In this video, we cover…

• How Microba started & how why this testing is the first of its kind in Australia
• The species that this technology can detect & report on
• What a microbiome test can tell us about our health & what does the report actually look like?
• Why it’s important to work with a practitioner to interpret & implement changes based on your individual results
• How often we should be getting our microbiome tested

About Dr Ken McGrath

Ken McGrath is the manager of the Brisbane Lab of the Australian Genome Research Facility. He completed his undergraduate degree with honours in 2001 at QUT working with the plant biotechnology group on developing transgenic bioreactors, and transitioned to UQ for his PhD work investigating the genetic regulation of plant defence responses to disease, in collaboration with CSIRO and the CRC for Tropical Plant Protection. Following this, his post‐doctoral research with the Schmidt and Schenk labs at UQ involved examining the transcriptomes of mixed microbial communities in industrial and agricultural settings. In 2009, Ken joined the AGRF as sequencing supervisor, and currently helps manage submissions and workflows on a range of next‐generation sequencing platforms