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Juan Guan : Publications

 

2013 Guan, J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Thermally Induced Changes in Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Native Silks. Biomacromolecules, 14 (3): 930-937 access

2013 Porter, D., Guan, J. & Vollrath, F. - Spider Silk: super material or thin fibre? Advanced Materials, 25 (9): 1275-1279 access

 

2012 Guan, J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, V. - Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load. Polymer, 53 (13): 2717–2726 access

 

2011 Guan, J., Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction in Nephila Spider Dragline Silk. Biomacromolecules, 12 (11): 4030–4035 access

 

2010 Guan, J., Porter, D., Tian, K., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen, X. - Morphology and mechanical properties of soy protein scaffolds made by directional freezing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 118 (3): 1658–1665 access

2010 Jiang, X.R., Guan, J., Chen, X. & Shao, Z.Z. - The Preparation of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Directional Scaffolds. Acta Chimica Sinica,, 68 (18): 141-146 access

 

2009 Guan, J., Xu, H.X., Huang, Y.F., Tian, K., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen, X. - Natural Polymer Electroactive Hydrogel-Soybean Protein/ Carboxymethylchitosan System. Acta Chimica Sinica, 68 (1): 89-94 access

2009 Guan, J., Tian, K., Yao, J.R., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen X. - Preparation of High Molecular Weight Soy Protein Aqueous Solution And Separation of Its main Components. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2: 250-254 access

 

2008 Tian, K., Guan, J., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen, X. - Structural and functional study of soybean protein isolation. Progress in Chemistry, 20 (4): 565-573 access

 

Awards

  • 1st place poster prize “How do silks cope with stress?” (1st of 300 through intensive competition), Junior Euromat in Lausanne CH, July 2012
  • 1st place poster prize “The quality of silkworm silks: welfare, behaviour and performance”, Thermal Analysis meeting in Manchester UK, November 2010
  • Green Templeton College Competitive conference fund judged on merit of research (Green Templeton College, September 2012)
  • Green Templeton College learning grants (November 2011 and September 2012)
  • University graduate training fund (through the Department of Zoology, Oxford, July 2012)
  • Chinese Ministry of Education – University of Oxford Scholarship (5 offers in 2009)
  • Screenwriter and director of the winning drama <Qu Yuan> at 2004 annual competition of the best class in Tianjin university

Conferences: Talks and Posters

  1. Talk: Silk quality revealed using Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA)
    6th BACSA International Conference: Building Value Chains in Sericulture, 7 April 2013, Padua, Italy
  2. Talk: Spider silk morphology for responsive materials
    Materials Research Society Fall meeting, 26 November 2012, Boston, USA
  3. Talk: How do silks cope with “stress”? Mechanical properties of silks under load
    European Materials Science and Engineering Conference, 26 September 2012, Darmstadt, Germany,
  4. Talk and poster:Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load
    Junior Euromat 2012, 23 July 2012, Lausanne, CH
  5. Talk and poster: Bio-actuation: Mechanisms for supercontraction in Nephila spider silk
    Biofuture 2011, 16 November 2011, Ghent, Belgium
  6. Poster: The quality of silkworm silks: Welfare, behaviour and performance
    Thermal Analysis Meeting 2010, Manchester, UK
  7. Invited talk: Silks bridge between physics and biology
    Junior Researchers’ Club, Zoology department, Oxford, 5 May 2012
  8. Talk: Silks cope with “stress” by tuning their mechanical properties
    Animal Behaviour Research Group seminar, Oxford, 26 April 2012
  9. Talk: Two mechanisms for supercontraction in Nephila spider dragline silk
    Oxford Silk Group meeting for Air Force Office of Scientific Research (USA) lab visit, July 2011
  10. Presentation: ‘Spinning a good yarn’
    Green Templeton College Student Presentations, Oxford, June 2011

Media and Science Engagements

  • Help with filming of TV programmmes in our laboratory, including National Geographic, BBC, Teachers Channel, Dubai TV, Canadian TV
  • Assistant at Human Welfare Conference 2010 at Oxford university (Green Templeton College) and MRS Fall 2012, Boston USA

Other Qualifications and Training

  • English level: IELTS (Internatinal English Language Testing System) 8.0
  • TA Instrument training course on Operation and Data Interpretation of DMA Instrumentation
  • Oxford IT Learning Programme: Excel-Arrays, macros and VBA
  • Oxford IT Learning Programme: Database-Design essentials
  • Oxford IT Learning Programme: Statistics Introduction
  • First Aid Course by George Fell with Oxford University Walking Club

 

 
Recent News

November 2019

Prof. Fritz Vollrath and colleagues from the Fudan University in China are widely covered in the news for their discovery of a means to produce fake Rhino horns using horse hair. Hopes are that this product may undermine the illegal market for rhino horn, and demistify the properties of rhino horn. View Here

 

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