The present invention provides, in various embodiments, electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) having surface exposed peptides that confer additional sensing capabilities and/or enhance binding to other materials, as well as fusion proteins and methods for making such nanowires. The present invention also provides sensor devices comprising the nanowires.

The present invention provides capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes identified using NMR. The present invention further provides polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which capsular polysaccharides from one or more of these serotypes are conjugated to a carrier protein such as CRM197. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates from one or more of these serotypes may be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines having polysaccharides from multiple additional Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes.

The present invention provides capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes identified using NMR The present invention further provides polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which capsular polysaccharides from one or more of these serotypes are conjugated to a carrier protein such as CRM197. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates from one or more of these serotypes may be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines having polysaccharides from multiple additional Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes.

An electronic device element is described which is flexible, bendable or twistable without substantial degradation in optical or electrical properties. The electronic device element includes an optically transparent film constructed of a recombinant re-silin-CBD protein bound to cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). The recombinant resilin-CBD protein includes a Clostridium-derived cellulose-binding domain fused to resilin. The electronic device element may be a flexible display or flexible electronics element.

A skin-substitute is constructed by homogenizing an acellular dermal tissue matrix into a slurry, pouring the slurry into a mold, and lyophilizing the slurry.

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for directed to synthetic block copolymer proteins, expression constructs for their secretion, recombinant microorganisms for their production, and synthetic fibers (including advantageously, microfibers) comprising these proteins that recapitulate many properties of natural silk. The recombinant microorganisms can be used for the commercial production of silk-like fibers.

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for directed to synthetic block copolymer proteins, expression constructs for their secretion, recombinant microorganisms for their production, and synthetic fibers (including advantageously, microfibers) comprising these proteins that recapitulate many properties of natural silk. The recombinant microorganisms can be used for the commercial production of silk-like fibers.

Binders to produce or promote cohesion in non-assembled or loosely assembled matter.

Binders to produce or promote cohesion in non-assembled or loosely assembled matter.

A process for producing a thermoplastic material for use as powder or slurry for further processing such as injection molding or coating, comprising the steps of mixing a biomass containing prolamins, such as a grain source or a water insoluble fraction of a grain, having prolamins and lipids, and an organic solvent to obtain undissolved components and dissolved components comprising dissolved prolamin, lipids and other dissolved components, extracting the dissolved components into a first liquid and extracting undissolved components in a first solid under the specific conditions. separating the first solid from the first liquid, recovering the thermoplastic material from the first liquid as powder by removing organic solvent under the conditions of maintaining temperature of the prolamins below 80° C., preferably below 75° C., maintaining a dielectric constant εr between 30 and 42 at 25° C., and maintaining a pressure level at below 2 bar.