Mushroom Revival Podcast Meet Bolt Threads: A Fungal Materials Company
A milestone for mycelium has emerged. Adidas has partnered with Bolt threads, a biomaterials company, to use mycelium in their Stan Smith Mylo Edition shoes. Built with biology, crafted with humanity— Bolt Threads is pioneering the use of fungal materials into industrial commodities, and it's not something their team takes lightly. Today we are joined by the co-founder of Bolt Threads, Dr. David Breslauer, to discuss the philosophy and methodology behind their important contributions and innovative products.
Topics Covered:
- Fundamentals in fungal biotech
- Biomimicry in materials science
- The company history and culture of Bolt Threads
- Engineering yeast to make a spider silk-like protein
- Silk as a base protein for innovative materials
- Emergence of germ theory from silkworm factories
- The industry of biomaterials: how do you scale a material or product to make a real difference?
- Mycelium leather — its performance, sustainability, engineer-ability and aesthetics
- Filamentous fungi in biotech and how it differs from yeasts
Show notes:
Stan Smith Mylo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R__xk0-z7lg
Bolt Threads: https://boltthreads.com/
Mylo: https://www.mylo-unleather.com/
Spider silk mechanics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xossR6eHv3I
Germ theory: https://asm.org/Articles/2019/December/Sick-or-Silk-How-Silkworms-Spun-the-Germ-Theory-of
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