Back to This Week in Neuroscience

Podcast Episode

TWiN 15: Microbiome and neurodevelopment with Helen Vuong

This Week in Neuroscience·Vincent Racaniello·18 July 2026·50 min

About this episode

Helen joins TWiN to discuss her work on understanding how the maternal microbiome modulates fetal neurodevelopment in mice. Hosts: Ori Lieberman, Andres Bendesky, Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Helen Vuong Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiN! Links for this episode Maternal microbiome influences fetal neurodevelopment (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv