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Our latest paper @NatureMicrobiol: converting waste into delicious food using fungi. We studied a traditional Indonesian food and discovered a mold domesticated for waste-to-food conversion. Amazing international collab involving scientists, chefs. tinyurl.com/36rzkr57
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Join us in welcoming Vayu Hill-Maini @NOFOKitchen to the @bioe_stanford family! 🎊 Learn more about Vayu’s path to Stanford BioE here:
bioengineering.stanford.edu/news/vayu-hill…
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Very excited about this project and its potential to convert food waste into flavor. @NOFOKitchen @r_vonhagn
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The fungus 'Neurospora intermedia' (seen from above in this digital rendition that illustrates how it grows) has the potential to change unwanted food by-products into delicious, healthy foods, a new study reports.

sciencenews.org/article/fungus…
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Could fungi be used to turn waste into food? Check out this exciting feature by @UCBerkeley about our recent work in @NatureMicrobiol

news.berkeley.edu/2024/08/29/can…
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And a fantastic video as well:

youtu.be/TT5TjufOzVo?si…
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OUT NOW ♻️Neurospora intermedia from a traditional fermented food enables waste-to-food conversion @jaykeasling @Keasling_Lab @NOFOKitchen nature.com/articles/s4156…
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Thank you to all the amazing collaborators: @jgi @Keasling_Lab @jaykeasling @ipbofficial @DTUBiosustain and special shout out to @PabloCruzMoral1 @jose Manuel Villalobos. @UCBerkeley
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🍄 🔬 Learn how filamentous fungi can be leveraged to upcycle food waste into sustainable and delicious food at our next Science of Alt Protein seminar on August 15th. Join us → bit.ly/3S4d4Fx
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The Hill-Maini lab website is live @bioe_stanford @Stanford. We are hiring for multiple postdocs who are excited about synbio/food/sustainability in filamentous fungi and building an inclusive and lab culture that fosters creativity! Spread the word!!!
hillmainilab.com
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We are so proud and over the moon that our very own Vayu is joining @Stanford as an assistant professor! Congrats, Prof. Vayu!
Excited to share I will be joining @Stanford @bioe_stanford this fall as an asst. prof! My group will harness fungi for food and sustainability applications. We’ll soon be recruiting on all fronts - stay tuned !! Grateful to @BalskusLab @Keasling_Lab @UCB_MillerInst for support!
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Welcome to the @bioe_stanford family, Vayu @NOFOKitchen!! We're thrilled to have you join us at @Stanford and can't wait to see what you cook up! 🍽️🌟 #StanfordBioe
Excited to share I will be joining @Stanford @bioe_stanford this fall as an asst. prof! My group will harness fungi for food and sustainability applications. We’ll soon be recruiting on all fronts - stay tuned !! Grateful to @BalskusLab @Keasling_Lab @UCB_MillerInst for support!
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Excited to share I will be joining @Stanford @bioe_stanford this fall as an asst. prof! My group will harness fungi for food and sustainability applications. We’ll soon be recruiting on all fronts - stay tuned !! Grateful to @BalskusLab @Keasling_Lab @UCB_MillerInst for support!
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Check out this awesome conversation with our lab member Vayu(@NOFOKitchen) on topics related to his research! We are proud to mention that his nature comms paper has received press in the Daily Mail, San Francisco Examiner, New York Post, and News Week!!
open.spotify.com/episode/6gTk94…
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Chef-turned-bioengineer Vayu Hill-Maini is remixing the genomes of #fungi to create nutritious and actually delicious meat substitutes without non-native genes taken from other organisms. #CrueltyFree @jbei
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@NOFOKitchen Vayu Hill-Maini (Miller Fellow 2020-2023) was featured in this podcast sharing about his research around fungi and food. spoti.fi/3U2pr6d
#science #research #fungi #food #fermentation #biology #millerfellow
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A mold burger you’ll love to eat. Really! How #biotechnology is transforming fungi into healthy and delicious meat substitutes with a light environmental footprint. @jbei
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Expanded toolkits for the development of fungal meat alternatives @Keasling_Lab @Jaykeasling @PabloCruzMoral1 @NOFOkitchen #BiotechNatureComms

nature.com/articles/s4146…
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Fungi have been used for millennia in human food production. What does the future look like?
Tune in to this podcast where I share some thoughts!! Thanks to Dave Zilber, Elisa Caffrey, @LabSonnenburg for hosting

open.spotify.com/episode/6gTk94…
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Vayu Hill-Maini (MF 2020-2023) is a first author of the article "Edible mycelium bioengineered for enhanced nutritional value and sensory appeal using a modular synthetic biology toolkit", piublished in Nat Commun 15, 2099 (2024).
nature.com/articles/s4146…
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