The fungal kingdom is remarkably diverse and resilient, inhabiting environments ranging from tropical forests and extreme climates to radioactive sites and even the exterior of the ISS space station. Despite their ubiquity, much about fungi remains poorly understood.

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This makes fungi a highly promising domain for research. Fungi serve as powerful enzymatic and antimicrobial agents, and the GADAL lab actively seeks students and collaborators with a curiosity for biology to advance fungi-related research using Big Data, Complex Network analysis, and Machine Learning methods.

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Currently, our research addresses questions such as:

• What triggers the fruiting of forest mushrooms? My  PhD student analyze large-scale datasets to understand patterns of fungal blooming.

• How do soil, tree-fungi interactions, and microbiomes influence fungal communities? We utilize multiple datasets, including soil microbiomes, tree-fungus associations, and soil fungal diversity to tackle this question.

Mushroom Growth Lab
The GADAL lab is developing a small-scale mushroom growth lab to investigate the factors that limit cultivation in captivity. For example, mushrooms typically produce only 1–2 fruiting cycles, compared to virtually unlimited growth in nature.

This research branch will examine the effects of soil, substrates, and tree-fungi interactions.

We welcome fungi enthusiast to collaborate with us and study the vast unknowns worlds of the fungi kingdom.

Photo by Dr. ANNA MINJA ARTURU (Mbeya University – Tanzania)