At a Café Scientifique presentation, Montana State University researchers from three disciplines, Frances Lefcort, Valérie Copié and Seth Walk, teamed up to present “Nerves, metabolism and bugs: How your brain, liver and gut interact to influence health.” They addressed a rapidly emerging area of science related to the microbiome, which includes the diverse ecology of microorganisms that live in the human gut. The microbiome is now being found to relate to phenomena in the brain, and plays a role in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, as well as other areas of health.

This recording has been edited to give the flavor and the main thrust of this informal and interactive event, leaving out some of the questions and responses from the audience, along with corresponding contributions from the expert panel.

Recorded at the Baxter ballroom in Bozeman on January 30, 2019.