| 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 | Macromolecular Materials for Nano and Biotechnology |
| Discussion Leaders: Samantha McRae (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) and Michael Bartlett (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Corinne Lipscomb (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Poly(vinyl benzoate-b-ethylene oxide-b-vinyl benzoate) (BOB): Combining a degradable and a biocompatible polymer to gain mechanical strength" |
| 4:00 pm - 4:05 pm | Discussion |
| 4:05 pm - 4:20 pm | Denis Cecchin (University of Sheffield)
"Protein stabilization by nanoscopic confinement" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:25 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Synthesis and Self-Assembly at the Nanoscale |
| Discussion Leaders: Hong-Bo Wang (U. Western Ontario) and Samantha McRae (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Katrina Kratz (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"PC-polyolefins: synthesis and assembly" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Xiaojun Wang (University of Tennessee - Knoxville)
"Fluorinated and sulfonated block copolymers: synthesis and self-assembly in aqueous solution" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Hua Lu (University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign)
"NCAs and polypeptides: controlled polymerization chemistry, properties, and applications" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Fei Cheng (Rutgers University)
"Synthesis and self-assembly of luminescent organoboron copolymers" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Polymeric Assembly and Nanocomposites |
| Discussion Leader: Felicia Bokel (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) and Michael Bartlett (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Dian Chen (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics: correlating efficiency and morphology" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Joseph Kao (University of California - Berkeley)
"Assembled nanoparticles in diblock copolymer-based supramolecular thin films in fifteen minutes" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Graeme Cambridge (University of Toronto)
"Star like micellar assemblies of polyferrocenylsilane block copolymers" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Jing Wang (University of Connecticut)
"The cooperativity in self-assembly of polypeptide-grafted brush polymers" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Biologically Relevant Polymer Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Saskia Lindhoud (University of Bath) and Samantha McRae (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Congqi Yan (University of Delaware)
"Injectable solid hydrogel: mechanism of shear-thinning and immediate recovery of injectable β-hairpin peptide hydrogels" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Carla Pegoraro (University of Sheffield)
"Polymersome macromolecule delivery across intact human skin" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |