Sunday
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4:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Building with Structured Fluids
Discussion Leader: Ajay Gopinathan (University of California, Merced, USA)
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7:40 pm - 8:20 pm |
Nicholas Abbott (Cornell University, USA)
"Liquid Crystalline Materials that Self-Report and Self-Regulate Their Interaction with Living Systems"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm |
Discussion
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8:35 pm - 9:15 pm |
Ivan Smalyukh (University of Colorado, USA)
"Collective Dynamics of Topological Solitons"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Responsive Materials
Discussion Leader: Eleni Katifori (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Dirk Broer (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Skin-Like Liquid Crystal Coatings Adapt Shape and Secrete Fluids"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Designing Active Systems with Specified Functionality"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Francesc Sagues (University of Barcelona, Spain)
"Active Nematics: An Admirably Responsive Material"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Linda Hirst (University of California, Merced, USA)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: Christian Santangelo (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:10 pm |
Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle (Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center, CUNY, USA)
"Liquid Phase Separation and Disordered Proteins"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:10 pm |
Daniela Kraft (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Reconfigurable Colloidal Structures"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Taming Active Matter
Discussion Leader: Guillaume Duclos (Brandeis Univiersity, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Patrick Oakes (University of Rochester, USA)
"Reorganization of the Cytoskeleton in Response to Mechanical Cues"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Masaki Sano (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Extracting Dynamics from Data in Active Matter: Force and Tissue Dynamics"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Anupam Sengupta (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
"Of Simple Microbes and Simpler Cues: Lessons on Emergence from Natural Microbial Populations"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Soft Robots
Discussion Leader: Julia Yeomans (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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7:30 pm - 8:10 pm |
Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
"Wireless Robotic Materials"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:10 pm |
John Rogers (Northwestern University, USA)
"Multifunctional 3D Materials Systems by Mechanically Guided Self-Assembly"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Structuring Surfaces
Discussion Leader: Ryan McGorty (University of San Diego, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Michael De Volder (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Hierarchical Carbon Nanotube Structures"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Jennifer Lewis (Harvard University, USA)
"Digital Assembly of Active Soft Matter"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Doris Vollmer (Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
"Flow over Lubricant Impregnated Surfaces: Failure and Replenishing"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Early-Career Investigator Presentations
Discussion Leader: Nicholas Tito (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Ximin He (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Artificial Phototropism: Biomimetic Omnidirectional Light Tracking and Harvesting"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Sebastian Fürthauer (Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, USA)
"Actively Crosslinked Microtubule Networks: Mechanics, Dynamics and Filament Sliding"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Pau Guillamat (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
"Spiral and Aster Defects in Monolayers of Cells Under Confinement"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:20 pm |
Shannon Moran (University of Michigan, USA)
"Particle Anisotropy Tunes Emergent Behavior in Active Colloidal Systems"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
The Cellular Machine
Discussion Leader: Tyler Shendruk (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
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9:00 am - 9:40 am |
Giorgio Volpe (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Disorder-Mediated Self-Organization of Soft Active Matter Systems"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:10 am |
Manu Prakash (Stanford University, USA)
"The Wonderland of Living Soft Matter"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Peer Fischer (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
"Synthetic Active Matter and Chemical Swimmers: From Molecules to Materials"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Using Novel Materials
Discussion Leader: Linda Hirst (University of California, Merced, USA)
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7:30 pm - 8:10 pm |
Jayanth Kudva (NextGen Aeronautics, Inc., USA)
"Multifunctional Materials and Biomimetic Designs for Shape Changing Aircraft"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 9:10 pm |
Itai Cohen (Cornell University, USA)
"Atomic Origami: A Technology Platform for Nanoscale Machines, Sensors and Robots"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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