{"id":4751,"date":"2021-03-31T17:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2022-10-07T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:39:52","slug":"silk-properties-of-spider-egg-sacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/2021\/03\/31\/silk-properties-of-spider-egg-sacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Silk properties of spider egg sacs"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[Past Projects]<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Dr. Todd Blackledge and Kate Karkosiak<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n \t<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"449\" class=\"wp-image-3667\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3667\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/?attachment_id=3667#main\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig1.jpg?resize=300,199 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3687\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig-2-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3687\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/home\/silk-properties-of-spider-egg-sacs\/fig-2\/#main\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSpiders\u2019 egg sacs are made up of multiple types of spider silk and offer protection to developing embryos and spiderlings. Egg sacs exhibit extreme diversity across species in shape, color, texture, and placement, and little is currently known about the importance of these variations for appropriate spider development.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI am interested in studying the effect of egg sac variations on the insulative properties, permeability, and other protective mechanisms of egg sac silk barriers related to their environmental or predatory threats.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"619\" class=\"wp-image-3675\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig3-1.jpg 826w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig3-1.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1447\/2021\/03\/fig3-1.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSkills you will acquire:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKnowledge about spider biology\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nKnowledge about spider silk\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nField experience\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nResearch experience\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nScientific reading\/writing\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackledgelab.com\">Click here for more information about Dr. Blackledge&#8217;s research.<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Past Projects] Dr. Todd Blackledge and Kate Karkosiak Spiders\u2019 egg sacs are made up of multiple types of spider silk and offer protection to developing embryos and spiderlings. Egg sacs exhibit extreme diversity across species in shape, color, texture, and placement, and little is currently known about the importance of these variations for appropriate spider &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/2021\/03\/31\/silk-properties-of-spider-egg-sacs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Silk properties of spider egg sacs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4695,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125789],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4752,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions\/4752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tiered-mentoring\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}