Rangam Rajkhowa

Dr. Rangam Rajkhowa

Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials, Geelong, Australia
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Academic Career Length

26Years (2001-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2013 in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
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BKBanani Kundu
Banani Kundu
Rangam RajkhowaRangam Rajkhowa
Rangam Rajkhowa
Subhas C. KunduSubhas C. Kundu
Subhas C. Kundu
XWXungai Wang
Xungai Wang

14 October 2022 in Science Advances
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KAKazuharu Arakawa
Kazuharu Arakawa
NKNobuaki Kohno
Nobuaki Kohno
AMAli D. Malay
Ali D. Malay
ATAyaka Tateishi
Ayaka Tateishi
NINao Ifuku
Nao Ifuku
KNKeiji Numata
Keiji Numata
Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their diversity still remains elusive, and silks that exceed the performance limits of industrial fibers are constantly being found. We obtained transcriptome assemblies from 1098 species of spiders to comprehensively catalog silk gene sequences and measured the mechanical, thermal, structural, and hydration properties of the dragline silks of 446 species. The combination of these silk protein genotype-phenotype data revealed essential contributions of multicomponent structures with major ampullate spidroin 1 to 3 paralogs in high-performance dragline silks and numerous amino acid motifs contributing to each of the measured properties. We hope that our global sampling, comprehensive testing, integrated analysis, and open data will provide a solid starting point for future biomaterial designs.

9 June 2010 in Macromolecular Bioscience
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Rangam RajkhowaRangam Rajkhowa
Rangam Rajkhowa
EGEun Seok Gil
Eun Seok Gil
JKJonathan Kluge
Jonathan Kluge
KNKeiji Numata
Keiji Numata
LWLijing Wang
Lijing Wang
DKDavid Kaplan
David Kaplan

1 August 2013 in Materials & Design (1980-2015)
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Jin ZhangJin Zhang
Jin Zhang
Rangam RajkhowaRangam Rajkhowa
Rangam Rajkhowa
Jingliang LiJingliang Li
Jingliang Li
XLX.Y. Liu
X.Y. Liu
XWX.G. Wang
X.G. Wang

20 July 2018 in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
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JZJun Zhang
Jun Zhang
Benjamin James AllardyceBenjamin James Allardyce
Benjamin James Allardyce
Rangam RajkhowaRangam Rajkhowa
Rangam Rajkhowa
YZYan Zhao
Yan Zhao
RDRodney J. Dilley
Rodney J. Dilley
XLXin Liu
Xin Liu

1 January 2011 in Acta Biomaterialia
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DRDanielle N. Rockwood
Danielle N. Rockwood
EGEun Seok Gil
Eun Seok Gil
SPSang-Hyug Park
Sang-Hyug Park
JKJonathan A. Kluge
Jonathan A. Kluge
WGWarren Grayson
Warren Grayson
DKDavid Kaplan
David Kaplan