| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Soft Matter Far From Equilibrium: Physics meets Biology |
| 3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Keynote Lecture: Erich Sackmann (Technische Universität München, Germany)
"Physics of Composite Cell Membranes: Self Organisation and Function of a Multifunctional Biological Machine" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cell as Soft Material |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Keynote Lecture: Timothy J. Mitchison (Harvard Medical School)
"How does a large cell find its center?" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| Discussion Leaders: Silke Henkes (Syracuse University) and Jason Merrill (Yale University) |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Tim Sanchez (Brandeis University)
"In vitro active microtubule bundles mimic biological functionality at multiple levels of organization" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Martin Lenz (University of Chicago)
"F-actin buckling underlies the contraction of non-sarcomeric actomyosin bundles" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Elsen Tjhung (University of Edinburgh, UK)
"Modelling microscopic swimmers in the bulk and in a bag" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Thomas E. Angelini (University of Florida, Gainesville)
"Glass-like dynamics in collective cell migration" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Mechanics and Flow Far From Equilibrium |
| Discussion Leaders: Shengfeng Cheng (Sandia National Laboratories) and Stefanos Papanikolaou (Cornell University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Paul Salipante (Brown University)
"Dynamics of vesicles in electric fields" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Hassan Masoud (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Transport properties of mechanically deformed polymer networks" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Anne Dominique Cambou (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
"Geometry and dynamics of crumpled elastic and plasto-elastic thin sheets" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Claus Heussinger (University of Goettingen, Germany)
"Rheology of particle assemblies close to a jamming transition" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Lisa Manning (Princeton University)
"Structural soft spots control flow in disordered solids" |
| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Kitty van Gruijthuijsen (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
"Depletion-induced gels of charged colloids: Towards or away from equilibrium?" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| 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 | Career Transitions Discussion Panel |
| "How To Successfully Navigate Through Career Transitions", a career panel featuring Erich Sackmann, Timothy J. Mitchison, M. Cristina Marchetti, Jennifer Ross and Aparna Baskaran. Moderated by Alexandra Zidovska. |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Announcement of Poster Winners / Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
