Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Challenges in Self-Assembly and Supramolecular Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Christopher Wood (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
3:15 pm - 3:40 pm
David A. Leigh (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Ratchet Mechanisms"
3:40 pm - 3:45 pm
Discussion
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Tomoya Fukui (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
"Control over Differentiation of a Metastable Supramolecular Assembly in One- and Two-Dimensions"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Bio-Inspired and Biohybrid Supramolecular Systems
Discussion Leaders: Hongjing Dou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) and Chao Sun (Northwestern University, USA)
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
Jeena Manayath Thekkeyil (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Intra-Mitochondrial Assembly of Peptide Amphiphiles to Induce Mitochondrial Dysfunction"
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm
Ariel Furst (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Quantifying Hormone Disruptors with an Engineered Bacterial Biosensor"
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Andrea Wallace (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Synthesis of Multifunctional Silica Materials Using Bioinspired Polypeptides"
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm
Lawrence Valverde (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Characterization of Pi-Conjugated Oligopeptide Superstructures Created via Continuous Directed Self Assembly"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Mykhailo Vybornyi (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Designing Mechanochemical Activity in Hybrid DNA Hydrogels Using Supramolecular Polymers and Motor Proteins"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Janet McMillan (Northwestern University, USA)
"Investigating the Assembly of Proteins with Tunable Bond Distributions in Nanoparticle Superlattices"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Pavle Troselj (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Recognition of Complementary Melamine Based Information Oligomers"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
James Cooper (Northwestern University , USA)
"Discrimination of Supramolecular Chirality Using a Protein Nanopore"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Responsive Materials: Design Through Application
Discussion Leaders: Frederik Haase (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany) and Merry Smith (Dartmouth College, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Ji Liu (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Biomimetic Supramolecular Polymer Networks Exhibiting both Toughness and Self-Recovery"
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Discussion
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Marta Tena-Solsona (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Molecular Assemblies Driven Far from Equilibrium by Chemical Reaction Networks"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Arunava Maity (CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India)
"Counteranion Driven Homochiral Assembly of a Cationic C3-Symmetric Gelator Through Ion-Pair Assisted Hydrogen Bond"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Jihyeon Yeom (University of Michigan, USA)
"Chiral Self-Assembly of Supraparticles"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Andrea d'Aquino (Northwestern University, USA)
"Molecular Geometry and Bond-Strength Effects in Infinite Coordination Polymer Particles Bearing Weak-Link Approach Subunits"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Angela Grommet (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Directed Phase Transfer of a Coordination Cage and Encapsulated Cargo"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Cynthia Hong (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Conformational Selection as a Mechanism of Guest Binding in a Self-Assembled Supramolecular Host"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Lucas Parent (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Micelle Assembly and Fusion: Direct Observation of the Evolution of Block Copolymer Micelles in Solution Using In Situ Liquid-Cell (LC)TEM"
10:55 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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Keynote Session: Mechanically Interlocked Molecules
Discussion Leader: Pavle Troselj (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Luca Catalano (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
"Engineering of Solid-State Supramolecular Rotors Through Halogen Bonding"
1:40 pm - 1:45 pm
Discussion
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
Timothy Barendt (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Anion Recognition-Induced Molecular Motion and Sensing"
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm
J. Fraser Stoddart (Northwestern University, USA)
"Materials Beyond Cyclodextrins: Emergence Opens up a Whole New World"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes