| Saturday |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Session: Translating Biological Mechanisms into Functional Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Ji Liu (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Matthew Tirrell (University of Chicago, USA)
"Mimicking Proteins by Amphiphile Self-Assembly" |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Molecular
Design and Self-Assembly: Materials from the Bottom Up |
| Discussion Leader: Ryan Baumgartner (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Gokce Su Pulcu (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Chemistry in Motion: A Small Step Towards Development of Synthetic Molecular Motors" |
| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Joel Finbloom (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Rotaxane Probes for Applications in Molecular Detection with Xe hyperCEST NMR" |
| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Eric Epstein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Reversible Mechanically Triggered Strengthening, Toughening and Assembly of Materials via Dynamic Molecular Coordination" |
| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Yang Hsia (University of Washington, USA)
"Designing Self-Assmbling Protein Biomaterials: From Building Blocks to Higher-Order Architectures" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | The
Next Generation of Functional Biomaterials |
| Discussion Leader: Gaurav Jain (New York University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | David Lunn (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Exploiting Non-Covalent Interactions in the Synthesis of Functional Materials" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Soraya Caixeiro (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Silk-Based Biocompatible Random Laser" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Federico Lancia (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Bioinspired Strategies to Convert Light into Motion" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Bat-El Pinchasik (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
"Learning from Insects: Bioinspired Approach to Underwater Adhesion, Locomotion and Release from Submerged Surfaces" |
| 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: Faculty Panel Discussion |
| Discussion Leaders: Abigail Knight (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) and Karla-Luise Herpoldt (University of Washington, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Inspired by Biology – Made for Industry: Performing Translational Research on Bioinspired Materials" |
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- Hagan Bayley (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
- Timothy Deming (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
- Niels Holten-Andersen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
- Matthew Tirrell (University of Chicago, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
