Hermon Slade Foundation Grant
Sean Blamires and Aditya Rawal have received a Hermon Slade Foundation grant to do further research into spider silk genetics, artificial spinning and NMR analyses.
Sean Blamires and Aditya Rawal have received a Hermon Slade Foundation grant to do further research into spider silk genetics, artificial spinning and NMR analyses.
Sean Blamires was interviewed by Ali Clarke on ABC Morning Radio on February, discussing the wonders of spider silks, their commercial applications and which spiders that spin the best silks.
My article Why we can’t spin a silken yarn as strong as a spider can appeared in The Conversation on Thursday February 2, 2017.
Read it here:
The following article featured in the Sydney Morning Heral article, July 30, 2016:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/sonic-mysteries-of-spider-silk-open-pathways-to-new-synthetic-materials-20160728-gqgaqa.html