Cel Natural silks have outstanding properties, which have lead to rapidly growing interests from a wide range of industries. Thus, spider silks in particular have become benchmarks for futuristic polymer design not least because, in a world demanding sustainability, these silks are not only of superb quality but are also produced cheaply, economically and ecologically from aqueous solvents under ambient temperatures and 'impossibly' low pressures. It has, with huge investments, become possible to produce recombinant silk peptides in a number of host systems.However, major barriers remain for man's ability to match the native animal silk-protein feedstocks and fibres, which we still do not understand sufficiently. Recent work suggests that the extreme toughness o f some spider threads does not depend solely on the folding of the major component protein but also on the hierarchical structure of the multi-protein thread. For folding and hierarchy the spider's complex spinning process plays a major role.The known facts indicate that the generation of the fibres and their structural organization is the result of a complex interaction of mechanical stress, biochemical properties of the liquid spinning dope and physiological processes that may actively regulate them. Yet, the investigation of spider silks so far mainly concentrated on the aspects within the expertise of the given research groups. SSExSy will transfer and integrate knowledge about the biochemistry, molecular biology and histochemistry of spider silks to a world wide leading group in measuring the physical properties of silk and spinning dope.This will create new expertise in studying the complex interactions from the level of proteins and protein domains to structural organisation and resulting mechanical properties. Subsequently, it will allow the full assessment of the requirements for biomimetic fibre production. Dziedzina nauki engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibersnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biology Program(-y) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Temat(-y) MOBILITY-1.3 - Marie Curie Host Fellowships - Transfer of knowledge (TOK) Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP6-2002-MOBILITY-3 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania TOK - Marie Curie actions-Transfer of Knowledge Koordynator THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Wkład UE Brak danych Adres University Offices, Wellington Square OXFORD Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Linki Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
