Spider Silk Research – Research exploring the mechanics and evolution of spider silk

Female Argiope keyserlingi with male on the web

Field trip 2016: Brisbane, Ballina & Sydney

Taiwan Research Trip 2015: Photos

Causes and Consequences of

Variations in Spider Silk

Physiological Behavioural Aspects smaller

Physiological and Behavioural

Aspects of Spider Web Variation

Interspecific and Inter-individual

Variations in Pyriform Silk Properties

Role of Spidrion Expression and Silk

Spinning in Controlling Spider Silk Properties

Influence of Pesticides on Spider Web

and Silk Physical and Chemical Properties

Ecological influences of silk properties in the

Tasmanian cave spider Hickmania troglodytes

News

“16 Legs” documentary at International Congress of Speleology
August 14, 2017

Sub-lethal insecticide doses affect spider silk properties
June 7, 2017

Hermon Slade Foundation Grant
June 5, 2017

ABC Radio interview
February 3, 2017

Spider silk article in the Conversation
February 3, 2017

Spidrion Expression and Spider Silk Properties

Physiological and Behavioural Aspects of Spider Web Variation

Causes and Consequences of Variations in Spider Silk Colours

Spider Sticky Thread Property Variability

Silk properties in the Tasmanian cave spider Hickmania troglodytes