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SUMMARY:IMX Seminar Series - How do silk proteins assemble into materials?
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Markus Linder\, Aalto University\, Finland\nIt is an att
 ractive idea that in the future we could produce materials in bioreactors.
  For example\, wool\, spider-silk\, or nacre give inspiration for the rang
 e of materials that could be made. Microbes would produce the components f
 or these new materials in a way not depending on fossil resources. Before 
 this becomes reality\, we need to know how such materials are formed. We a
 lready know quite well how to engineer microbes to produce the needed prot
 ein-based components\, but how to form the material from the isolated comp
 onents? My research group has been working on a something we think could b
 e an essential step. We investigate how proteins\, in particular silks\, c
 an undergo spontaneous phase transitions in which dilute proteins form a d
 ense liquid phase\, a condensate. The condensate then undergoes further as
 sembly steps to form the solid material. We study how the proteins structu
 re affect the condensation mechanism and how to best achieve material prop
 erties. By studying how condensation occurs within cells we can improve pr
 oduction methods.\nBio: Markus Linder is professor of “biomolecular mate
 rials” at Aalto University in Finland. He is the director of the Centre 
 of Excellence in “Life inspired hybrid materials” (LIBER) in which new
  materials at the interface between biology and materials science are deve
 loped. Before his position at Aalto university\, he was a research profess
 or at VTT\, the Technical Research Centre of Finland. The main approaches 
 for research are synthetic biology\, protein engineering\, and biophysical
  methods. He has also extensively worked on cellulose as a material and on
  enzymes that interact with and degrade cellulose.
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