Ep.12 – Dr Andrew Morgan
Episode twelve of Inside Matters
We talk to Dr Andrew Morgan, about industrial biotechnology, the microbiome and probiotics.
Dr Morgan is the former Chief Scientist to DuPont Nutrition & Health. He has forty years of experience in biosciences innovation in major global science-based companies spanning nutrition, health and agri-food.
Dr Morgan is actively involved in supporting microbiome innovators and researchers as well as the wider industry through his role as Chair of the Innovate UK KTN Microbiome Innovation Network Advisory Board. He also serves as Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Exeter.
Key takeaways from this episode
In this episode Dr Morgan took us on a journey through his fascinating 40+ year career in industrial biotechnology and more latterly, the human and animal microbiomes.
During his early career, Dr Morgan became interested in microbiology and spent many years working with plant biology, genetic material, and microorganisms. Towards the end of his career he progressed to top scientific positions and spent his time working in human and animal nutrition using next generation probiotics and novel nutritional technologies.
James and Dr Morgan had an in depth discussion about next generation probiotics and human milk oligosaccharides (HMO’s) as novel means of modulating the microbiome for therapeutic benefit. James and Dr Morgan also had an in depth discussion about how to build the UK into a global leader for microbiome research. They discussed the recommendations and changes were described in the Innovate UK KTN life sciences microbiome roadmap https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Microbiome_Strategic_Roadmap_FINAL.pdf.