sites targeted by the Illumina 450Â k array. DNA methylation association was performed at the lead OTU-associated SNP in each locus; therefore, rs1433722 was not tested (NA). Table S6. List of the 97 BMI-associated loci reported in Locke et al. [8] that were used for analysis in this study. The last column denotes the BMI GWAS P values from Locke et al. [8]. Table S7. Demographics of the TwinsUK microbiome discovery sample and the American Gut replication sample. Table S8. ENA accession IDs for samples in this study currently available online and basic metadata. (XLSX 252 kb) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_1_of_Heritable_components_of_th... |
| Title | Additional file 1: of Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat |
| Description | Supplementary Tables. Table S1. OTUs showing at least moderate (A >0.2) heritability in the extended TwinsUK 16S dataset. Each variance component, additive genetics (A, or heritability), shared environment (C) and unique environment (E) shown along with upper and lower 95Â % confidence intervals. Average relative abundance of the OTUs in the overall dataset is also shown. Table S2. 149 Bonferroni-significant OTU-adiposity associations. OTU-adiposity results are obtained from linear mixed effects regression models and include the original results (OTU-Adiposity) and results after adjustment for BMI (OTU-Adiposity BMI-adjusted). We also provide the OTU heritability and average OTU abundance in the cohort. The last two columns show the OTU results from the within MZ twin-pair difference analyses (MZ Diff Beta), and whether the MZ results were concordant with the linear mixed effects results. Reported phenotypes are visceral fat (VFM), subcutaneous fat (SFM), android/gynoid ratio (AGR), BMI, waist/hip ratio (WHR) and % trunk fat (pTF). Table S3. Genus-level associations with adiposity, where the collapsed taxonomy OTU genus was significantly associated with adiposity. Reported phenotypes are visceral fat (VFM), subcutaneous fat (SFM), android/gynoid ratio (AGR) and BMI. Table S4. Replication of TwinsUK (TUK-D) results in three independent cohorts, the American Gut (AG), the Flemish Gut Flora Project (FGFP) and the expanded TwinsUK dataset (TUK-R). The table lists the 97 OTUs forming 149 significant adiposity associations in TwinsUK and their association with BMI in both the replication and discovery samples. In addition, the table outlines the results of two meta-analyses that were performed across the studies, the first of just the independent cohorts, and the second including the discovery cohort. Finally, the last section of the table shows which OTUs were replicated in at least one of the replication cohorts. Table S5. Human genomic analyses at adiposity-related candidate host genes FHIT, TDRG1 and ELAVL4. The table shows significant genetic associations between the adiposity-related candidate host genetic variants and adiposity-associated OTUs. The final three columns summarize the results of the association between the host genetic variants and DNA methylation at CpG sites targeted by the Illumina 450Â k array. DNA methylation association was performed at the lead OTU-associated SNP in each locus; therefore, rs1433722 was not tested (NA). Table S6. List of the 97 BMI-associated loci reported in Locke et al. [8] that were used for analysis in this study. The last column denotes the BMI GWAS P values from Locke et al. [8]. Table S7. Demographics of the TwinsUK microbiome discovery sample and the American Gut replication sample. Table S8. ENA accession IDs for samples in this study currently available online and basic metadata. (XLSX 252 kb) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_1_of_Heritable_components_of_th... |
| Title | Antibiotic resistance potential |
| Description | We estimated Antibiotic Resistance Potential in twins and linked to dietary intakes and health traits. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The observed new patters giving insights into lifestyle and health factors that may influence the potential of the human gut to develop resistance to antibiotics. |
| URL | https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.18.092973v1 |
| Description | Gut metabolomics |
| Organisation | Metabolon Inc |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Providing stool samples and clinical and microbiome data; data analysis; results interpretation; manuscript writing |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing metabolomics of gut stool samples |
| Impact | Novel data linking gut microbe metabolites to health. Publication and on-going manuscripts, including: Zierer et al. 2018. Nature genetics |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Obesity-microbiome animal model work |
| Organisation | Catholic University of Louvain |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A collaboration started between our team and the lab of Prof Patrice Cani (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium). This collaboration will allow us to translate results of interest that have arisen from analysis of the TwinsUK cohort to animal models. We plan to ship gut microbiome samples from selected twins to the Belgian team for follow-on experiments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Belgian team will aim to translate results of interest that have arisen from analysis of the TwinsUK cohort to animal models of obesity. |
| Impact | No outputs have yet been generated as the material transfer agreement is still underway. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Urine metabolomics |
| Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We initiated a collaboration within the JPI DINAMIC grant, where Prof Lars Ove Dragsted's research group carried out metabolomic profiling of urine samples that we selected from the TwinsUK cohort. We jointly discussed and agreed on the research questions, and our team led the principal research question design. We selected the samples according to the our chosen research design, and shipped them for metabolomics profiling in Copenhagen. We will carry out the data analysis and draft the manuscript jointly. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof Lars Ove Dragsted's research group carried out metabolomic profiling of urine samples that we selected from the TwinsUK cohort. The profiles have now been generated and data analysis is underway by our research group. |
| Impact | Active collaboration, no outputs yet. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Company Name | ZOE |
| Description | ZOE utilises machine learning to provide users with personalised dietary recommendations, based on their biological data, taking both the genome and microbiome of the individual into account. |
| Year Established | 2017 |
| Impact | None yet |
| Website | http://www.project-sapiens.com |
| Company Name | Mapmyself Ltd |
| Description | |
| Year Established | 2016 |
| Impact | Commercial testing started in 2017 |
| Description | 3rd edition of the World of Microbiome Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation on Nutrition and Diet implications - the aim of the conference is to fill in important translational research gaps which potentially connect pregnancy and oral health, and the gut and oral microbiomes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://microbiome.kenes.com/ |
| Description | 5x15 Webinar with Rosie Boycott - scientific perspective of the gut microbiome, human health and soil health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | talk about the gut and what it needs ( 30 different fruit/veg a week) and the similarity between a healthy gut microbiome and the soil. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 7th Beneficial Microbes Conference - speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on research into the gut microbiome and how it impacts our general health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | 8th Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | keynote speaker at this conference which aims to bring together leading scientists and clinicians from the fields of microbiology, immunology, gastroenterology and public health to discuss the latest developments in this fast-moving field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-events/exploring-human-host-microbiome-in... |
| Description | 8th International Human Microbiome Consortium Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Understanding the Links Between Nutrition, Health and the Microbiome Using Big Data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Annual European Microbiome Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk at the conference into research into the causative role of the microbiome in a broad spectrum of human diseases and disorders, Modelling systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://10times.com/microbiome-congress |
| Description | BBC Horizon - Why are we getting so fat? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We discussed the links between the gut microbiome, diet and obesity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07fys2y |
| Description | BBC News - Could ultra-processed foods be harmful for us? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | interview on nutrition and heath research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65754290 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 Food Programme - That Gut Feeling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio 4 Broadcast on the Food Programme entitled 'That Gut Feeling' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 Just One Thing - Food Special with Tim Spector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview discussing the latest research in nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/xtXlYql3Gy2plpjjXpxhc6/5-simple-food-tips-for-better-healt... |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme - Is There A Perfect Diet Just For You? The Future of Personalised Nutrition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dan Saladino takes part in our nutrition study, Predict to work out what to eat. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006sgv |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 The Sparks - Nutrition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on our nutrition research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BBC Radio 4: The Second Genome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on how the array of microbes that live on and in our bodies, is driving our metabolism and health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zgykv |
| Description | BBC Radio World Service - How microbes control our weight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on the relationship between our gut microbes and weight and how they can be the key to solve the current obesity problem |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06pljzk |
| Description | BBC Science with Michael Mosley - benefits of several microbiome-friendly foods - including red wine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | podcast interview on health and nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC online- Body fat link to bacteria in faeces |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC online article featuring our research findings that link body fat to gut microbiome composition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37452630 |
| Description | BMJ Opinion on breakfast and impact on health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Opinion article for the BMJ on how the latest scientific research has changed our views on whether skipping breakfast can contribute to weight gain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/01/30/tim-spector-breakfast-the-most-important-meal-of-the-day/ |
| Description | Biogerontology Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker to International cconference informing clinicians about advances in microbiome science and interactions between the microbiome and host health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Blog for the Conversation UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article for the Conversation UK on how skipping breakfast may not have an harmful effect on our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/skipping-breakfast-may-help-you-lose-weight-what-hunter-gatherers-can-te... |
| Description | Blog for the Conversation UK on cancer and organic food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog looks at the impact of pesticide on our gut microbiome and how this can affect our general |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/organic-food-and-cancer-risk-gut-microbe-expert-on-latest-research-10559... |
| Description | Bristol Loves Bugs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaker at the Bristol Loves Bugs event on 'The human microbiome in health and disease' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | British Nutrition Foundation Webinar - Personalised Nutrition - Is it all in the gut? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar on why citizen science initiative may better inform our understanding of the unique individual gut microbiome. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Channel 4 Documentary - Know Your Sh!t |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to this documentary on the importance of gut health, microbes and diet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CogXAI Festival Healthy Longevity - Prevention: Health as our Greatest Asset |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CogXAI Festival Healthy Longevity - Prevention: Health as our Greatest Asset -share his research and perspectives on epigenetics, microbiome and food |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Daily Mail - professor Spector discusses the dangers of ultraprocesed foods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on the dangers of ultraprocesed foods |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dr Chatterjee Feel Better Live More Podcast - The Latest Science on Gut Health (and How To Find The Right Diet For You) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on the latest research findings on nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | DuPont N&B Award Ceremony |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation on microbiome-related research to a group of our scientists and colleagues from Dupont Departments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Dutch Association for Lifestyle Medicine Doctors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation on microbiome, the relation with the immune system, environment and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease (ClR) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C.I. Le Roy, J.E. Castillo-Fernandez, Ruth Bowyer, T.D. Spector, C.J. Steves, S.K. Forslund, J.T. Bell. Heritability of antibiotic resistance potential in the gut microbiome. Exploring Human Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease, Cambridge UK. 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Financial Times - Diets, fads, and feeding your gut |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview with the Financial Times online on the subject of 'Diet, fads and feeding your gut' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/c52f62a1-0940-4bbf-9836-ca5db7626967 |
| Description | Financial Times - digital Global Food Systems summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on latest research on microbiomes, nutrition and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Food and Nutrition Conference Expo 2020 - Precision Nutrition at Scale: Machine Learning Insights into Personal Metabolic and Microbiome Response |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation analyzed the results of the PREDICT studies and discuss the findings in this precision nutrition intervention study seeking to understand and predict post-prandial glucose and fat responses as well as the role the microbiome plays in individual responses to foods and meals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://2020.eatrightfnce.org/sessions/1287911/ |
| Description | Food matters live Podcast - Food is not a religion. The rules keep changing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast interview on the latest nutrition findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://foodmatterslive.com/podcast/tim-spector-food-isnt-simple-embrace-its-complexity-food-podcast... |
| Description | Fortune Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Omicron, covid-19 and progress of the disease |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://fortune.com/2022/01/28/omicron-case-numbers-covid-spain-singapore-stop-counting-flu/ |
| Description | French Wix School Visit (CLR 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | CLR attended a public engagement event - the Native Scientist event the French Wix School in London, UK 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Harvard Microbiota Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited Speaker to international multi-discipinary meeting - including nutritionists, biotech companies, clinicians and researchers on host microbiome interactions and ageing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ITV This Morning - Busting The Myths Around If Counting Calories Actually Works |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on nutrition and health and how calorie counting does not work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ITV This Morning: Get Your Gut Health Right |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on ITV This Morning (TV) to discuss the role of gut microbes and diet in our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.itv.com/thismorning/health/get-your-gut-health-right |
| Description | Insider magazine - I ate muffins that turned my poop blue, and learned my 'gut transit time' is up to 51 hours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Connection between how quickly people poop and gut health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.insider.com/turned-poop-blue-check-up-gut-health-you-can-2021-6 |
| Description | Intelligence squared - The bittersweet truth about what we eat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk at an event organised by Intelligence Squared entitled 'BITTERSWEET TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WE EAT: Nutrition, health, and the science of the gut' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research 2019 Conference - Talk on Personalised diets and microbes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pleanary lecturer on Personalised diets and microbes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.isnpr.org/isnpr2019/ |
| Description | Invited Symposium - The Microbiome, frailty, multi morbidity and cognition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Conference Symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eugms.org/fileadmin/user_upload/EuGMS_2019_-_FINAL_TIMETABLE.pdf |
| Description | JPI 'A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life' research meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A research overview talk at the JPI 'A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life' research meeting on 'TwinsUK gut microbiome research overview' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Keystone - Exploring host human microbial interactions in the colon using twins |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at International Microbiome conference, Keystone. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Latitude Festival of Literature - YOUR FOOD YOUR MOOD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk at the Latitude Festival of Literature on the subject of 'YOUR FOOD - YOUR MOOD: Real Food and Gut Health' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Liz Earle Magazine: Gut Health with Professor Tim Spector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast to explain how our gut microbes are vital for our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | London Microbiome meeting 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on the latest research on the science of the microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | London microbiome meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | interdisciplinary research dissemination event to increase capacity and visibility of microbiome research in relation to health hosted by DTR (C Steves and T Spector) on microbiome host interactions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lorraine ITV - Tim Spector's Ultimate Guide To Gut Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on nutrition and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Men's Health: Eat Fermented Foods and Fast Overnight: Professor Tim Spector's Rules for Healthy Eating |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article on the latest nutrition and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a44827537/tim-spector-rules-healthy-eating/ |
| Description | Microbe lecture: Old Street Takeover -London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talking to the public as part of a number of talks at Old Street (London) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | New Scientist- There is no perfect diet that works for every metabolism or body type |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article on our latest nutrition research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2246056-there-is-no-perfect-diet-that-works-for-every-metabolis... |
| Description | New Scientist: How your body processes food is only partially down to your genes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Reporting on how our latest research results show that diet affects us all different and how our gut microbes play a role |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/2205973-how-your-body-processes-food-is-only-partially... |
| Description | New Scientist: Red drinkers have more diverse gut bacteria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article on interaction between microbes, nutrition and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/2214561-red-wine-drinkers-have-more-diverse-gut-bacter... |
| Description | New Scientists the Gut's trick for controlling the bacteria that lives in it |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Article for the Nw Scientist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28766-your-guts-trick-for-controlling-the-bacteria-that-live-... |
| Description | NewsWeek |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article on microbiome research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Participation at the JPI HDHL Conference (Dec 2017) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation at the JPI HDHL Conference (Dec 2017) held in Brussels to engage discussion between academic, industrial and policy makers on diet and health related questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Participation at the JPI HDHL Conference (Dec 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation at the JPI HDHL Conference (Dec 2020) held in Amsterdam to engage discussion between academic, industrial and policy makers on diet, gut microbiota, and health related questions - and to present the final results related to this grant from all partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Radio 4 The Food Programme - Nutrition's Dark Matter: The New Science of Eating |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on how nutrition influences our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Radio 4 The Food Programme: The Big Carbs Debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Providing input on discussion on the role of carbohydrates in our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Reshaping the Microbiome through Nutrition (UCSD and Nature) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation on the latest research and advances in nutrition, microbiome and personalized health and nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Rich Roll Podcast: OPTIMIZE YOUR GUT to Fight Disease: New Science of Eating Well |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview discussing nutrition and health research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nop0-lZy9cM |
| Description | Saga Exceptional: Choosing the right foods for our health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article discussing nutrition and health research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.exceptional.com/life/celebrities/tim-spector-on-choosing-the-right-foods-for-our-health/ |
| Description | Sunday Times - We are kidding ourselves if we think our kids have a healthy diet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Column for the newspaper describing the impact of food on general health in particular children |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | TWINS 2017: The Joint 4th World Congress on Twin Pregnancy and 16th Congress of the International Society of Twin Studies (ISTS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk at a conference that aims to further research and public education in all fields related to twins and twin studies, for the mutual benefit of twins and their families and the scientific community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.mcascientificevents.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Scientific-Programme-29.05.pdf |
| Description | Talk a the 4th Annual European Microbiome Congress, London, UK (JTB 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk (by JTB) on the topic of "The Human Gut Microbiome And Metabolic Health" at the 4th Annual European Microbiome Congress, London, UK, November 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 54th annual meeting, Berlin, Germany (JTB 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Symposium Talk (by JTB) at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 54th annual meeting, Berlin, Germany, October 2018; on the topic of "The role of the gut microbiota in human type 2 diabetes: insights from multi-omic studies". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at the JPI HDHL DINAMIC meeting in London, UK (CLR 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk (by CLR) at the JPI HDHL DINAMIC meeting in London, UK in 2018 - discussing progress on the project; extensions and future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at the JPI HDHL DINAMIC meeting in Napoli, Italy (CLR 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk (by CLR) on 'Diet-gut microbiome interactions impact on cardiometabolic diseases in TwinsUK' at the JPI HDHL DINAMIC project meeting in Napoli, Italy 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at the KCL School of Life Course Sciences research meeting (CLR 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk (by CLR) at the King's College London School of Life Course Sciences postdoctoral association research meeting, London, UK (2018), on the topic of "Exploring host-gut microbiota metabolic crosstalk in prospective cases of T2D". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk to Royal College of Physicians : Manipulating the microbiome to treat disease. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Claire Steves |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The BMJ Views and Reviews the butter versus margarine discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Review on how the discourse butter versus margarine became so polarized and how we should encourage scientists to challenge current dogmas to further science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l70 |
| Description | The Barcelona Debates on the Human Microbiome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on MICROBIOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Conversation Blog: Postbiotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | How postbiotics produced by gut bacteria can help our body and health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/postbiotics-and-smart-toilets-new-era-of-harnessing-our-microbial-chemic... |
| Description | The Conversation UK - Gut microbes can be picky eaters - here's why i matters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog about microbes and how they influence our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/gut-microbes-can-be-picky-eaters-heres-why-it-matters-124809 |
| Description | The Conversation UK - Why a glass of red wine is good for your gut |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on how new research also adds support to the idea that a small glass of red wine a day might actually be beneficial to your health - specifically to your gut bacteria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/why-a-glass-of-red-wine-is-good-for-your-gut-122072 |
| Description | The Conversation UK Blog: Stop Measuring Obesity With A Ruler: |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quality not quantity affects our obesity rates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/stop-measuring-obesity-with-a-ruler-weve-discovered-a-far-better-predict... |
| Description | The Diary of a CEO Podcast: The Shocking New Truth About Weight Loss, Calories & Diets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | podcast talking about nutrition and health research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66hWntvp0_4 |
| Description | The Epic Table Podcast - Nutrition research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast discussing our latest research into nutrition and the microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Guardian - Is your gut making you sick? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article in the Guardian entitled 'Is your gut making you sick?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/01/is-your-gut-making-you-sick |
| Description | The Guardian - Study of Gut Bacteria reinforces genetic link with bowel cancer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to explain how it is most likely that hundreds of microbes are changing our risk of [bowel] cancer," he said. "At present our best defense is to cultivate the most healthy diverse gut. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/04/some-gut-bacteria-may-increase-bowel-cancer-risk-res... |
| Description | The Guardian - unlocking-the-gut-microbiome-and-its-massive-significance-to-our-health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article discussing the impact of our gut health - and how it could hold the key to everything from tackling obesity to overcoming anxiety and boosting immunity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/11/unlocking-the-gut-microbiome-and-its-massive-signifi... |
| Description | The Guardian Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview to the Guardian about nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/08/artificial-sweeteners-price-of-sugar-free-are-t... |
| Description | The Guardian Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Masterclass on diet, microbiome and health research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/guardian-masterclass-blog/2019/dec/17/why-do-diet... |
| Description | The Guardian article: Human Microbiom e |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article explaining the role gut microbes play in our health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/26/the-human-microbiome-why-our-microbes-could-be-key-to-o... |
| Description | The Happy Pear Podcast: Life changing new science on diets, calories, supplements & our unique microbiome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussing the latest research in gut health and nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhtUrxNunRs |
| Description | The Independent - Forget counting calories, fat and sugar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview in the Independent entitled 'Forget counting calories, fat and sugar - taking care of your gut is what matters' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/forget-counting-calories-fat... |
| Description | The New York Times - How the Right Foods May Lead to a Healthier Gut, and Better Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article on our latest nutrition research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Sugar Reduction Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | the debate looks at the viability and efficacy of newly proposed regulations including sugar tax, advertising and EU level changes to labelling, to explore the effectiveness and impact of voluntary measures and to look at the latest research on the role of sweeteners in sugar reduction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.thesugarreductionsummit.co.uk/ |
| Description | The Telegraph interview - How to snack the right way plus the times to avoid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on nutrition latest findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/nutrition/diet/why-healthy-snacking-could-making-fat/ |
| Description | The Times - A green smoothie and muesli for breakfast? That's not so healthy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on nutrition and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pret-waitrose-leon-meal-deal-lunch-healthiest-wx99q382b |
| Description | The Times - Almost everything you think you know about diets is wrong - here's why |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on career and findings on nutrition and health and the microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Wall Street Journal - Diets Engineered to Work With Your Microbiome Are Latest Startup Craze |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on how personalized nutrition assert finely tuned diets help against chronic disease |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.wsj.com/articles/diets-engineered-to-work-with-your-microbiome-are-latest-startup-craze-... |
| Description | The conversation - Why one size fits all diets don't work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Article describing our nutrition research findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/why-one-size-fits-all-diets-dont-work-new-study-140655 |
| Description | The independent article: How to become a 'freezer geek' and why Professor Tim Spector says frozen food can be better than fresh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article promoting nutrition for health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/frozen-food-health-benefits-tim-spe... |
| Description | The magical microbe: how to feed your Gut (The Guardian) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article looking at the links between the microbiome and nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/29/magical-microbes-how-to-feed-your-gut |
| Description | Time Magazine - Why ultraprocessed foods are bad for you |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview to USA Magazine Time on Nutrition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Times Radio's Sunday politics programme with Gloria de Piero - Covid and nutrition research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview to talk about our research on covid but also nutrition, gut and the microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | UBS European Conference 2018- food as microbial medicine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the latest research on the microbiome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | What your GP does not tell you podcast - How to keep your gut healthy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast interview on nutrition and health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | World Precision Medicine Congress 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk at World Precision Medicine Congress 2017 which brings together academia, industry and healthcare to discuss and debate key challenges and opportunities within: Diagnostics | Big Data | Genomics | Infrastructure | Investment| Rare Diseases | Oncology |Neuroscience |Diabetes| |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.globaleventslist.elsevier.com/events/2017/05/world-precision-medicine-congress-2017/ |
| Description | World of Microbiome Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 4th edition of the WoM Conference aims to overcome the gaps and hurdles in the microbiota medical knowledge and therefore to unleash the potential for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |