 • Kim Kraig Thompson invented the protein expression platform in 2002, which would become the basis for Kraig Lab’s work with spider silk.• Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. was then founded by Kim Thompson in April 2006 to develop and commercialize spider silks and other high performance polymers gene and sequences using platform technology in combination with genetic engineering concepts personally developed by Kim Thompson.Kraig Labs has successfully created numerous (approximately 20 by 2010) transgenic silkworm variants expressing different properties derived from the spider silk proteins.