Academic research on structural proteins
The methods and technologies Spiber has developed for the production and utilization of our materials are based on a multitude of interdisciplinary research initiatives. Many important questions crucial to structural protein development and production remain unanswered, particularly in the frontier research topic that forms Spiber’s core competency—understanding the mechanism that drives the expression of our specially-designed proteins. We believe that pioneering the new technologies and knowledge required by our endeavour will require a coordinated fusion of the best solutions that academia and industry have to offer.
By applying the latest academic developments to the cyclical research and development process that drives our efforts to commercialize structural proteins, we believe that we can contribute to the global scientific endeavor to bring about a more sustainable future. It is this belief that inspires our research into a wide range of natural protein materials and their properties, from the incredible softness of premium luxury cashmere to the tough and tensile spider silk that inspired our company’s name.
Protein materials are unmatched in terms of their potential for diversity across both form and function, and we are confident that their impact on humanity and the world will only continue to grow as our knowledge and ability to utilize them increases through the combined efforts of industry and academia.
Kazuharu Arakawa, Nobuaki Kono, Ali D. Malay, Ayaka Tateishi, Nao Ifuku, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Ryota Sato, Kousuke Tsuchiya, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Daniel Pedrazzoli, Asaka Shinohara, Yusuke Ito, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Akio Tanikawa, Yuya Suzuki, Takeaki Ichikawa, Shohei Fujita, Masayuki Fujiwara, Masaru Tomita, Sean J. Blamires, Jo-Ann Chuah, Hamish Craig, Choon P. Foong, Gabriele Greco, Juan Guan, Chris Holland, David L. Kaplan, Kumar Sudesh, Biman B. Mandal, Y. Norma-Rashid, Nur A. Oktaviani, Rucsanda C. Preda, Nicola M. Pugno, Rangam Rajkhowa, Xiaoqin Wang, Kenjiro Yazawa, Zhaozhu Zheng, Keiji Numata
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Ayaka Tateishi, Keiji Numata, Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractAtsushi Hirano, Momoyo Wada, Takehiro K.Sato, Tomoshi Kameda
-> AbstractYu Suzuki, Takanori Higash, Takahiro Yamamoto, Hideyasu Okamura, Takehiro K. Sato and Tetsuo Asakura
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Ali D. Malay, Masaru Mori, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Yuki Yoshida, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiji Numata and Kazuharu Arakawa
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-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Kazuharu Arakawa
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-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Masaru Mori, Yuki Yoshida, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Ali D. Malay, Daniel A. Pedrazzoli Moran, Masaru Tomita, Keiji Numata, and Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Ayaka Tateishi, Keiji Numata and Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura and Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractMasayuki Fujiwara, Nobuaki Kono, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Ali D. Malay, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Keiji Numata, Masaru Tomita and Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractYuya Tachibana, Sunita Darbe, Senri Hayashi, Alina Kudasheva, Haruna Misawa, Yuka Shibata & Ken-ichi Kasuya
-> AbstractJianming Chen, Yoshinori Ohta, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Keiji Numata
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Masaru Mori, Masaru Tomita & Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractAnurag Priyam, Ben J Woodcroft, Vivek Rai, Ismail Moghul, Alekhya Munagala, Filip Ter, Hiten Chowdhary, Iwo Pieniak, Lawrence J Maynard, Mark Anthony Gibbins, HongKee Moon, Austin Davis-Richardson, Mahmut Uludag, Nathan S Watson-Haigh, Richard Challis, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Emeline Favreau, Esteban A Gómez, Tomás Pluskal, Guy Leonard, Wolfgang Rumpf, Yannick Wurm
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Daniel A. Pedrazzoli Moran, Asaka Shinohara, Yuki Yoshida, Masayuki Fujiwara, Masaru Mori, Masaru Tomita & Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Masaru Tomita, Keiji Numata & Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractKazuharu Arakawa, Nobuaki Kono, Rintaro Ohtoshi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Masaru Tomita
-> AbstractAnh T.N. Dao, Jun'ichi Shimokata, Kengo Takeuchi, Koyuru Nakayama, Toshiaki Taniike
-> AbstractKosuke Fujishima, Kendrick M. Wang, Jesse A. Palmer, Nozomi Abe, Kenji Nakahigashi, Drew Endy & Lynn J. Rothschild
-> AbstractYugo Tasei, Akio Nishimura, Yu Suzuki, Takehiro K. Sato, Junichi Sugahara, and Tetsuo Asakura
-> AbstractKoyuru Nakayama, Anh T.N. Dao, Kengo Takeuchi, Junichi Shimokata, Toshiaki Taniike
-> AbstractAnh T. N. Dao, K. Nakayama, J. Shimokata and T. Taniike
-> AbstractKenjiro Yazawa, Kana Ishida, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Takaaki Hikima and Keiji Numata
-> AbstractNobuaki Kono, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yusuke Ito, Masaru Tomita, Kazuharu Arakawa
-> AbstractKeiji Numata, Ryota Sato, Kenjiro Yazawa, Takaaki Hikima, Hiroyasu Masunaga
-> AbstractKeiji Numata, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Takaaki Hikima, Sono Sasaki, Kazuhide Sekiyama and Masaki Takata
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