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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Dynamics of Fiber Networks
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"The Effect of Compressive Stresses on the Mechanical Properties of Fibrous Networks"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Mechanical Phase Transitions and Elastic Anomalies in Fiber Gels"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Twisted Topological Tangles: Or the Knot Theory of Knitting"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"From Particles to Parts: Building Shape-Shifting Robots with Programmable Composites"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Growing Droplets in Gels"
12:10 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
Fluctuations in and out of Equilibrium Systems
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Unraveling the Dynamics of Soft Living Systems: What Can Noisy Trajectories Teach Us?"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"On Growth and Form of Microorganisms on Liquid Substrates"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biological Tissues as Living Matter
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Molecular and Cellular Dynamics Drive Tissue Development in Drosophila Embryos"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Cell-Like Membranes Are Shaped by Actin Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Mechanical Instabilities in Growing Biological Systems: Wrinkling and Branching"
12:10 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
Topological Excitations in Active Matter
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Hydrodynamics of Topological Defects in Active Nematics"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Statistical Physics and Biological Mechanics
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Moving Through Intracellular Phase Space"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Using Light to Shape and Sculpt Cells"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Dynamics of Living Flows"
12:10 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
7:00 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
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Self-Assembly in Soft Matter
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Kinetic Pathways for Colloidal Self Assembly"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Self Assembly of DNA-Coated Colloids"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designer Materials Using Soft Matter
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Single Colloidomer Folding"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Exploiting the Malleability of Disorder to Design Biologically-Inspired Functional Materials"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Colloidal Drops Under Extreme Stress"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"A Colloidal Chiral Fluid: Odd Free Surface Flows and Hall Rheology"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Linker-Mediated Binding of DNA-Grafted Colloids: Separating the Instructions from the Building Blocks"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Buckling and Metastability in 2D Impurity Arrays"
12:25 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
Sustainable Soft Materials
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Enzymatic Polymerization: A New Route to Efficient Biomaterials Design"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Soft Matter and Sustainable Cement"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure