Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Building with Structured Fluids
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Liquid Crystalline Materials that Self-Report and Self-Regulate Their Interaction with Living Systems"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Collective Dynamics of Topological Solitons"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Skin-Like Liquid Crystal Coatings Adapt Shape and Secrete Fluids"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Designing Active Systems with Specified Functionality"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Active Nematics: An Admirably Responsive Material"
12:10 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 challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Liquid Phase Separation and Disordered Proteins"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Reconfigurable Colloidal Structures"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Reorganization of the Cytoskeleton in Response to Mechanical Cues"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Extracting Dynamics from Data in Active Matter: Force and Tissue Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Of Simple Microbes and Simpler Cues: Lessons on Emergence from Natural Microbial Populations"
12:10 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
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Wireless Robotic Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Multifunctional 3D Materials Systems by Mechanically Guided Self-Assembly"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Hierarchical Carbon Nanotube Structures"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Digital Assembly of Active Soft Matter"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Flow over Lubricant Impregnated Surfaces: Failure and Replenishing"
12:10 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
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Early-Career Investigator Presentations
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Artificial Phototropism: Biomimetic Omnidirectional Light Tracking and Harvesting"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Actively Crosslinked Microtubule Networks: Mechanics, Dynamics and Filament Sliding"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Spiral and Aster Defects in Monolayers of Cells Under Confinement"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Particle Anisotropy Tunes Emergent Behavior in Active Colloidal Systems"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Disorder-Mediated Self-Organization of Soft Active Matter Systems"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"The Wonderland of Living Soft Matter"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Synthetic Active Matter and Chemical Swimmers: From Molecules to Materials"
12:10 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
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Multifunctional Materials and Biomimetic Designs for Shape Changing Aircraft"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Atomic Origami: A Technology Platform for Nanoscale Machines, Sensors and Robots"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure