Search Results - "Guerette, Paul"

Infiltration of chitin by protein coacervates defines the squid beak mechanical gradient by Tan, YerPeng, Hoon, Shawn, Guerette, Paul A, Wei, Wei, Ghadban, Ali, Hao, Cai, Miserez, Ali, Waite, J Herbert

“…The squid beak displays a 200-fold stiffness gradient across its length. A battery of experiments, including ‘omics analysis and rheological measurements, now…”
Get full text

Phase transition-induced elasticity of α-helical bioelastomeric fibres and networks by Miserez, Ali, Guerette, Paul A

“…Natural elastomeric fibres play central structural and functional roles in a variety of tissues produced by many organisms from diverse Phyla. Most of these…”
Get more information

Self-Assembly of Recombinant Hagfish Thread Keratins Amenable to a Strain-Induced α‑Helix to β‑Sheet Transition by Fu, Jing, Guerette, Paul A, Miserez, Ali

“…Hagfish slime threads are assembled from protein-based bundles of intermediate filaments (IFs) that undergo a strain-induced α-helical coiled-coil to β-sheet…”
Get full text

From Soft Self-Healing Gels to Stiff Films in Suckerin-Based Materials Through Modulation of Crosslink Density and β-Sheet Content by Ding, Dawei, Guerette, Paul A., Fu, Jing, Zhang, Lihong, Irvine, Scott A., Miserez, Ali

“…Suckerins are block‐copolymer‐like structural proteins constituting the building blocks of the strong squid sucker‐ring teeth. Here, recombinant suckerin‐19 is…”
Get full text

Nanoconfined β‑Sheets Mechanically Reinforce the Supra-Biomolecular Network of Robust Squid Sucker Ring Teeth by Guerette, Paul A, Hoon, Shawn, Ding, Dawei, Amini, Shahrouz, Masic, Admir, Ravi, Vydianathan, Venkatesh, Byrappa, Weaver, James C, Miserez, Ali

“…The predatory efficiency of squid and cuttlefish (superorder Decapodiformes) is enhanced by robust Sucker Ring Teeth (SRT) that perform grappling functions…”
Get full text

Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science by Guerette, Paul A, Hoon, Shawn, Seow, Yiqi, Raida, Manfred, Masic, Admir, Wong, Fong T, Ho, Vincent H B, Kong, Kiat Whye, Demirel, Melik C, Pena-Francesch, Abdon, Amini, Shahrouz, Tay, Gavin Z, Ding, Dawei, Miserez, Ali

“…The engineering of biomimetic materials is accelerated by combining high-throughput RNA sequencing and proteomics. Efforts to engineer new materials inspired…”
Get full text

Artificial hagfish protein fibers with ultra-high and tunable stiffness by Fu, Jing, Guerette, Paul A, Pavesi, Andrea, Horbelt, Nils, Lim, Chwee Teck, Harrington, Matthew J, Miserez, Ali

“…Stiff fibers are used as reinforcing phases in a wide range of high-performance composite materials. Silk is one of the most widely studied bio-fibers, but…”
Get more information

Multi-scale thermal stability of a hard thermoplastic protein-based material by Latza, Victoria, Guerette, Paul A., Ding, Dawei, Amini, Shahrouz, Kumar, Akshita, Schmidt, Ingo, Keating, Steven, Oxman, Neri, Weaver, James C., Fratzl, Peter, Miserez, Ali, Masic, Admir

“…Although thermoplastic materials are mostly derived from petro-chemicals, it would be highly desirable, from a sustainability perspective, to produce them…”
Get full text

Biomimetic Production of Silk-Like Recombinant Squid Sucker Ring Teeth Proteins by Ding, Dawei, Guerette, Paul A, Hoon, Shawn, Kong, Kiat Whye, Cornvik, Tobias, Nilsson, Martina, Kumar, Akshita, Lescar, Julien, Miserez, Ali

“…The sucker ring teeth (SRT) of Humboldt squid exhibit mechanical properties that rival those of robust engineered synthetic polymers. Remarkably, these…”
Get full text

Modular peptides from the thermoplastic squid sucker ring teeth form amyloid-like cross-β supramolecular networks by Hiew, Shu Hui, Guerette, Paul A., Zvarec, Ondrej J., Phillips, Margaret, Zhou, Feng, Su, Haibin, Pervushin, Konstantin, Orner, Brendan P., Miserez, Ali

“…[Display omitted] The hard sucker ring teeth (SRT) from decapodiforme cephalopods, which are located inside the sucker cups lining the arms and tentacles of…”
Get full text

Crowdsourced analysis of fungal growth and branching on microfluidic platforms by Hopke, Alex, Mela, Alex, Ellett, Felix, Carter-House, Derreck, Peña, Jesús F, Stajich, Jason E, Altamirano, Sophie, Lovett, Brian, Egan, Martin, Kale, Shiv, Kronholm, Ilkka, Guerette, Paul, Szewczyk, Edyta, McCluskey, Kevin, Breslauer, David, Shah, Hiral, Coad, Bryan R, Momany, Michelle, Irimia, Daniel

“…Fungal hyphal growth and branching are essential traits that allow fungi to spread and proliferate in many environments. This sustained growth is essential for…”
Get full text

Integrating Materials and Life Sciences Toward the Engineering of Biomimetic Materials by Miserez, Ali, Guerette, Paul A.

“…Research in the field of biological and biomimetic materials constitutes a case study of how traditional research boundaries are becoming increasingly…”
Get full text

Silk Properties Determined by Gland-Specific Expression of a Spider Fibroin Gene Family by Guerette, Paul A., Ginzinger, David G., Bernhard H. F. Weber, Gosline, John M.

“…Spiders produce a variety of silks that range from Lycra-like elastic fibers to Kevlar-like superfibers. A gene family from the spider Araneus diadematus was…”
Get full text

Supercontraction Stress in Spider Webs by Savage, Ken N, Guerette, Paul A, Gosline, John M

“…Silk produced from the major ampullate (MA) gland supercontracts when wet, and in this paper, we investigate the consequences of high humidity and of the added…”
Get full text

Squid Suckerin Biomimetic Peptides Form Amyloid-like Crystals with Robust Mechanical Properties by Hiew, Shu Hui, Sánchez-Ferrer, Antoni, Amini, Shahrouz, Zhou, Feng, Adamcik, Jozef, Guerette, Paul, Su, Haibin, Mezzenga, Raffaele, Miserez, Ali

“…We present the self-assembly of fibers formed from a peptide sequence (A1H1) derived from suckerin proteins of squid sucker ring teeth (SRT). SRT are…”
Get full text

From Soft Self-Healing Gels to Stiff Films in Suckerin-Based Materials Through Modulation of Crosslink Density and [beta]-Sheet Content by Ding, Dawei, Guerette, Paul A, Fu, Jing, Zhang, Lihong, Irvine, Scott A, Miserez, Ali

“…Suckerins are block-copolymer-like structural proteins constituting the building blocks of the strong squid sucker-ring teeth. Here, recombinant suckerin-19 is…”
Get full text

Elastic proteins: biological roles and mechanical properties by Gosline, J., Lillie, M., Carrington, E., Guerette, P., Ortlepp, C., Savage, K.

“…The term ‘elastic protein’ applies to many structural proteins with diverse functions and mechanical properties so there is room for confusion about its…”
Get full text

Modular peptides from the thermoplastic squid sucker ring teeth form amyloid-like cross-[b] supramolecular networks by Hiew, Shu Hui, Guerette, Paul A, Zvarec, Ondrej J, Phillips, Margaret, Zhou, Feng, Su, Haibin, Pervushin, Konstantin, Orner, Brendan P, Miserez, Ali

“…The hard sucker ring teeth (SRT) from decapodiforme cephalopods, which are located inside the sucker cups lining the arms and tentacles of these species, have…”
Get full text

Testing hypotheses of adaptive variation in cricket ovipositor lengths by Bradford, M.J, Guerette, P.A, Roff, D.A

“…We experimentally tested a series of hypotheses proposed by Masaki (1979, 1986) for the evolution of ovipositor length in crickets. Female crickets use the…”
Get full text

Squid sucker teeth proteins: From basic discovery to multi-functional materials of a thermoplastic biopolymer by Ali, Miserez, Dawei, Ding, Paul, Guerette, Yuan, Ping, Deepankumar, Kanagavel, Shawn, Hoon

“…Abstract only…”
Get full text