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Science of Adhesion

Gordon Research Conference

Emphasizing Soft Materials and Bio-Adhesion

July 26 - 31, 2015
Chairs Anand Jagota
Vice Chair Costantino Creton
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Conference (and the affiliated Gordon Research Seminar) on the Science of Adhesion brings together a community with expertise and interests in interfacial and surface phenomena, focusing on the relationship between structure, physics & chemistry, and interfacial mechanical properties. This GRC topic is one of the oldest – running since 1954 – and has been continually replenished by a combination of maintaining itself as the primary home for advances in the fundamental science of adhesion, and actively making connections to new areas of science where surface and interfacial phenomena, primarily adhesion but including friction and contact compliance, are a core concern. The 2015 GRC (and its associate GRS) aims to cover the breadth of the field with an emphasis on two areas of strong current and future interest: adhesion and surface properties of soft/compliant materials, and application of adhesion science to scientific problems in biomaterials ranging in scale from individual molecules to tissues.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Science of Adhesion" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmSoft Materials
Discussion Leader: Chung-Yuen Hui (Cornell University, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmZhigang Suo (Harvard University, USA)
"When Hydrogels Are Tough Water"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pmDiscussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmMonica Olvera De La Cruz (Northwestern University, USA)
"Self-Assembly of Biomolecules"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmFriction and Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Shu Yang (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 amRobert McMeeking (University of California, USA)
"The Significance of Sliding, Frictional Effects and Mode-Mixity in Adhesion"
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amShuman Xia (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Adhesion, Heterogeneity and Peeling"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmLars Pastewka (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Models for Contact and Adhesion Between Rough Surfaces"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNew Chemistries and Materials
Discussion Leader: Timothy Long (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmScott Phillips (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Signal-Induced Depolymerization of Adhesives"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmAranzazu Del Campo (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
"Light-Guided Cell Contact to Biomaterials"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmWetting and Contact
Discussion Leader: Tian Tang (University of Alberta, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:40 amJoelle Frechette (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Lubrication, Deformation, and Surface Topography in Flooded Adhesion"
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amKripa Varanasi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Interfacial Engineering for Controlling Wetting Dynamics and Phase Transitions"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmMartin Shanahan (University of Bordeaux, France)
"Elasto-Capillarity: Curving and Ridging of Polymers and Metals"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmElastocapillarity
Discussion Leader: Eric Dufresne (Yale University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmJacco Snoeijer (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Soft Wetting: Liquid Drops on Viscoelastic Surfaces"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmRobert Style (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
"Manipulating the Characteristics of Soft Materials with Surface Tension"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmBiomolecular Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Wendy Thomas (University of Washington, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 amMaria Bykhovskaia (Wayne State University, USA)
"Adhesion of Lipid Bilayers and Neuronal Transmission: Molecular Machinery Regulating Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis"
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amWesley Wong (Harvard University / Boston Children's Hospital, USA)
"Probing Adhesion with New Approaches in Single-Molecule Manipulation: From DNA Nanoswitches to Single-Molecule Centrifugation"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmDennis Discher (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Self-Recognition: How the Immune System (Usually) Doesn't Eat You Alive"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness 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 pmBiomimetics
Discussion Leader: Stanislav Gorb (University of Kiel, Germany)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmDavid Hu (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Fire Ants Are Cohesive Networks That Rearrange Themselves"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmTimothy Lu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Synthetic Biology Approaches Towards Underwater Adhesives"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmBioadhesion
Discussion Leader: Kevin Turner (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 amTian Tang (University of Alberta, Canada)
"Visualizing Molecular Binding, Aggregation and Assembly from Simulations"
9:40 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:30 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amKrystyn Van Vliet (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Chemomechanics of Biological Cell-Matrix Adhesion: From Molecular to Microscales"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmReinhold Dauskardt (Stanford University, USA)
"Corneocyte Adhesion and Biomechanical Function of Human Skin: Predicting Skin Damage and the Effects of Treatments"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmKeynote Session: Cancer Biology and Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Costantino Creton (Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, France)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmElsa Bayart (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Friction Is Fracture: Slippery Surfaces and Frustrated Cracks"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pmDiscussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pmKatharine Jensen (Yale University, USA)
"Wetting and Phase Separation in Soft Adhesion"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pmDiscussion
8:20 pm - 9:10 pmMina Bissell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Why Don't We Get More Cancer? The Crucial Role of Extracellular Matrix and Microenvironment in Metastasis and Dormancy"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

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