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…
DetailsOn May May 25 I spoke spider silk with Willy Russo on 2SER’s Breakfast program. Here’s our conversation:https://2ser.com/spider-silks-to-give-leg-up-in-prosthetics-industry/?fbclid=IwAR0jmmMkN9qn2cGoxHBQyUDQ5YC4rdf6tjWruMbEJa5gHl3K1_leQaitpDY
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.
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‘’Spider and Silk Supply’ is a new spinoff company of SSRL members. It is the only one in existence that can supply Research Institutions and Industries highest quality as spun spider silk, as well live spiders, on requests for all kinds of research and development. For information and orders please visit:http:// https://www.spiderandsilksupply.com/
I am close to completing a book about Silk to be published by the SSRL. All going well it will be out early/mid 2021. The content is based around my Lecture series presented in Rivera, Uruguay in 2018. Here’s a small preview: What is silk? Silk is a natural proteinaceous secretion of many kinds of…
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