Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 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
Dynamics of Fiber Networks
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"The Effect of Compressive Stresses on the Mechanical Properties of Fibrous Networks"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Mechanical Phase Transitions and Elastic Anomalies in Fiber Gels"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Twisted Topological Tangles: Or the Knot Theory of Knitting"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"From Particles to Parts: Building Shape-Shifting Robots with Programmable Composites"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Growing Droplets in Gels"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 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.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fluctuations in and out of Equilibrium Systems
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Unraveling the Dynamics of Soft Living Systems: What Can Noisy Trajectories Teach Us?"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"On Growth and Form of Microorganisms on Liquid Substrates"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biological Tissues as Living Matter
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Molecular and Cellular Dynamics Drive Tissue Development in Drosophila Embryos"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Cell-Like Membranes Are Shaped by Actin Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Mechanical Instabilities in Growing Biological Systems: Wrinkling and Branching"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Topological Excitations in Active Matter
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Hydrodynamics of Topological Defects in Active Nematics"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Statistical Physics and Biological Mechanics
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Moving Through Intracellular Phase Space"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Using Light to Shape and Sculpt Cells"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Dynamics of Living Flows"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Self-Assembly in Soft Matter
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Kinetic Pathways for Colloidal Self Assembly"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Self Assembly of DNA-Coated Colloids"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designer Materials Using Soft Matter
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Single Colloidomer Folding"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Exploiting the Malleability of Disorder to Design Biologically-Inspired Functional Materials"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Colloidal Drops Under Extreme Stress"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"A Colloidal Chiral Fluid: Odd Free Surface Flows and Hall Rheology"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Linker-Mediated Binding of DNA-Grafted Colloids: Separating the Instructions from the Building Blocks"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Buckling and Metastability in 2D Impurity Arrays"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sustainable Soft Materials
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Enzymatic Polymerization: A New Route to Efficient Biomaterials Design"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Soft Matter and Sustainable Cement"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure