SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Polyelectrolyte Theory |
| Discussion Leader: Marshall Fixman (Colorado State University) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Andrey Dobrynin (University of Connecticut)
"Comments on electrostatic persistence length" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Michael Rubinstein (University of North Carolina)
"Electrostatic interactions in polyelectrolyte solutions" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Colloid Assembly |
| Discussion Leader: John Walz (Virginia Tech) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Michael Solomon (University of Michigan)
"Assembly and dynamics of anisotropic colloids" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Darrell Velegol (Penn State University)
"Colloidal fabrication using site-specific interparticle forces" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Steve Foulger (Clemson University)
"Chromatic materials through colloidal self-assembly" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Surfactant Structures |
| Discussion Leader: Phil Sullivan (Schlumberger) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Paul Callaghan (Victoria University of Wellington)
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance insights on deformational flow in complex fluids" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Suzanne Fielding (University of Manchester)
"Modelling complex dynamics of shear banded flows" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Polyelectrolyte Complexes and Overcharging |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Dubin (University of Massachusetts) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Boris Shklovskii (University of Minnesota)
"Charge inversion of DNA by polycations and self assembly of viruses" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Serge Lemay (Delft University of Technology)
"Condensation and charge inversion of DNA induced by multivalent ions" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Manfred Schmidt (University of Mainz)
"Complex formation between DNA and shape persistent polycations of different chain topology" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Protein Adsorption |
| Discussion Leader: Maria Santore (University of Massachusetts) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Erwin Vogler (Penn State University)
"Controlling the role of water in protein adsorption to surfaces" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Igal Szleifer (Northwestern University)
"Protein adsorption on polymer modified surfaces" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Novel Macromolecules |
| Discussion Leader: Patrick Warren (Unilever) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Lynn Loo (Princeton University)
"Engineering conductive polyaniline-polymer acid complexes for organic thin-film electronics" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Julia Kornfield (CalTech)
"Self-assembled liquid crystalline gels designed from the bottom up" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Nick Abbott (University of Wisconsin)
"Ordering transitions in liquid crystals coupled to colloidal and macromolecular self-assembly" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Colloidal Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Ravi Sharma (Bausch & Lomb) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Jan Vermant (Katholieke University Leuven)
"Rheology and microstructure in aggregated 2D suspensions" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Eric Furst (University of Delaware)
"Active microrheology of colloidal suspensions" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biological Self-Assembled Complexes |
| Discussion Leader: Phil Pincus (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Kate Stebe (Johns Hopkins University)
"Spontaneous ordering of colloidal particles on patterned surfaces" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Federico Bordi (University of Rome)
"Polyelectrolyte oppositely-charged liposome complexes: theory and possible applications" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Kyle Vanderlick (Yale University)
"Using physical and biological interactions to assemble lipid vesicles" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Future Trends |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
8:00 pm - 8:50 pm | Hyuk Yu (University of Wisconsin) |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |