EUROFUNG

We are a scientific consortium of experts specializing in fungal research, actively propelling the frontiers of fungal biology and biotechnology. The EUROFUNG Consortium's mission is to foster the exploration of the extensive potential of filamentous fungi as cell factories by establishing a collaborative network of academic researchers and industry partners. This objective is accomplished through: - Promotion of international and interdisciplinary scientific interactions between scientific leaders in the field and partners from industry. - Outreach and communication of the many potentials that fungal biotechnology can offer to promote a truly circular bioeconomy and to find solutions to problems associated with a growing global population and climate change such as food security and fungal diseases. EUROFUNG aims to catalyze new research activities and collaborations, to act as a vehicle for communication and exchanges between academia and industry, and to raise awareness amongst key policy makers, funders and the broader stakeholder’s community of priority areas to advance fungal technologies. Established in 1995, the EUROFUNG network stands as a prominent European hub of expertise with globally recognized specialists and long-standing collaborations between industry and academia in the field of white biotechnology. Over time, it has evolved into a foundation dedicated to the exploration and expansion of the potential of filamentous fungi as versatile cell factories. EUROFUNG consists of academic groups from various countries including Austria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and the UK. In addition, the industrial platform includes small, medium-sized and large European biotechnological and pharmaceutical companies (BASF, Genencore International, Novozymes, Puratos, Syngenta and Roal Oy).