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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume 3
October 07-08, 2019 | Frankfurt, Germany
Materials Science and Engineering
3rd International Conference on
Mater Sci Nanotechnol, Volume 3
Nature has created many natural protein polymeric
materials suitable for use as fibers – like spider silk. Bolt
Threadshasdevelopedamolecularbiologyplatformtomimic
and/or tune the properties and inherent environmental
compatibility of these materials and manufacture them via
large-scale fermentation. Our platform includes genetic-
level control over the amino acid sequence, allowing us to
fine tune the polymer processing windows and functional
material properties. Today, Bolt Threads is capable of
producing a recombinant spider silk protein at commercial
scale and spin this material into filament and staple yarns.
Bolt Threads filaments exhibit spider silk biomimicry and can
be generated with high consistency and at large volumes.
This first fiber demonstrates the baselined capability of Bolt
Thread’s designer protein polymer pipeline. The mission of
Process Development is to continue to optimize and deploy
scalable, economically viable processes for the production of
the natively-inspired bio-derived materials with sustainability,
performance, and market advantages. This session will
describe our approach used to accelerate the launch of our
first commercial products: 1. A recombinant spider silk protein
which we spin into filament and staple yarns, and 2. MyloTM a
mycelium leather. A little more about
Bolt Threads: Bolt Threads is a vertically integrated company
driven by 100+ dynamic scientists, engineers, artists, and
operations specialists. At Bolt, our endeavors includemolecular
biology and materials science R&D, polymer production,
fiber manufacturing, product development, marketing,
merchandising, and direct to consumer sales. Bolt Threads
operatesdirecttoconsumerthroughBestMadeCo.andpartners
withwell-knownbrandssuchasStellaMcCartneyandPatagonia.
Speaker Biography
Alex Patist has over 20 years of experience in directing new product,
process development, and scale-up in the food, nutraceutical, biochemical
& biofuels industries. Since 2017, he took on the role of VP of Process
Development & Manufacturing at Bolt Threads. Before Bolt, he spent
4 years at Genomatica in San Diego, a leading biotech innovator for the
chemical industry. He has been a catalyst inmainstreaming a whole process
approach to deliver economic advantaged bioprocesses. Previously, he was
at Cargill R&D in Minneapolis. During his tenure as Director of Technology
he worked withmajor partners such as Pepsico, Coke and Kraft taking ideas
from concept to realization (for example the high intensity sweetener
Truvia®). Originally from the Netherlands, he has a BS from Hogeschool
Utrecht, MS from TU Eindhoven and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida,
all in Chemical Engineering.
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Alex Patist
Bolt Threads, USA
Better materials for a better world: Silk without spiders and leather
without cows