Is Spider-Man Just a Big Gecko?

Article by Simone DiMartino and Tim Huber

How introducing a biomimetic engineering course at the University of Canterbury led to unexpected research on the ‘existence’ of Spider-Man

Article By

Simone DiMartino

Lecturer in chemical engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, University of Edinburgh, UK


Tim Huber

Postdoctoral fellow, Biomolecular Interaction Centre 3, University Of Canterbury, NZ


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