Producing Biomaterials (Microbes as Machines)
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The fibre spun with the native-sized recombinant spider silk protein showed similar mechanical properties to native spider silk, thus opening the possibility of its wide range of industrial and biomedical applications. [1].
Required Reading/Viewing
- Nova's ‘Making Stuff’ Explores Spinning of Steel-Strength Spider Silk (Video 5 min)
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Shows the largest piece of spider silk textile in the world and talks about 'spider goats'. // Production of spider silk in E. coli.
Assigned Papers
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Bioplastics - silk