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
Keynote Session: Multi-Scale Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: Michael Mayer (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University, USA)
"Designing Liquid Crystal Elastomers from the Molecular to the Macroscopic Scale"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Samuel Stupp (Northwestern University, USA)
"Dynamics in Self-Assembly of Superstructures"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Active Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: Loai Abdelmohsen (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Jean-Marie Lehn (ISIS, University of Strasbourg, France)
"Perspectives in Chemistry: From Supramolecular Chemistry Towards Adaptive Chemistry"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:25 am
Ehud Gazit (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Metabolite Self-Assembly: Physiology, Pathology and Nanotechnology"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
Brett Helms (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Exploiting Interfacial Assemblies of Nanoparticle Surfactants to Design Reconfigurable Materials and Devices"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 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.
Organizer: Nathalie Katsonis (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Programmable Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: Nathalie Katsonis (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:55 pm
Rebecca Schulman (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Self-Regulating DNA Assembly Processes"
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:50 pm
Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan / Michigan Institute for Translational Nanotechnology (MITRAN), USA)
"Chiral Nanoparticle Self-Assemblies"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Colloidal Organization
Discussion Leader: Alvaro Mata (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Luis Liz-Marzan (CIC biomaGUNE, Spain)
"Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Under Confinement"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:25 am
Robert Macfarlane (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"System Level Control of Structural Hierarchy"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
Sanat Kumar (Columbia University, USA)
"Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Membranes with Exceptional Gas Separation Performance"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Supramolecular Materials
Discussion Leader: Francesco Stellacci (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm
Makoto Fujita (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Self-Assembly of Archimedean/Non-Archimedean Solids Under Mathematical Restriction"
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:20 pm
Egbert Meijer (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Supramolecular Polymers: Their Formation, Structure, Dynamics and Function"
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:55 pm
Myongsoo Lee (Jilin University, China)
"Adaptative Supramolecular Pores"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Supramolecular Biomimetic Materials
Discussion Leader: Egbert Meijer (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Takuzo Aida (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) / The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Supramolecular Polymerization in Non-Fluidic Media"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:25 am
Rein Ulijn (City University of New York, USA)
"Guiding Principles for Peptide-Based, Life-Like Nanotechnology"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
Jerry Yang (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Self-Assembly of Membrane Forming Materials Inspired from Archaea Lipids"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Functional 3D Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: Joerg Lahann (Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, USA)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:55 pm
Irene Yarovsky (RMIT University, Australia)
"Self-Assembly Through the Virtual Microscope: What We See and What We Don't in Molecular Simulations"
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:50 pm
Sarah Harris (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
"Multiscale Modelling of Biological Macromolecules: From Atoms up to the Continuum Limit, and Back Again"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
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
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Soft Materials
Discussion Leader: Seung-Wuk Lee (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Monica Olvera de la Cruz (Northwestern University, USA)
"Control of Colloidal Metallicity by Tuning Bonds"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:25 am
Ilja Voets (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"(Macro)molecular Control over Hierarchically Self-Organized Soft Matter with Supramolecular Handles"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
Daniela Kraft (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Flexible Colloidal Structures"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Metal-Organic Structures
Discussion Leader: Alfredo Alexander-Katz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:55 pm
Mircea Dinca (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Self-Assembly Leading to Porous Metal-Organic Electrical Conductors"
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:50 pm
Jonathan Nitschke (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Complex and Responsive Systems via Subcomponent Self-Assembly"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure