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Synthetic Spider Silk - Jolanta Beinarovica - CPS 2021

Spider silk is known for its excellent mechanical properties – it is tougher than high tensile strength steel and bulletproof Kevlar. However, cannibalistic and territorial nature of spiders prevents industrial levels of silk farming to obtain enough material for biomedical applications. Using synthetic biology, we can produce recombinant spider silk at a scale. This talk will discuss recombinant silk production and use of click chemistry to imbue silk with properties it would not ordinarily have. This talk was delivered by Jolanta Beinarovica from The University of Nottingham to the audience of the public, CPS members, and UCL staff and students on the 11th March 2021.