Collaborative project with Mike Kasumovic, Aditya Rawal, James Hook and Penny Martens, UNSW, and Jeff Yarger at Arizona State University. In this project we investigate, using advanced techniques such as NMR and X-ray diffraction, how the processes of spidrion (MaSp1 and MaSp2) expression and spinning processes acting in the silk gland influence the properties of…
“Spiders adjust to their diets by spinning different webs”, NineMSN, March 17, 2015.
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“Researchers at the University of New South Wales have discovered that spiders build different types of webs when they encounter different types of prey.”
“Spiders customise webs based on diet”, Australian Geographic, March 19, 2015. Read the Australian Geographic article here. ‘The findings indicate that spiders adjust the type of webs they spin to adapt to what food source is around. If there are more flies, for example, spiders don’t seem to waste the extra energy needed to build…
