Publications

Scientific Articles and Patents

2025: An effective protocol to isolate and mechanically test silk fibers spun by Osmia lignaria Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) fifth instar larvae: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318918

2025: Recombinant hagfish proteins and fibers (U.S. Patent No. 12234268). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

2024: Engineered Recombinant Hagfish Intermediate Filament Proteins: Unraveling Domain Roles in Synthetic Fiber Formation and Mechanics: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c06950

2022: Scalable purification of recombinant structural proteins, hagfish intermediate filament α and ɣ, from inclusion bodies for fiber formation:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2022.106152

2021: The next generation of protein super-fibres: robust recombinant production and recovery of hagfish intermediate filament proteins with fibre spinning and mechanical–structural characterizations:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13869

2021: Large scale production of synthetic spider silk proteins in Escherichia coli:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2021.105839

2019: Silkworms with Spider Silk like Fibers Using Synthetic Silkworm Chow Containing Calcium Lignosulfonate, Carbon Nanotubes, and Graphene:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.8b03566

2019: Material Formation of Recombinant Spider Silks through Aqueous Solvation using Heat and Pressure:
https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/59318

2016: Importance of Heat and Pressure for Solubilization of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins in Aqueous Solution:
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17111955

2015: Development of a Process for the Spinning of Synthetic Spider Silk:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00092