Spider Silk and Tough Fibres
In short: An exploration of the molecular mechanism behind spider silk and how scientists are replicating its incredible strength for future technologies.
A 1:42 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Spider silk proteins: recent advances in recombinant production, structure–function relationships and biomedical applications”; Nature Communications, “A molecular atlas reveals the tri-sectional spinning mechanism of spider dragline silk - Nature Communications”; PLOS Biology (via PMC/NCBI), “How Spiders Spin Silk”; San Diego State University, “Scientists uncover molecular trigger that turns liquid spider silk into one of nature’s strongest fibers | News | SDSU”; NCBI, “Review of Spider Silk Applications in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering”; NCBI, “Recombinant Spider Silk: Promises and Bottlenecks”; Springer, “From small to large-scale: a review of recombinant spider silk and collagen bioproduction - Discover Materials”; USC Scribe, “How Spider Silk is Revolutionizing Modern Materials”.
Sources used in this film
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Spider silk proteins: recent advances in recombinant production, structure–function relationships and biomedical applications · View →
- Nature Communications — A molecular atlas reveals the tri-sectional spinning mechanism of spider dragline silk - Nature Communications · View →
- PLOS Biology (via PMC/NCBI) — How Spiders Spin Silk · View →
- San Diego State University — Scientists uncover molecular trigger that turns liquid spider silk into one of nature’s strongest fibers | News | SDSU · View →
- NCBI — Review of Spider Silk Applications in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering · View →
- NCBI — Recombinant Spider Silk: Promises and Bottlenecks · View →
- Springer — From small to large-scale: a review of recombinant spider silk and collagen bioproduction - Discover Materials · View →
- USC Scribe — How Spider Silk is Revolutionizing Modern Materials · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Spider silk proteins: recent advances in recombinant production, structure–function relationships and biomedical applications
- Also: Nature Communications: A molecular atlas reveals the tri-sectional spinning mechanism of spider dragline silk - Nature Communications
- Also: PLOS Biology (via PMC/NCBI): How Spiders Spin Silk
- Also: San Diego State University: Scientists uncover molecular trigger that turns liquid spider silk into one of nature’s strongest fibers | News | SDSU
- Also: NCBI: Review of Spider Silk Applications in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering
- Also: NCBI: Recombinant Spider Silk: Promises and Bottlenecks
- Also: Springer: From small to large-scale: a review of recombinant spider silk and collagen bioproduction - Discover Materials
- Also: USC Scribe: How Spider Silk is Revolutionizing Modern Materials
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