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
From Small Molecules to Complex Tasks
Discussion Leader: James Cooper (University of Reading, United Kingdom)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
Nathalie Katsonis (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Mechanochemistry of Molecular Machines"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Javier Read de Alaniz (UC Santa Barbara, United States)
"Lessons Learned Trying to Tame the Complexity of DASA: From Molecules to Devices"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Early-Career Investigator Presentations
Discussion Leader: Angelique Y. Louie (University of California, Davis, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
Olalla Vázquez (University of Marburg, Germany)
"Light, Molecule, Action! Optochemical Tools for Interrogating Biological Processes"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Pengju Shi (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Photo-Responsive Soft Materials for Solar Oscillators and Soft Machines"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
Lauren Zarzar (The Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Chemically-Fueled Motion and Organization of Droplets"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:45 am
Julia Kalow (Northwestern University, United States)
"Photoswitchable Dynamic Covalent Bonds for Reversibly Photocontrolled Soft Materials"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:20 pm
Grace Han (Brandeis University, United States)
"Designing Organic Photoswitches for Optically-Controlled Phase Transitions and a Sustainable Future"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
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 Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ 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: Natia Frank (University of Nevada Reno, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Switches and Motors at Surfaces
Discussion Leader: Leonhard Grill (University of Graz, Austria)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Leo Gross (IBM Research - Zurich, Switzerland)
"Controlling and Resolving Chemical Reactions, Electronic Configuration, and Charge States in Single Molecules by Atomic Force Microscopy"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Paul S. Weiss (UCLA, United States)
"Understanding Conduction, Motion, Heat, and Spin in Molecules and Interfaces"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designing Molecular Switches
Discussion Leader: Henry Dube (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Ivan Aprahamian (Dartmouth College, United States)
"Hydrazone-Based Switches and Functional Materials"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Matthew Fuchter (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"New Approaches for the Discovery of Photopharmacological Agents"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Steven Lopez (Northeastern University, United States)
"Discovering and Understanding Photoswitching Mechanisms with Computations and Machine Learning"
12:15 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
Switches, Motors and Their Environment
Discussion Leader: Henry Hess (Columbia University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Nobuyuki Tamaoki (Hokkaido University, Japan)
"Phenylazothiazoles as Visible-Light Photoswitches"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Pance Naumov (New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
"From Molecular Motion to Macroscopic Actuation"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Taking Molecular Switches and Motors from and to Biology
Discussion Leader: Laura Na Liu (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Davita Watkins (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Self-Assembling pH-Responsive Block Copolymers as Nanocarriers for NIR-Emissive Fluorophores"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Friedrich Simmel (TU Munich, Germany)
"Nucleic Acid Based Molecular Switches: Applications in Nanorobotics and Synthetic Biology"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Rebecca Schulman (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"From molecular switches to switchboards and circuits with nucleic acids"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Stefan Raunser (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany)
"Structural Insights into Muscle Biomechanics and Bacterial Injection Machines"
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
Topological Molecular Switches
Discussion Leader: Michael Kathan (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Steve Goldup (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
"Mechanical Stereochemistry and Controlled Molecular Motion"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Rainer Herges (University of Kiel, Germany)
"Molecular Flip Flops: Optical Switching Without Photochrome"
9:15 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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Soft Materials and Robotics
Discussion Leader: Jennifer Lu (UC Merced, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Natia Frank (University of Nevada Reno, United States)
"Optical-Gating of Spin-based Quantum States for QISE"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Arri Priimägi (Tampere University, Finland)
"From Scientific Curiosity to Prospective Business: A Case Study on Azobenzene-Based Humidity Sensing"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Rebecca Taylor (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
"Molecular Machines and Responsive Microswimming Robots Using Structural DNA Nanotechnology"
12:15 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
Last Night of Molecules in Action
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Sessler (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Rafal Klajn (ISTA, Austria)
"Sensitized Disequilibration of Azo Switches"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Cassidy Tobin (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Photo Responsive Control of Protein Complex Size Via Electrostatic Self-Assembly"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Taryn Imamura (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
"Fabrication And Characterization of Polycarbonate Substrates for High Yield Assembly of Multicomponent Biohybrid Microrobots"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Stefanie Pritzl (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Optical Control of Membranes Enabled by Photo lipids"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Alexander Sailer (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Pyrrole Hemithioindigo Antimitotics with Near-Quantitative Bidirectional Photo switching Photocontrol Cellular Microtubule Dynamics with Single-Cell Precision"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure