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
Keynote Session: Pushing the Limits of Bio-Imaging with UCNPs
Discussion Leader: Yung Doug SUH (UNIST (Ulsan National Inst. of Sci. and Tech.), South Korea)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
Xiaogang Liu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Photon Conversion Nanocrystals: Transforming Imaging and Assistive Technology"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Andries Meijerink (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Making sense of sensing with UCNPs"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hybrid Upconverters
Discussion Leader: Maria Gonzalez-Bejar (University of Valencia, Spain)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Rebecca Abergel (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Photosensitization of Chelator-Decorated Organo-Lanthanide and Organo-Actinide Nanocrystal Hybrids"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Dan Congreve (Stanford University, United States)
"Volumetric 3D Printing Enabled by Upconversion Nanomaterials"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Niko Hildebrandt (Université de Rouen Normandie, France)
"UCNPs for FRET: Design, Modeling, and Biosensing"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Fiorenzo Vetrone (INRS, Université du Québec, Canada)
"Upconverting Nanoparticles: Exploiting Their Unique Luminescence Properties for Theranostics"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Rebecca Abergel (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Nanoscale Heating, Cooling and Thermometry
Discussion Leader: Damien Hudry (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Eva Hemmer (University of Ottawa, Canada)
"Exploring the Optical Features of Lanthanides: Potential and Challenges in Thermal Sensing"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Peter Pauzauskie (U. Washington, United States)
"Solid-State Laser Cooling of Nanoscale Materials Through Luminescence Upconversion"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Andrea Pickel (University of Rochester, United States)
"UCNP Thermometry Beyond the Diffraction Limit"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Synthesis, Functionalization, and Application-Driven Design
Discussion Leader: Emory Chan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Christopher Murray (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Multi-Scale Assembly of Shape-Controlled Monodisperse Lanthanide Nanocrystals for Photonics and Plasmonics by Co-Optimizing Synthesis and Multi-Component Directed Self-Assembly"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Gang Han (University of Massachusetts-Medical Chan School, United States)
"See the Unseen using Upconverting Nanoparticles"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Damien Hudry (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Atomic Scale Organization of Rare-Earth Based Core-Shell Nanocrystals: What if we have been all Wrong?"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Upconverting Nano and Microphotonics
Discussion Leader: Kees (J.C.) Hummelen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Reuven Gordon (University of Victoria, Canada)
"Nanoaperture Optical Trapping and Attachment of Erbium Containing Nanocrystals: Towards Single Photon Sources"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Guanying Chen (Harbin Insitute of Technology, China)
"Sub-50 nm Upconverting Nanoparticles with Absolute Luminescence Quantum Yields Beyond Micometerscale Bulk Crystals"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Daniel Jaque García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
"Exploring Single Upconverting Nanoparticle by Optical Tweezers"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
UCNP Sensing, Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Discussion Leader: Bruce Cohen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Hans H. Gorris (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
"UCNPs for Single-Molecule Sensing - a Promise of Ultrasensitivity"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Sam Peng (MIT/Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, United States)
"Long-Term Tracking of Single Cargos Reveals Dynein Motor Mechanisms"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
John Capobianco (Concordia University, Canada)
"Upconversion: Velocimetry, MOF and Co-crystals Assemblies"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Julia Perez-Prieto (Universitat de Valencia, Spain)
"Glutathione-Capped Gold Nanoclusters on Lanthanide Nanoparticles for Dual Mode Luminescence"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Bio and Superresolution Imaging
Discussion Leader: Eva Hemmer (University of Ottawa, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Jennifer Dionne (Stanford University, United States)
"The Bright Side of the Force: Upconverting Nanogauges for In-Vivo Mechanical Force Sensing"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Yong Il Park (Chonnam National University, South Korea)
"Bioimaging with Upconverting Nanoparticles"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Bruce Cohen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"The Evolution of Inorganic Nanoparticles for Bioimaging"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General 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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Energy Transfer Enhancement, Avalanching, and Superfluorescence
Discussion Leader: Stanley May (University of South Dakota, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Emory Chan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Encoding Extreme Nonlinearity into Energy Looping and Photon Avalanching Nanoparticles"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Mary Berry (University of South Dakota, United States)
"Mathematical Models of Upconversion Dynamics in NaYF4:Yb,Er"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Shuang Lim (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Room Temperature Single Nanocrystal Anti-Stokes Shifted Superfluorescence"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Won Park (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Photonic Engineering of Upconversion for Biomedical Applications"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Keynote Session: Future Directions and Visions
Discussion Leader: Yung Doug SUH (UNIST (Ulsan National Inst. of Sci. and Tech.), South Korea)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Artur Bednarkiewicz (Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
"Novel Features and Applications of the Photon Avalanche Phenomenon"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Dayong Jin (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
"The Eight Promising Properties of Highly Doped Upconversion Nanosystems"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure