The Biology of Sticky: Adhesive Silk, Fiber, and Glue Biomaterials Across Eukaryota

Day: Wed Jan 6 – 10:15-17:30
Organizer(s): Mercedes Burns and Sarah Stellwagen

Symposium	Author(s)	Title
S8	Burns, M*; Stellwagen, SD	The ties that stick: an introduction to sticky biomaterials
S8	Wolff, JO	Sticky predator-prey interactions: The ecology of adhesive secretions in arachnids
S8	Noel, AC	Characterizing frog tongue stickiness and other reversible adhesive mechanisms
S8	Blackledge, TA*; Alicea, A; Onyak, A; Htut, K; Singla, S; Dhinojwala, A	Viscid spider silk shows robust adhesion on varied natural surfaces
S8	Piorkowski, D	The hidden roles of silk fibers during adhesion in arthropod capture threads
S8	Ayoub, NA*; Friend, K; Hayashi, CY; Opell, BD	Molecular correlates of spider aqueous glue mechanics
S8	Stellwagen, SD*; Burns, M	The genetics of sticky: comparing glue sequences across multicellular eukaryota
S8	Smith, AM	Adhesion with tough gels: inspiration from the sticky defensive secretions of dusky slugs
S8	Kang, V*; Federle, W	It’s a trap! How sticky fluids help carnivorous plants catch insect prey
S8	Yang, S*; Jolly, J; Cho, H; Wu, G; Fortoul, N; He, Z; Gao, Y; Jagota, A	Snail epiphragm inspired intrinsically reversible superglues