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SUMMARY:IMX Seminar Series - The Plant Age\; Materials for the Future
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Oded Shoseyov\, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, Isr
 ael\nBringing together the toughness of cellulose nano-fibers from the pla
 nt kingdom\, the remarkable elasticity and resilience of resilin that enab
 les flees to jump as high as 100 times their height from the insect kingdo
 m combined with Human Recombinant Type I collagen produced in tobacco plan
 ts\; These are the materials of the future\; Nature's Gift. Resilin is a p
 olymeric rubber-like protein secreted by insects to specialized cuticle re
 gions\, in areas where high resilience and low stiffness are required. Pla
 nt cell walls also present durable composite structures made of cellulose\
 , other polysaccharides\, and structural proteins. Plant cell wall composi
 te exhibit extraordinary strength exemplified by their ability to carry th
 e huge mass of some forest trees. Inspired by the remarkable mechanical pr
 operties of insect cuticle and plant cell walls we have developed novel co
 mposite materials of resilin and Crystalline Nano-Cellulose (resiline-CNC)
  that display remarkable mechanical properties combining strength and elas
 ticity. Further investigation of CNC films revealed remarkable piezoelectr
 ic properties\, Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS)\, which holds great
  potential in energy storage\, optoelectronics and sustainable electronics
 .\n\nAs a central element of the extracellular matrix\, collagen is intima
 tely involved in tissue development\, remodeling\, and repair and confers 
 high tensile strength to tissues. Numerous medical applications\, particul
 arly\, wound healing\, cell therapy\, and bone reconstruction\, rely on it
 s supportive and healing qualities. Its synthesis and assembly require a m
 ultitude of genes and post-translational modifications.. A tobacco plant e
 xpression platform has been recruited to effectively express human collage
 n\, along with three modifying enzymes\, critical to collagen maturation. 
 Today in Israel\, farmers grow transgenic tobacco plants producing human r
 ecombinant collagen that is used for the production of medical implants th
 at are already in clinical use.\n\nBio: A faculty member of the Hebrew Uni
 versity of Jerusalem. Prof. Shoseyov’s research is in plant molecular bi
 ology protein engineering and nano-biotechnology. His group focus on Bio-I
 nspired Nanocomposite materials. He has authored or co-authored more than 
 350 scientific publications and is the inventor or co-inventor of more tha
 n 100 patents. Shoseyov is a TED speaker. His talk was translated to 22 la
 nguages with more than 1.8 million views: (https://www.ted.com/talks/oded_
 shoseyov_how_we_re_harnessing_nature_s_hidden_superpowers). Shoseyov is al
 so co-owner and winemaker of BRAVDO winery (http://www.bravdo.co.il/home) 
 named after his mentor\, and partner Prof. Ben Ami Bravdo. Prof. Shoseyov 
 received the Outstanding Scientist Polak Award for 2002\, the 1999 and 201
 0 Kay Award for Innovative and Applied Research\, The 2012 Israel Prime Mi
 nister Citation for Entrepreneurship and Innovation\, The 2018 Presidentia
 l Award for his contribution to the Economy and Society of Israel. He is t
 he scientific founder of 20 companies.
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