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Kraig Promotes biologist amidst success, by Chris Remington
ANN ARBOR – Spider silk-based fibre manufacturer Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has promoted Dr. Trevor Kane to the position of chief scientist in light of its recent success in which it has taken possession of its manufacturing facility in Vietnam and submitted five new provisional patent applications relating to its recombinant spider silks.
Kane’s team is said to be responsible for much of Kraig’s success in creating transgenics at lab level, proving the feasibility of the technology before it’s scaled up for commercialisation. The US firm can rapidly produce genetically engineered spider silk-based fibres in high quantities for apparel integration.
As such, the firm recently partnered with textile innovator Polartec in a collaborative effort that hopes to yield durable military gear with a strength-to-weight ratio only comparable to Kevlar. Kraig has worked with the US army in the past to develop its Dragon Silk and Dragon Silk 2.0 iterations, used to develop ballistic shoot packs with a high level of tensile strength.
Just weeks ago the company submitted five new provisional patent applications for technologies which relate to its recombinant spider silk products. These applications, if successful, will protect the US firm and its proprietary technologies in the creation, screening and production of new recombinant proteins.
“These new powerful transgenics, recently created by Dr. Kane’s team, were designed for broad commercial appeal,” CEO and founder, Kim Thompson said, adding: “Dr. Kane has certainly earned his promotion with the successful development of this new architecture. This next generation technology, developed in our labs, has the potential to radically advance gains in material performance, above and beyond anything we’ve previously produced.”
COO Jon Rice said: “I would like congratulate and commend Dr. Kane and our entire R&D team for their success in developing these breakthrough technologies.”
