SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Photonic crystals |
| Discussion Leader: David Pine (UC Santa Barbara) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | David Norris (University of Minnesota)
"Colloidal Photonic Crystals: How Does Self-Assembly Work?" |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nucleation and growth |
| Discussion Leader: Daan Frenkel (Amsterdam) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Nitash Balsra (UC Berkeley)
"Searching for the Critical Nucleus in Phase Separating Polymer Blends" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Zeng Gang Wang (California Institute of Technology)
"Nucleation in polymer blends and block copolymers" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DNA Assembly |
| Discussion Leader: Dave Weitz (Harvard) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | John Crocker (University of Pennsylvania)
"Programmable Colloidal Self-Assembly with DNA: Interaction Measurements, Anomalous Dynamics and Phase Behavior" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Deborah Fygenson (UC Santa Barbara)
"Designed Nanotube Assembly: Insights & Applications" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Interactions with colloids |
| Discussion Leader: David Pine (UCSB) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Didier Roux (CRPP Bordeaux)
"Interaction between colloidal particles and cells" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Mike Cates (University of Edinburgh)
"The role of capillary forces in colloidal arrest" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Rheology |
| Discussion Leader: Victor Breedveld (Georgia Tech) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Thomas Hu (Unilever)
"Kinetics and mechanism of shear banding in entangled micellar solutions" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Itai Cohen (Harvard)
"The shear excitement of colloidal supensions" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Emulsions |
| Discussion Leader: Didier Roux (CRPP Bordeaux) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Stephan Herminghaus (Max-Planck-Institut Göttingen)
"Complex fluids in confined geometry" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Gary Leal (UC Santa Barbara)
"Flow-induced Coalescence" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Tom Mason (UCLA)
"Formation and Structure of Nanoemulsions" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Polymers |
| Discussion Leader: Nitash Balsara (UC Berkeley) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Victor Breedveld (Georgia Tech)
"Rheology and Structure of Block Copolypeptide Hydrogels" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Helmut Auweter (BASF)
"Polymers at Interfaces: New Insights into Electrosteric Stabilization" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nonequilibrium polymers |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Cates (University of Edinburgh) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Hartmut Löwen (Düsseldorf)
"Phase transitions in colloids and polyelectrolytes: from equilibrium to nonequilibrium" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Marileen Dogterom (Amsterdam)
"Dynamics of the microtubule polymerization motor at near- molecular resolution" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Particle interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Didier Roux (CRPP Bordeaux) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Seth Fraden (Brandeis)
"Colloidal and Granular Rods: Correspondences and Contrasts" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | David Grier (New York University)
"Transforming Mesoscopic Matter with Holographic Optical Tweezers: Pumping, Sorting, and Building" |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |