| Saturday |
| 2:00 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: Soft Matter Microfluidics |
| Discussion Leader: Lynn Walker (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Patrick Doyle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Controlling Light and Microflows to Create Functional Microparticles" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Particle and Fluid Manipulation |
| Discussion Leaders: Brian Kirby (Cornell University, USA) and Tyler Ray (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Alexander Barbati (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Elasticity-Driven Particle Accumulation Within a Microfluidic Device" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Rachel Collino (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Patterning and Filtration of Anisotropic Particles via Acoustophoresis" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Dileep Mampallil Augustine (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Acoustic Suppression of the Coffee Ring Effect" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Shimon Rubin (Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Elastic Surface Deformations Driven by Non-Uniform Electro-Osmotic Flow in a Hele-Shaw Cell" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Biological and Environmental Microfluidics |
| Discussion Leaders: Daniel Laser (Wave 80 Biosciences, USA) and Fredrik Thege (Cornell University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Julea Vlassakis (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Hydrogel Swelling as an Efficient Mechanism for Antibody Probing of Single-Cell Western Blots" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Oliver Otto (Dresden University of Technology, Germany)
"Real-Time Deformability Cytometry: On the Fly Mechanical Phenotyping for Label-Free Cell Functional Assays" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Andrew Metcalf (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Probing Aerosol Particle Interfaces with Droplet Microfluidics" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Derek Vallejo (University of California, Irvine, USA)
"Microfluidic Generation of Double Emulsion Templates Suitable for Long-Term Storage and On-Demand Conversion into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles" |
| 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 | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Life After Graduate Studies |
| Open discussion about professional development and career advice with panel of experienced scientists. |
| Discussion Leaders: Vanessa Velasco (University of Louisville, USA) and Philippa Reutersward (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Professional Development and Career Advice" |
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- Brian Kirby (Cornell University, USA)
- Daniel Laser (Wave 80 Biosciences, USA)
- Lynn Walker (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
