Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Nanomaterial Applications in Food Systems
Discussion Leader: Gopinath Mummaleti (Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Georgia, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Sherry Bansal (University of Florida, United States)
"Assessment of the Implications Agri-Food Nanomaterials on Microbiome Evolution in Food Systems"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Dong Hoon Lee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"SNIFF: Sustainable, Next-Generation Nanozyme Integrated with Optical Sensing System for Agricultural and Food Biomolecule Sensing"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Nanomaterial Applications in Agriculture
Discussion Leader: Drishti . (Deakin University, Australia and TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre, India, India)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Sandeep Sharma (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Nanocarrier Mediated Delivery of Insecticides into Tarsi Enhances Insect Mortality"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm
Xiaoyu Gao (McGill University, Canada)
"Designing Silica-Based Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agriculture"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Jon Habito (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
"Field Evaluation of Nanosulfur to Control Powdery Mildew in Grapevines"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
Marina Youngblood (University of California Riverside, United States)
"DNA Delivery by Virus-Like Nanocarriers in Plant Cells"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Rational Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Nanomaterials
Discussion Leader: Nicola Carrara (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Tessa Faulks (Monash University, Australia)
"Improving Nitrogen use Efficiency (NUE) Through Nanoscale Non-Covalent Urea Derivatives"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Dona Manayath Mary Das (University of Auckland New Zealand, New Zealand)
"From Field to Health: Assessing the Impact of Polymer Nanocarriers used in Agriculture"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Cheng-Hsin Huang (University of Minnesota, United States)
"Designing Ultraporous Mesostructured Silica Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:45 am
Angela Chen (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Plant-Derived Nanovesicles for Nucleic Acid Delivery to Microbial Pathogens for Spray Induced Gene Silencing and Genetic Engineering"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Professional Development Career Panels
Discussion Leader: Joshua Scott (Cornell University, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Exploring Careers in Industry, Academia and Government
Hongda Chen (USDA/NIFA, United States)
Rajni Aneja (Cornell University, United States)
Laura McConnell (Bayer CropScience, United States)
Timothy Duncan (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes