The very first thing on the docket is to have the opportunity to travel to look at spiders in other parts of the world. I know there are really cool silks out there.
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You don't work with spiders very long before you start noticing how important silk is to their life and just how special that is for spiders.
It's like the spiders are sharing an ancient secret with me, and that's why I'm going to spend the rest of my life studying spider silk.
The next time you see a spider web, please, pause and look a little closer. You'll be seeing one of the most high-performance materials known to man.
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night.
Spiders keep me awake at night. If I see one that's too big to get under a glass, there will be big problems. I'll spend the rest of the day feeling like I'm being terrorised by this missing spider.
For me, each day begins and ends with wanting to learn a little more about the secrets of spider silk.
To borrow from the writings of a spider named Charlotte: 'Silk is terrific!'
I always like jumping spiders. They're just so darn cute.
Biologically inspired materials could revolutionize materials science. People looking at spider silk and abalone shells are looking for new ways to make materials better, cheaper, and with less toxic byproducts.
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different.
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