Cheryl Hayashi
Senior vice president and provost of science at the American Museum of Natural History and a spider-silk biologist known for research on spider silk diversity, structure, and function.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 19min
Harnessing the superpowers of silk
Fiorenzo Omenetto, a biomedical engineer who turns silk into sensors and vaccine tools, and Cheryl Hayashi, a spider-silk biologist who studies how spiders spin and use multiple silk types. They explore silk’s many functions, from ballooning and underwater tricks to tough, programmable biomaterials. The conversation ranges from spider weaving choreography to engineering silk for diagnostics and preservation.
