BiotiQuest® Gut Health & Probiotics Blog with Martha Carlin

Martha Carlin On Microbiome Science, Probiotics, & Personal Discovery

Martha Carlin | Sep 07, 2025 | podcast

Martha Carlin joins the podcast to explore the crucial connection between soil health and our gut ecosystem. As the founder of The BioCollective, a microbiome-focused company advancing cutting-edge science, and BiotiQuest, the first-of-its-kind probiotic line, Martha combines expertise in terrain theory, microbial ecology, and genetic analysis with personal experience and intuition. Her unique approach empowers people to optimize their health by bridging science, nature, and practical wellness strategies…

With gratitude,

Martha Carlin photo Martha Carlin, is a “Citizen Scientist”, systems thinker, wife of Parkinson’s warrior, John Carlin, and founder of The BioCollective , a microbiome company expanding the reach of science and BiotiQuest, the first of it’s kind probiotic line. Since John’s diagnosis in 2002, Martha began learning the science of agriculture, nutrition, environment, infectious disease, Parkinson’s pathology and much more. In 2014, when the first research was published showing a connection between the gut bacteria and the two phenotypes of Parkinson’s, Martha quit her former career as a business turnaround expert and founded The BioCollective to accelerate the discovery of the impact of gut health on all human disease. Martha was a speaker at the White House 2016 Microbiome Initiative launch, challenging the scientific community to “think in a broader context”. Her systems thinking background and experience has led to collaborations across the scientific spectrum from neuroscience to engineering to infectious disease. She is a respected out of the box problem solver in the microbiome field and brings a unique perspective to helping others understand the connections from the soil to the food to our guts and our brains.

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