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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Chiral and Nonreciprocal Matter"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Stress Management: Cell Packings and Tissue Flows in Developing Embryos"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Chromatin Organization in the Cell
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Dissecting the Regulation of Epigenetic Gene Silencing at the Budding Yeast HMR Locus by Heterochromatin Compaction"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"An Atomistic View of Biomolecular Condensates"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Regulatory and Evolutionary Landscape of Eukaryotic Vesicle Traffic"
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 Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity 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
Membranes and Polyelectrolytes in Soft and Biological Settings
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"A Charge Dependent Long-Ranged Force Drives Tailored Assembly of Matter in Solution"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Membranes and Soft Matter"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Is There Such a Thing as Continuous Shear Thickening?"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Emergent Multiscale Mechanics of Living Cells"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Shear localisation during Yielding of Amorphous Materials"
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
Nanofluidics and Flow in Confined Spaces
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Chaos in Confinement: How to Make Shear-Thinning Fluids Flow Thicken"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Exploring Fluctuations in Nanoscale Transport using Experimental Microfluidic Models"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Machine Learning in Soft Matter
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Learning Mechanosensory Cues for Optimal Collective Transport"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Model Discovery and Model-Free Forecasting of Active Matter Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Machine Learning and Inverse Design of Soft Materials"
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
Soft Materials in the Circular Economy for a Renewable Future
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Challenges in Circular Soft Matter: An Offer We Can’t Refuse"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Advancing the Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Adhesion in Soft Materials and Biology
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Soft Landing and Sticky Contacts"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Reshaping Soft Materials across Evolution"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Fracture and Delamination in Freezing Soft Materials"
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
Active Self-Assembly and Active Systems
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Controlling Mechanical Instabilities through Spatially Patterned Active Stresses"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure