Publications

Nygård Y and Meyer V. How to get the most out of fungal biotechnology? Fungal Biol Biotechnol 13, 1 (2026). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-025-00207-7

Panjalipoursangari N, Ou Y, Schmidt B, Müller WH and Völlmecke C. Impact of Fomes fomentarius growth on the mechanical properties of material extrusion additively manufactured PLA and PLA/Hemp biopolymers. Fungal Biol Biotechnol. (2025); 8, 2(1):14. DOI: 10.1186/s40694-025-00205-9

Chen H, Klemm S, Scoppola E, Schmidt B, Wu Y, Fleck C, Gurlo A, Meyer V, Freidank-Pohl C and Simon U. Structural, mechanical, and genetic insights into heat-pressed fomes fomentarius mycelium from solid-state and liquid cultivations. Adv. Sustainable Syst. (2025); e00484. DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202500484

Meyer V. Back to the Roots! In The Divide Between Humanities and Science: Why it Matters and How it can be Repaired. Edited by Brusca C. Ethics International Press Ltd, UK (2025); Print Book ISBN: 978-1-83711-013-1, eBook ISBN: 978-1-83711-014-8

Cairns T, Freidank-Pohl C, Birke AS, Regner C, Jung S and Meyer V. Uncovering the transcriptional landscape of Fomes fomentarius during fungal-based material production through gene co-expression network analysis. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 12, 1 (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-024-00192-3

Chen H, Schmidt B, Gennett A, Kamm PH, Gurlo A, Meyer V and Simon U. Extrusion-based additive manufacturing of complex three-dimensional ultra-lightweight materials using the basidiomycete Fomes fomentarius. Materials Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D5MA00320B. 

Meyer V, Schäffner W, Schmidt B, Hoberg F, Stelzer L, Freidank-Pohl C, Miodragovic N, Almpani-Lekka D, Weinhold M, Goehler A, Philippi N, Ross P, Göngrich E, Wilhelm N, Garcia Pérez M, Ficht J, Bredekamp H, Meyer V (Editor), Schäffner W (Editor). Operate with Fungi. Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin (2024); ISBN 978-3-98781-004-6 (print), DOI: 10.14279/de­posi­tonce-21528

Chen H, Klemm S, Dönitz A, Ou Y, Schmidt B, Fleck C, Simon U, Völlmecke C. Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of Fungal Mycelium Mats with Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of PHBH and PLA Biopolymers. ACS Omega Article ASAP (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c07661

Weinhold, M. Border crossings and connections. Fungal Biol Biotechnol (2024); 11(12). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-024-00182-5

Klemm S, Freidank-Pohl C, Bauer L, Mantouvalou I, Simon U, Fleck C. Hierarchical structure and chemical composition of complementary segments of the fruiting bodies of Fomes fomentarius fungi fine-tune the compressive properties. PLoS One (2024); 19(6). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304614

Meyer V, Mengel S. Patent landscape analysis for materials based on fungal mycelium: a guidance report on how to interpret the current patent situation. Fungal Biol Biotechnol (2024); 11(11). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-024-00177-2

Lehmann C, Schmidt B, Stephan D, Meyer V. Investigation of the interface of fungal mycelium composite building materials by means of low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Microscopy (2024); 1–12. DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13292

Schmidt B, Freidank-Pohl C, Zillessen J, Stelzer L, Guitar TN, Lühr C, Müller H, Zhang F, Hammel JU, Briesen H, Jung S, Gusovius HJ, Meyer V. Mechanical, physical and thermal properties of composite materials produced with the basidiomycete Fomes fomentarius. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology (2023); 10(22). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-023-00169-8

Meyer V and Idnurm A. Putting Fungal Biology and Biotechnology to the test. Fungal Biol Biotechnol (2023); 10(9). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-023-00156-z

Meyer V, Schmidt B, Pohl C, Schmidts C, Hoberg F, Weber B, Stelzer L, Angulo Meza A, Saalfrank C, Sharma S, Weinhold M, Glocksin B, Rosetto S, Syperek M, Krause J, Volpato A, Noonan L, Nazarek A, Göngrich E, Wilhelm N, Heber L, Pfeiffer S, Meyer V (Editor) and Pfeiffer S (Editor). Engage with Fungi. Berlin Universities Publishing (2022); ISBN 978-3-98781-000-8. DOI: 10.14279/depositonce-15894

Meyer V, Schmidt B, Freidank-Pohl C, Schmidts C and Pfeiffer S. MY-CO SPACE: An artistic-scientific vision on how to build with fungi. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. (2022); DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012070

Meyer, V. Connecting materials sciences with fungal biology: a sea of possibilities. Fungal Biol Biotechnol (2022); 9(5). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-022-00137-8

Pohl C, Schmidt B, Guitar TN, Klemm S, Gusovius HJ, Platzk S, Kruggel-Emden H, Klunker A, Völlmecke C, Fleck C, Meyer V. Establishment of the basidiomycete Fomes fomentarius for the production of composite materials. Fungal Biol Biotechnol (2022); 9(4). DOI: 10.1186/s40694-022-00133-y

Henning LM, Simon U, Abdullayev A, Schmidt B, Pohl C, Guitar TN, Vakifahmetoglu C, Meyer V, Bekheet MF, Gurlo A. Effect of Fomes fomentarius Cultivation Conditions on Its Adsorption Performance for Anionic and Cationic Dyes. ACS Omega (2022); DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05748

Delvendahl N, Dienel HL, Meyer V, Langen N, Zimmermann J and Schlecht M. Narratives of fungal-based materials for a new bioeconomy era. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research (2022); 36(1). DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2022.2110453

Meyer V. Metabolic Engineering of FIlamentous Fungi. in: Metabolic Engineering – Concepts and Applications, First Edition (2021); Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. ISBN: 978-3-527-34662-2

Rillig MC, Bonneval K, de Lutz C, Lehmann J, Mansour I, Rapp R, Spačal S, Meyer V. Ten simple rules for hosting artists in a scientific lab. PLoS Comput Biol (2021); 17(2). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008675 

Chen H, Abdullayev A, Bekheet MF, Schmidt B, Regler I, Pohl C, Vakifahmetoglu C, Czasny M, Kamm PH, Meyer V, Gurlo A, Simon U. Extrusion-based additive manufacturing of fungal-based composite materials using the tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius. Fungal Biol Biotechnol (2021); 8(21). DOI 10.1186/s40694-021-00129-0

Stelzer L, Hoberg F, Bach V, Schmidt B, Pfeiffer S, Meyer V, Finkbeiner M. Life Cycle Assessment of Fungal-Based Composite Bricks. Sustainability (2021); 13(21):11573. DOI: 10.3390/su132111573