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Miia Makela

Institution
University of Helsinki
ORCID
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Projects

Dissecting intraspecies diversity in fungal wood decay

Lead Institution
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Principal Investigator
Ronald de Vries
Project type
FICUS Research
Basidiomycete fungi are essential for degradation of wood in natural eco-systems and therefore a crucial part of the global carbon cycle. Genomic and post-genomic studies into several basidiomycete…

Colony plasticity of filamentous fungi

Lead Institution
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Principal Investigator
Ronald de Vries
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will use the ascomycete industrial workhorse A. niger, which is one of the best studied fungal species with respect to plant biomass conversion. In nature, fungal colonies can cover substantial…

Colony plasticity of filamentous fungi

Lead Institution
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Principal Investigator
Ronald de Vries
Project type
Limited Scope
Thee ascomycete industrial workhorse A. niger is one of the best studied fungal species with respect to plant biomass conversion. In nature, fungal colonies can cover substantial areas in which the…

Validation of metabolic models, extrapolated from the reference sugar catabolism genetic network of Aspergillus niger by using an orthology-based approach, of evolutionarily diverse fungi

Lead Institution
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Principal Investigator
Ronald de Vries
Project type
FICUS Research
Sugar conversion through central carbon catabolism in filamentous fungi is a complex process that involves many pathways, some with shared and/or redundant components. During growth on plant biomass,…