Fungal Genomics & Industrial Applications Lab!
6 million of fungal species remain to be discovered and characterized. And some species might offer new opportunities for industrial innovations. Do you want to join for the new discoveries?
Our research lines
Biodiversity
How many fungal species are out there? Which are their ecological niches? With who they live? What is their ecological role?
Evolution
How fungal species are generated? Can we define limits between them? What are the mechanisms of adaptation to natural environments?
Domestication
What are the characteristics of domesticated fungi? Can we develop new domestication pipelines to solve our society and industrial challenges?
Bioinformatics
Can we develop tools to process and digest large datasets?
What we do
Bioprospection
We are collecting fungal organisms for applications in the food industry
Fungal identification
We apply molecular methods for the species identification of fungal organisms
Fungal industrial traits
We explore different omics to unravel industrial traits of our fungal collection
Training
We offer training in microbiology and molecular techniques, genetics and bioinformatics
Industrial partnership
We have previous experience transferring our fungal strains to the industry.
Please, contact us if you have a new industrial challenge and our UTC department will contact you. We continue looking for valorization of our fungal collection in the production of sustainable, healthy and safe food products.
