MUSHEEZ® has published a new free guide: Launching a Functional Mushroom Product Range — An EU-focused readiness checklist for brands, buyers and product developers.

Ginkgo Bioworks has sold an autonomous laboratory system to Novo Nordisk, marking a shift from selling fermentation services to selling the robotic infrastructure itself.

Cornell University researchers have identified Cbr1, a protein that lets the yeast Rhodotorula toruloides keep using complex sugars even when glucose is available, according to a study in PLOS Biology.

A review published on 17 April 2026 in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences assesses which beneficial fungi could help turn lunar and Martian regolith into a medium for growing crops.

Researchers at NTU Singapore, working with Ichimasa Kamaboko, raised the protein content of okara to between 27.7% and 30.2% by dry weight using oyster mushroom mycelium, in a lab-scale study published in Food Chemistry: X.

The word "funga" entered the Cambridge Dictionary in July 2026, marking a turning point in mainstream recognition of fungi as a distinct kingdom of life alongside flora and fauna.

A study from Imperial College London estimates that replacing all UK cow's milk with precision-fermented dairy protein could reduce the land required to produce it by up to 96%.

Researchers at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro used brewer's spent grain, the brewing industry's most abundant solid waste, as the primary substrate to produce a protease enzyme via fermentation with the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, achieving a fivefold increase in enzyme yield after process optimisation.

The International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference 13 convened from September 22-25 in the charming historic castle town of Bragança, Portugal in the biodiverse Trás-os-Montes region. An international delegation of some of the world’s top mushroom researchers and industry representatives convened to share the latest findings in the field, collectively engage with challenges and opportunities facing the industry, and envision a collaborative and prosperous future for the sector

Australian fermentation startup Nourish Ingredients has partnered with specialty lipid producer SD Guthrie to manufacture its dairy fat alternative, Creamilux, at industrial scale in Europe.