Getting Slimed

New grant will fund study on one of the most unique biomaterials known to humankind
New grant to study hagfish slime

Hagfish slime, which has been described as the grossest super-material in existence, might be one of the most unique biomaterials known to humankind — and UNH scientist and assistant professor David Plachetzki has received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Organismal Systems program to study it.