Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Constructing and Tuning New Switches and Motors
Discussion Leader: Ani Oezcelik (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Carlijn van Beek (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Bridged-Isoindigo Molecular Motors"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Lan Pham (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Harnessing s-Conjugation for Molecular Silicon-Based Conductance Switches"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Machines in Materials and Confined Spaces
Discussion Leader: Friedrich Stricker (Harvard University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Indu Bala (Dartmouth College, United States)
"Stable Structural Colors Driven by Hydrazone-Based Photoswitchable Dopants"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Manee Patanapongpibul (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Artificial Molecular Motors Probing the Stiffness of Lipid Membranes"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Jesus Guillen (University of California, Santa Barbara', United States)
"From Complex Molecules to Complex Materials: Donor Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts in Liquid Crystal Elastomers"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Soyoung Park (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF Dresden), Germany)
"Zwitterionic Motor: Newly Discovered Driving Force of Nanocar"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Molecular Devices for Application in Translational Medicine
Discussion Leader: Alisa-Maite Kauth (University of Muenster, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Tongil Ko (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Optical Control of Translation"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Simon Axelrod (Harvard University, United States)
"Design of Light-Activated Drugs with Machine Learning and Simulation"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Juan Rodriguez (Columbia University, United States)
"Macroscopic Actuators from Biomolecular Motors"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Toby Johnson (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Exploiting Molecular Length as a Means of Enhancing Control and Selectivity of Anion Relay Transporters"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Nanoscale Machines
Discussion Leader: Robert Hein (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Ray DiNardi (University of New South Wales, Australia)
"Visible-Light Addressable Coordination Cages"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Xuesong Li (Northwestern University, United States)
"Fluorescence Modulation by Redox Molecular Pumping"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes