The long-term research interest is functional genomics of plant biomass degrading fungi from various biotopes.
Our on-going studies include different and complementary points of view:
- The aromatic metabolism of basidiomycete fungi and enzymatic valorization of lignin
- The regulation of the plant biomass degradation process
- Genome mining and characterization of novel plant biomass modifying activities
- Elucidating the difference in plant biomass strategies between ascomycetes and basidiomycetes
- More applied projects aiming to the production of bioactive compounds
- Heterologous production of novel catalysts for lignin valorisation