Utah State University

the laboratory of Randy Lewis, the world's leading academic authority on spider-silk genetics, which first decoded the spidroin genes, built transgenic goat and moss platforms, and set the wet-spinning methods the industry now uses.

Country: United States

R&D

Coverage

	CN	EU	US
fibers-textiles	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Affiliation	Utah State University (Department of Biology, Synthetic Bioproducts Center/Institute, College of Science)	research.usu.edu · usu.edu
Research focus	Spider silk genetics, protein production (bacteria, goats, alfalfa, silkworms), and synthesis of biomaterials (fibers, films, glues, coatings, gels)	nhmu.utah.edu · research.usu.edu · usu.edu
Facility	Lewis Lab, Synthetic Spider Silk Lab, Synthetic Bioproducts Center, Bioproducts Scale-Up Facility (Innovation Campus)	sfdev.usu.edu · usu.edu
Grant	Over $33 million in lifetime grants; $1.15 million awarded in 2013 (Navy/NSF); $420,000 awarded in 2018 (Navy)	research.usu.edu · usu.edu
Publications	Over 140 papers, 16 book chapters, and 9 issued patents	exa.ai · research.usu.edu
Principal staff	Randy Lewis (Lab Director/Professor), Justin A. Jones, Thomas I. Harris	exa.ai · research.usu.edu · usu.edu
Headcount	Seven PhD students, 26 undergraduate students, and four postdoctoral scientists (as of 2013-2015 timeframe)	research.usu.edu · usu.edu

Independent sources: exa.ai · nhmu.utah.edu · research.usu.edu · sfdev.usu.edu · usu.edu

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Recombinant spider silk & engineered protein fibers	fibers-textiles	Medium	→

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