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.
Hickmania troglodytes on cover of Journal of Zoology
Our paper “Ontogenetic shift towards stronger, tougher silk in a web building cave spider” has been published in the February 2018 issue of Journal of Zoology as the cover page article.
see: http://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/issue/10.1111/jzo.2018.304.issue-2/
Media release: Spiders tailor webs to catch prey for specific nutrients
“Spiders tailor their webs to their taste”, Scimex, March 17, 2015 Read the Scimex article here An international study, that includes Australians, has found that spiders will tailor their web to catch certain prey, depending on the types of nutrients they need. The study found that spiders used smaller and sticker webs to capture prey…
DetailsNinemsn article: Spiders adjust to their diets by spinning different webs
“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.”
Plus Alliance seed funding
We are excited to announce that the SSRL, with Chris Marquis (UNSW Recombinants Facility), Aditya Rawal (UNSW NMR Centre), Jeffrey Yarger (Arizona State University) and Rivka Isaacson (King’s College London), have received a Plus Alliance grant to further our collaborative work on developing recombinant spider silk. Friday to discuss the project. Please listen in?Here is…
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Recombinant MaSp2 Ismat Kabarra recently completed his Honours project with Chris Marquis at the UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and myself. The aim of his project was to build a line of recombinant MaSp2 proteins for potential spinning into fibres and other uses. He successfully generated 4 tubes of proteins, one of which…
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