| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session |
| Discussion Leader: Chris DeSantis (Indiana University) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Catherine J. Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Biology |
| Discussion Leaders: Laura Fabris (Rutgers University) and Amanda Goodman (Rice University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:47 pm | Svetlana Avvakumova (University of Milan, Bicocca)
"Gold Nanoparticles Capped by a Multivalent Cone-Glycocalixarene for Efficient and Active Targeting of Cancer Cells" |
| 7:47 pm - 7:54 pm | Discussion |
| 7:54 pm - 8:11 pm | Jennifer Gifford (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"M. smegmatis Growth Inhibition with Thiol-Modified Au Nanoparticle Antibiotics" |
| 8:11 pm - 8:18 pm | Discussion |
| 8:18 pm - 8:35 pm | Jessica Donehue (University of Michigan)
"Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescent Protein Emission Enables Super-Resolution Imaging in Live Cells" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:42 pm | Discussion |
| 8:42 pm - 8:59 pm | Hao Wang (University of Notre Dame)
"Targeted Chemical Imaging of an Integrin Receptor by Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Intact Cellular Membranes" |
| 8:59 pm - 9:06 pm | Discussion |
| 9:06 pm - 9:23 pm | Cheryl Tajon (University of California, San Francisco)
"Sensitive and Selective Plasmon Ruler Sensors for Monitoring the Apoptotic Drug Response in Leukemia" |
| 9:23 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Social Mixer (Optional) |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:12 am | Nanoparticle Synthesis and Characterization |
| Discussion Leaders: Alexander Wei (Purdue University) and Nathan Burrows (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) |
| 9:00 am - 9:17 am | Swarnapali Indrasekara (Rutgers University)
"Gold Nanostar-Nanospheres Superstructures as SERS Substrates" |
| 9:17 am - 9:24 am | Discussion |
| 9:24 am - 9:41 am | Holly Walen (Iowa State University)
"Identification of Cu2S3 on Cu(111) at Low Temperature" |
| 9:41 am - 9:48 am | Discussion |
| 9:48 am - 10:05 am | Michael Ross (Northwestern University)
"Using Anisotropy at the Nanoscale and Mesoscale to Engineer the Optical Response of 3-D Plasmonic Metamaterials" |
| 10:05 am - 10:12 am | Discussion |
| 10:12 am - 11:00 am | Applications of Noble Metal Nanoparticles |
| Discussion Leaders: Steven Oldenburg (nanoComposix, Inc.) and Tessa Carducci (UNC-Chapel Hill) |
| 10:12 am - 10:29 am | Brian Sneed (Boston College)
"Shape-Controlled Pd-Ni-Pt Core-Sandwich-Shell Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Influence of Ni Sandwich Layers on Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Formic Acid for Fuel Cells" |
| 10:29 am - 10:36 am | Discussion |
| 10:36 am - 10:53 am | TBA |
| 10:53 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Career Panel |
| Discussion Leader: Lisa Brown (Rice University) |
| Panelists:
- Catherine J. Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Laura Fabris (Rutgers University)
- Steven Oldenburg (nanoComposix, Inc.)
- Alexander Wei (Purdue University)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
