Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Genetic Blueprint and Biology of Silks
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
"Silk Fiber Metastructures Enable Ballistic Movements and Energy Absorption in Spider's Prey Capture"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Dynamic Evolution of the Spider Silk Toolkit: Genetic Foundations of Remarkable Complexity"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
"Completing the Spidroin Catalogue with Comprehensive Genomics and Proteomics in Araneidae Spiders"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hierarchical Structures of Natural and Artificial Silks
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
"Silk Structures Revealed by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging (SEHI) and X-ray Ptychography"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
"Study on Structural Transition Mechanism from Unoriented A-Helices to Highly Oriented ß-Sheet in Silk Proteins having Polyalanine Sequence Blocks"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:15 am
"How Silk Protein Self-Assembly Shaping the Structural and Material Characteristics of Natural Silk Fibers"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
"Combining Solution NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Develop Dragline Silk Protein Structural Models"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Silk Materials for Quality of Life
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:10 pm
"Silk-Ink for Human Health: A Versatile Platform"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
"Silk Fibers as a Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"Charge Switching in Multilayer Silk Films Allows Controlled Drugs Release for the Treatment of Chronic Otitis Media"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm
"Phase Transitions on the Path to Protein Materials"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"Functionalizing Silk Proteins for Expanded Function"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
"Upgrading Silk Fiber by Expanding the Genetic Code of the Silkworm"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Rational Peptide Design through High-Throughput Screening for Application-Based Biomaterials"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:15 am
"Sustainable Carrier Materials made from Recombinant Spider Silk for Catalytic Water Splitting"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
"Expression of Spider Dragline Silk in Tobacco Confers Drought Tolerance with Minimal Effects on it's Mechanotype"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
"A Tale of Two Proteins: The Interplay of Silk and Tropoelastin"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular and Material Design of Artificial and Recombinant Silks
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
"Spider Silk Fiber Editing Using CRISPR-Cas"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
"Engineering Silk Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"LLPS – Salt Bridging vs Inherent Formation"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm
"Biomimetic Spider Silk: Spinning, Crosslinking, Functionalization and Structural Studies"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advanced Functional Silk-based Materials
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"Photocrosslinkable Silk Fibroin and it's Composites"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
"Unveiling the Nature of Regenerated Silk Fibroin’s Fluorescence Changes Induced by Deformation"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Stability and Functional Performance of Silk Nanoparticles for Oral Drug Delivery"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:15 am
"Silk Meets Cellulose: Bio-Inspired Engineering of Tough Hybrid Films"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
"Functionalizing Recombinant Spider Silk to Support Cell Growth and GPCR Activation"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
"Silk-Based Hydrogels for Sustainable Carbon Capture and Microalgae Bioproducts"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Theory, Simulation, and Database Science of Silk
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
"Sequence-Process-Property Relationships in Silk-Inspired Spun Fibers"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
"Spider Silk Supercontraction: Advancing a Microstructure-Inspired Model through Interpretable Machine Learning"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"Towards a Quality-Evaluated Simulation Databank for Intrinsically Disordered Proteins"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm
"Consequences of Sticker-and-Spacer Protein Models to the Rheology and Flow-Induced-Crystallisation"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Diversity of Structural Protein Materials
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"Nanofibrils — Universal Building Blocks of Silk Materials"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
"Uncovering Allelic Variation in Spidroins of the Silver Garden Spider"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Post-Translational Protein Editing for Functional Protein-Based Biomaterials"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:15 am
""Green" Alternatives for Redissolving Lyophilized Regenerated Silk Fibroin"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
"Expression and Purification of large water-soluble mini-spidroins"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
"Spinning Hierarchically Structured Silk Constructs and Rendering them Electrically Conductive"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Next Generation Silks – Future Perspective and Industrialization
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Advanced Biological Performance Materials for a Sustainable Future"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Manufacturing a Biomimetic Spider Silk Yarn – A Biobased and Recyclable Super Fiber"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm
"From Lab to Market: Industrialization of Structural Protein Materials"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure