SSRL collaborator headlines the ACS youtube channel
SSRL collaborator Anna-Christin Joel headlines the American Chemical Society’s youtube channel with the video “Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers”. See:
https://lnkd.in/ghViw6G
SSRL collaborator Anna-Christin Joel headlines the American Chemical Society’s youtube channel with the video “Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers”. See:
https://lnkd.in/ghViw6G
Another application of spider silk we (in collaboration with Trish Flanagan and Pat Spicer) are exploring is its incorporation into wearables to create new adaptable features in different kinds of clothing and equipment.
Here Trish is isolating the silk collected from Trichonephila to weave them into yarns for hybridization with other fibres.
Spider major ampullate silk (MA) is natures’ toughest fibre. There is thus immense interest among scientists across different fields in the attainment of an understanding about why and how spiders produce such amazing fibres. Accordingly there are now many publications on MA silk genetic expression patterns, secondary and tertiary protein structures, silk fibre physical and…
DetailsMy article Why we can’t spin a silken yarn as strong as a spider can appeared in The Conversation on Thursday February 2, 2017.
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