About the Authors

Sushmita Saha

Affiliation Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Banani Kundu

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Jennifer Kirkham

Affiliation Biomineralisation Group, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

David Wood

Affiliation Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Subhas C. Kundu

x.b.yang@leeds.ac.uk (XBY); kundu@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in (SCK)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Xuebin B. Yang

x.b.yang@leeds.ac.uk (XBY); kundu@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in (SCK)

Affiliation Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XBY SK SS. Performed the experiments: SS XBY BK. Analyzed the data: SS XBY BK SCK JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK SCK. Wrote the paper: SS XBY BK SCK JK DW. In vivo experiments: SS XBY. Sample assessment: SS. Design and fabrication of silk scaffolds: BK SCK.