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SUMMARY:From microbiomes to food science: unravelling the secret aroma of 
 truffle fungi
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Richard SPLIVELLO\, junior professor\, Petr Karlovsky Lab "
 Molecular Phytopathology & Mycotoxin Research\, Institute for Molecular Bi
 o Science\, Goethe University Frankfurt\nAbstract:\nMicrobes are ubiquitou
 s on our planet. They colonize various habitats\, among them living organi
 sms such as insect and human guts or plant roots. Classical microbiologica
 l methods have for long offered a spotlight view on microbial diversity. R
 ecent high throughput molecular techniques have revolutionized the field o
 f microbial ecology. Indeed these techniques unravelled an enormous microb
 ial diversity in numerous organisms and they demonstrated the deep impact 
 of microbiomes of their host physiology and behaviour. Truffles fungi are 
 no exception since they are colonized by a complex microbial community mad
 e up of bacteria\, yeasts\, guest filamentous fungi and viruses. Besides b
 eing a model of symbiotic fungi to science\, truffles stand among the most
  appreciated and the most expensive fungi on the food market.\nWhat has be
 en learned about the mysterious life of truffles since the release of the 
 Périgord truffle´s genome in 2010 will be exemplified in this talk. Espe
 cially the emerging role of microbes in truffle aroma formation will be hi
 ghlighted and present and future challenges in truffle aroma research will
  be discussed.Short biography:\nRichard holds a junior professorship at th
 e University of Frankfurt in Germany since 2014. His lab is specialized in
  volatiles biosynthesis and metabolic profiling and attempts to answer que
 stions about the ecological role of volatiles in inter-organismic interact
 ions\, their use in food science and the applicability of volatile sensing
  in precision farming. Truffle fungi and maize plants are two models organ
 isms extensively used for basic and applied research in Richard´s lab.
LOCATION:GR A3 32 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2032
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