Saturday |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Polymer Synthesis and Characterization |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Nguyen (Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, USA) |
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | C. Adrian Figg (University of Florida, USA) "Polymerization-Induced Thermal Self-Assembly (PITSA)" |
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm | Discussion |
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm | Weiyu Wang (University of Tennessee, USA) "50 °C Improvement of Upper Service Temperature of Thermoplastic Elastomers by Using Polymers Based on Benzofulvene" |
4:20 pm - 4:25 pm | Discussion |
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | General Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Electronic and Ionic Polymers and Their Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Weiyu Wang (University of Tennessee, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Damia Mawad (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "Conjugated Polymers: From Synthesis to Biomedical Applications" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Gregory Su (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "Polymer Side Chain Modification Alters Phase Separation in Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Polymer Blends for Organic Memory" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Jessica Freyer (Columbia University, USA) "The Evolution of Cyclopropenium Cations into Functional Polyelectrolytes" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Lisa Kozycz (University of Toronto, Canada) "One Donor-Two Acceptor Random Terpolymers Containing Perylene Diimide, Naphthalene Diimide and Carbazole Units" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Stimulus Responsive Polymers / Macromolecules for Targeted Drug Delivery |
| Discussion Leader: Liang Gong (University of Delaware, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Jeroen Appel (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) "Temperature Controlled Sequential Gelation in Composite Microgel Suspensions" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Michael Larsen (University of Washington, USA) "Development of Flex Activated Mechanophores: Small Molecule Release and Successive Activation" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Jessie Sun (University of Delaware, USA) "Controlled Long-Term Delivery of a Chemotherapeutic from Peptidic Self-Assembling Hydrogel" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Tsukasa Mizuhara (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) "Acylsulfonamide-Functionalized Zwitterionic Gold Nanoparticles for Enhanced Cellular Uptake and Cytotoxicity at Tumor pH" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | 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 | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Going Beyond the Lab: Startups and Spin-Offs |
| Discussion Leader: Roddel Remy (University of Delaware, USA) |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
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- Alfred Crosby (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
- John Rabolt (University of Delaware, USA)
- Kathryn Uhrich (Rutgers University, USA)
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |