Caroline Dricot
She is a researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where she contributed to the ISALA project a pioneering citizen-science project that became the largest study on the vaginal microbiome in the world with sister projects in as many as 20 countries along with significant international recognition.
Favorite metabolite
Riboflavin
Also known as vitamin B2, riboflavin is a vitamin found in food and sold as a dietary supplement. It is essential to the formation of two major coenzymes: flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide. These coenzymes are involved in energy metabolism, cellular respiration, and antibody production, as well as normal growth and development. Learn about their relevance to the microbiome in the episode!
Paper discussed in the episode
Dricot et al. 2025 pre-print bioRxiv | Vitamin B2 Production by Vaginal Lactobacilli Promotes Symbiosis
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Finally available – Alice’s first book
The STORY principle – A guide to the biological interpretation of metabolomics
Also featuring some of the Metabolomists from Season 1
Available on Amazon and the biocrates webshop
Complement with our episode with Marc-Emmanuel Dumas on phenomics & microbiome and with Hannelore Daniel on nutrition & microbiome.
