This is the list of science/microbiology podcasts, mostly about microbiome/bioinformatics and other closely related fields. In order of personal preference.
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- Everything Hertz (@hertzpodcast) Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin).
- Petri Dish: A Science Comedy Podcast (@DishPodcast) Hosted by Sean Allen.
- The Lonely Pipette (@LonelyPipette) Co-hosted by Jonathan Weitzman and Renaud Pourpre.
- List of Women in STEM podcasts Podcasts run by women, listed by Dr. Kat Milligan-Myhre.
- Women In STEM pod (@WomenInSTEMpod) The lives and stories of #womeninSTEM. Hosted by Samantha Jones.
- The Science podcast by @ScienceMagazine
- Science in Action by @BBC
- The Biosocial Researcher (@TheBiosocialPod) About the ways our social world interacts with our biology. Hosted by Emma Walker.
- Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast Science, society, philosophy, culture, arts, and ideas. Hosted by Sean Carroll.
- Talk Nerdy (@TalkNerdy_Pod) From science to politics to atheism and beyond. Hosted by Cara Santa Maria.
- Behind the Microscope (@behindthescope_) Science behind the scenes. Co-hosted by Bejan Saeedi, Joe Behnke, Carey Jansen and Michael Sayegh.
- Ologies (@Ologies) Comedy and science. Hosted by Alie Ward.
- This Podcast Will Kill You (@tpwky) Infectious disease. Co-hosted by Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke
- Preprints in Motion podcast (@MotionPod) Discussing the most cutting edge science with the people who did all the work. Hosted by Jonny Coates.
- Your Digital Mentor Podcast (@mentor_podcast) focuses on mentoring, research, career & skills development, and EDI. Hosted by the Sanger Institute.
- Natural Prodcast by Joint Genome Institue.
- Let's Talk SciComm Listen for advice, tips and interviews about how to communicate science in effective and engaging ways. Co-hosted by Jen Martin and Michael Wheeler.
- BioTech talks hosted by Mustafa Inamdar.
- Big Lick of Science Groundbreaking biomedical research. Co-hosted by Paras Patel et al.
- Climate Scientists Informal conversations with climate-relevant researchers. Hosted by Dan(i) Jones.
- PhDivas Academia, culture, and social justice across the STEM/humanities divide. Co-hosted by Liz Wayne and Christine "Xine" Yao.
- Behind Our Science Novel scientific research communication in an easily digestible and fun environment to all audiences. Co-hosted by Roberto Mota-Alvidrez, Marina Anastasiou, Daisy Shu and Vik Meadows.
- Night Science Where do ideas come from? In each episode, scientists Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher explore science's creative side with a leading colleague.
- Science on the menu The science behind the assessment of risks from the farm to the fork by European Food Safety Authority.
- TheoBiophysics Recent advances in the field of biophysics.
- U labu In Serbian language! Srđan Bjedov, Branislav Jović i Miloš Svirčev razgovaraju o nauci.
- Coffee Literature Review podcast A review of a recent scientific article published abour adjacent to coffee. Hosted by Christopher Hendon.
- Microbiology Lab Pod New papers, life in academia and science news from the perspective of a research lab on the Swedish west coast. Hosted by Johan Bengtsson-Palme's lab.
- The AMR studio The multidisciplinary research on antimicrobial resistance that is happening around the world. Co-hosted by Eva Garmendia and Jennifer Jagdmann.
- Papers Aloud (@PapersAloud) Readings of open-access (CC BY) primary research articles and reviews relevant to evolutionary and cell biology, environmental and clinical microbiology, symbiosis, geobiology, and bioinformatics. Hosted by Arkadiy Garber.
- Microbe Talk by Microbiology Society
- Joyful Microbe (@joyfulmicrobe) All about the microbes we encounter in our daily lives (with or without realizing it). Hosted by Dr. Justine Dees.
- This Week in Microbiology Co-hosted by Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
- Bacterio Files (@BacterioFiles) Hosted by Jesse Noar.
- Meet the Microbiologist Hosted by Julie Wolf.
- The Microbe Moment With The Microbigals (@MicrobiGals) Co-hosted by Tess Deyett and Jon Mitchell.
- Microbes and Us Co-hosted by Joseph Shuttleworth and Eleni Koursari.
- The Genomics Lab (@theGenomicsLab) Co-hosted by Olivia Grant and Eleanor Watson.
- The Gut Microbiota Practice Tips Podcast Gut microbiota, diet, and health, with a practical focus for dietitians and other healthcare professionals. Each episode summarizes the scientific consensus in a topic area & brings you highlights from the science literature. Co-hosted by @nhaskeyRD and @bykriscampbell.
- Gut Questions? Conversational interviews with immunologist and gut microbiome specialist, William DePaolo, PhD.
- Phage Therapy Today The phage therapy industry: insights into current advancements and challenges from academia, financial, regulatory, manufacturing and entrepreneurial perspectives. Hosted by Steven Yang.
- Brain Food From diet culture to the microbiome. Hosted by Isha Das.
- Grow Microbiology Sharing of ideas, best practices, teaching tips, educational solutions, and other exciting topics in Microbiology. Hosted by McGraw Hill education.
- Gut Podcast Highlights from the Gut Journal's issues, monthly.
- The Science, Microbes & Health Podcast Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics and fermented foods. Hosted by The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotic (ISAPP).
- Let's Talk Micro @Letstalkmicro1 Clinical Microbiology explained in simple terms, suitable for students and microbiologists alike. Hosted by Luis Plaza.
- Microbiology Hub The latest research and developments in the field, providing in-depth analysis and expert insights that will deepen your understanding of this fascinating subject. Hosted by Tanmay Mehta.
- microTalk Discussions with researchers in the field of infectious diseases. Hosted by Karl Klose and colleagues from the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID).
- Editors in Conversation Discussions between ASM Journals Editors, researchers and clinicians working on the most cutting edge issues in the microbial sciences.
- Microbiome matters For healthcare professionals and researchers, brought to you by Yakult Science.
- Gut microbiome talk! Latest research of gut microbiome brought to you by Daisuke Suzuki.
- Microbiome Medics Dr Siobhan McCormack and Dr Sheena Fraser presents a paradigm shift in the way medicine is perceived, researched, and practiced.
- The Microbiome Mavericks Hosted by Dr. Amine Zorgani.
- Biomes podcast Dr. Ruairi Robertson explores the fascinating new developments in our understanding of the human microbiome.
- Microbial matters by Mark O. Martin about the wonders of microbiology, microbiologists, and microbial centrism.
- The bioinformatics chat (@bioinfochat) Computational biology, bioinformatics, and next generation sequencing. Produced by Roman Cheplyaka and hosted by Roman and Jacob Schreiber.
- The Bioinformatics and Beyond Podcast (@BioInfoPod) Bioinformatics, computer science, programming, biology, genetics, tech, biotech, related careers and career skills, educational resources, and more. Hosted by Leo Elworth.
- Micro Binfie Podcast (@microbinfie) Microbial Bioinformatics. Hosted by Dr. Lee Katz from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US), Dr. Nabil-Fareed Alikhan and Dr. Andrew Page both from Quadram Institute Bioscience (UK).
- Not So Standard Deviations (@NSSDeviations) Data science. Co-hosted by Hilary Parker and Roger Peng.
- Computationally Yours Podcast (@compbiopodcast) Bioinformatics, data science and machine learning in the biomedical sciences and beyond. Co-hosted by Arshi Arora and Sabah Kadri.
- The Bioinformatics CRO by (@bioinfocro)
- PolicyViz (@policyviz) Helping you do a better job processing, analyzing, sharing, and presenting your data. Hosted by @jschwabish.
- The Bioinformatics Lab Kevin Libuit and Andrew Page share thoughts on the latest advancements in Bioinformatics.
- BioinfoBridges by ISCB Student Council.
- codebar Stories by codebar: a charity that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running free regular programming workshops for minority groups in tech.