Selected Papers from the 1st Congress of Marine Fungal Natural Products Consortium

Dear Colleagues, Marine Fungi: a Bioresource for Tomorrow.Marine fungi have been raising many different questions over the past few years, either in terms of their physiology and role in this particular environment, or in relation to their capacity to produce bioactive compounds. These singular organisms are now studied by many scientists with growing interest because they are a renewable source of original and new natural products with potential value in many areas (human health, food, cosmetics, biofuels, etc.).On the 22nd to the 24th of July 2015, the University of Nantes, France, will host the 1^st International Conference on Marine Fungal Natural Products (MaFNaP2015), organized by the Marine Fungal Natural Products Consortium. This conference is joint with the 14^th International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium.Following an initial workshop held in Canada, in August 2014, this event is dedicated to share the research from all the groups around the world working on marine fungi and marine fungal natural products. It is also expected to facilitate dialogue between research teams working on marine fungi for the implementation of international projects, the sharing of data and results, and article writing. By building a strong community around this area of research, internationally combining academic and industrial partners, we can expect to see lead projects with an impact of great magnitude.The topics will browse different areas of research involving biotechnologies, sustainable and renewable resources of high-value ingredients, innovative analytical methods, biological screening, and natural products discovery, organized in seven sessions: Marine fungal biodiversity and collection Ecology and physiology of marine fungi Marine-sourced fungal chemodiversity From Genes to Molecules: "omics" methods Marine fungal biodiscovery, natural products Chemical ecology Biosynthesis and total synthesis We are expecting around 80-100 international participants at this conference, which will be, we hope, the second of a long series.To extend the impetus this conference will give to the Marine fungi community, the scientific committee organizes a Special Issue of Marine Drugs dedicated to this symposium entitled "Selected Papers from the 1^st International Conference on Marine Fungal Natural Products". We kindly invite you to participate in this Special Issue, whatever the area of your marine fungal research.MaFNaP2015 Web Site: http://www.mafnap2015.univ-nantes.frMarine Fungal Natural Products Consortium: http://www.mafnap.org/ Dr. Olivier GrovelDr. Samuel BertrandGuest Editors

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