Dr. Maryam Ramezaniaghdam

Projects

Recombinant Production of Spider Silk Protein in Moss
Spider silk fibers have fascinating mechanical properties: Their combination of strength and elasticity gives spider silk fibers a toughness no other natural or synthetic fiber can achieve. Spider silk, in contrast to silk of the mulberry silkworm, cannot be harvested through livestock breeding. My aim within this project is the recombinant production of spider silk protein in moss, and its characterization. Such recombinant silk fibers could be used in a variety of novel products.

First supervisor

Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski

Publications in livMatS

• Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors*
  Ramezaniaghdam, M., Bohlender, L., Parsons, L., Hoernstein, S., Decker, E. & Reski, R. (2025). Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors. Plant Cell Rep 44, 103, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-025-03485-y
• Recombinant Spider Silk: Promises and Bottlenecks*
  Ramezaniaghdam, M., Nahdi, N. D., & Reski, R. (2022). Recombinant spider silk: promises and bottlenecks. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 226. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.835637
  
  
  * Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807