Utah State University Spider Silk Lab

11/20/2025

https://youtu.be/7Iwt3AWAF1Y?si=Wq2fxJwaSXgCr-V0

Researchers at Utah State University have created a tunable, recombinant Bruch’s membrane model that replicates key aging and disease characteristics seen in...

04/23/2025

Qutie a few new things going on with the spider silk lab! Very happy for our collaborators, Dr. Elizabeth Vargis and her student Maelyn have made amazing strides in developing model systems for the biomaterials we create! https://youtube.com/watch?v=Po2xjyrolvM&si=baMVnRdu9H1DI8pu

04/22/2024

We were very happy to have ABC-4 news in the laboratory today to talk about our research. The segment will air this evening (4/22/24) if anyone is interested in learning more! Graduate student Oran Wasserman and undergraduate researcher Jackson Morley are featured in the photos along with Kade Garner from ABC-4 news.

03/29/2024

Beyond Spiders and Abuzz with Possibilities: USU Biologist Justin Jones and Student Researchers Explore Nature's Ancient Biomaterials. Read more and view the video:
https://www.usu.edu/today/story/beyond-spiders-amp-abuzz-with-possibilities-usu-researchers-explore-natures-ancient-biomaterials/

Utah State University - Department of Biology Utah State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The School of Graduate Studies at Utah State University

03/10/2021

Using natural and transgenic silkworm silk, USU biologists Justin Jones, Thomas Harris and Xiaoli Zhang, with colleagues from the USU College of Engineering, developed model muscle tissue. In ACS Publications Biomaterials Science and Engineering: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00987

08/06/2020

Dr. Jones is giving a virtual talk for the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter this evening at 6:30. If you are interested in hearing about the lab and our research please join us!

Learn about spider silk research with USU professor and researcher, Dr. Justin Jones.

09/23/2019

Cutting-edge Aggie research toward commercial-scale production of synthetic spider silk highlighted in national broadcast premiere of visionary developments in science.

07/18/2019

Utah State University’s Synthetic Spider Silk Labratory is using CRISPR technology to edit the DNA of silkworms in order to increase the strength and

07/13/2019

Zhang, Xia, Day, Harris, Oliveira, Lewis and Jones publish in 'Biomacromolecules'