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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
- Talk: Spider silk morphology for responsive materials
Materials Research Society Fall meeting, 26 November 2012, Boston, USA
- Talk: How do silks cope with “stress”? Mechanical properties of silks under load
European Materials Science and Engineering Conference, 26 September 2012, Darmstadt, Germany,
- Talk and poster:Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load
Junior Euromat 2012, 23 July 2012, Lausanne, CH
- Talk and poster: Bio-actuation: Mechanisms for supercontraction in Nephila spider silk
Biofuture 2011, 16 November 2011, Ghent, Belgium
- Poster: The quality of silkworm silks: Welfare, behaviour and performance
Thermal Analysis Meeting 2010, Manchester, UK
- Invited talk: Silks bridge between physics and biology
Junior Researchers’ Club, Zoology department, Oxford, 5 May 2012
- Talk: Silks cope with “stress” by tuning their mechanical properties
Animal Behaviour Research Group seminar, Oxford, 26 April 2012
- 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
- 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
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