| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Fundamentals of Self-assembly |
| 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Samuel Stupp (Northwestern)
"Introduction" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Jean-Marie Lehn (U. Strasbourg)
"Encoded Supramolecular Self-Assembly Processes" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Ada Yonath (Weizmann)
"The Ribosome: A Self-Assembly Supramolecular Bonding Apparatus, Originated in the Prebiotic Era?" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nanomaterials |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Bartosz Grzybowski (Northwestern)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Chad Mirkin (Northwestern)
"Nucleic Acid-Modified Nanostructures as Programmable Atom Equivalents: Forging a New Periodic Table"
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| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 am - 11:15 am | Nick Kotov (U. Michigan)
"Biomimetic Self-Organization of Nanoparticles"
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Chris Murray (U. Pennsylvania)
"Directed Self-assembly of Nanocrystal Based Periodic and Aperiodic Metamaterials"
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| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Small molecule assembly |
| 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Takuzo Aida (U. Tokyo)
"Introduction" |
| 5:40 pm - 6:20 pm | Colin Nuckolls (Columbia)
"From Molecules to Materials"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:35 pm | Discussion |
| 6:35 pm - 7:15 pm | Makoto Fujita (U. Tokyo)
"Emergent Self-assembly of Giant Coordination Polyhedra"
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| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Self-assembly of peptides, lipids / Supramolecules |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Joerg Lahann (U. Michigan)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Jeff Hartgerink (Rice)
"Design and Self-assembly of Collagen like Triple Helices and Nanofibrous Hydrogels"
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| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 am - 11:15 am | Dave Thompson (Purdue)
"Controlled Assembly & Disassembly of Bioresponsive Carriers for Nucleic Acid Delivery"
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Ian Hamley (U. of Reading)
"Self-Assembled Peptide Nanostructures"
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| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Macromolecular Self-assembly |
| 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Colin Nuckolls (Columbia)
"Introduction" |
| 5:40 pm - 6:10 pm | Matt Francis (Berkeley)
"Using Self-Assembling Proteins to Build Complex, Multifunctional Materials" |
| 6:10 pm - 6:15 pm | Discussion |
| 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm | Bert Meijer (Eindhoven)
"Consequences of cooperativity in self-assembly processes" |
| 6:45 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
| 6:50 pm - 7:20 pm | Xi Zhang (Tsinghua)
"Supra-amphiphiles for Controlled Self-assembly and Disassembly" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Colloids |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Sharon Glotzer (U. Michigan)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | David Weitz (Harvard)
"Droplet Templated Self-assembly of New Structures"
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| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 am - 11:15 am | David Pine (NYU)
"Colloids with Directional Interaction" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Monica Olvera (Northwestern)
"The Role of Electrolytes in the Assembly of Colloids"
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| 12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Biomaterials |
| 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Sam Stupp (Northwestern)
"Introduction" |
| 5:40 pm - 6:20 pm | Cyrus Safinya (UCSB)
"Directed Assembly in Biological Systems"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:35 pm | Discussion |
| 6:35 pm - 7:15 pm | Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard)
"Responsive, Self-regulated Systems: From Molecules to Devices"
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| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Structural and functional DNA nanotechnology |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Francesco Stellacci (EPFL)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Ned Seeman (NYU)
"Using DNA to Gain Nanoscale Control of 3D Macroscopic Structure"
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| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 am - 11:15 am | William Shih (Harvard)
"Self-assembled DNA-nanostructure Tools for Molecular Biophysics and Therapeutics"
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Emerging Leaders Session |
| (speakers selected from poster sessions) |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Yoshimitsu Itoh (The University of Tokyo) |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Adam Urbach (Trinity University) |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Rafal Klajn (Weizmann Institute of Science) |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Daphne Klotsa (University of Michigan) |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Active matter |
| 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Monica Olvera (Northwestern)
"Introduction" |
| 5:40 pm - 6:20 pm | Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse)
"Phase Separation and Assembly in Active Systems"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:35 pm | Discussion |
| 6:35 pm - 7:15 pm | Kyle Bishop (Penn State)
"Electrostatic Charge Shuttles as Efficient Microscopic Motors"
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| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |