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Soft Condensed Matter Physics (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Designing Mechanics and Dynamics in Soft Matter

August 10 - 11, 2019
Chairs and
Colby-Sawyer College
541 Main Street
New London, New Hampshire, United States
 Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Soft Condensed Matter Physics is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is to foster scientific exchange among young scientists in the community of soft condensed matter physics, with special emphasis on promoting communication between physics and other disciplines. The meeting will conclude with a panel discussion on different career pathways contributing to the advancement of science.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Soft Condensed Matter Physics" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Materials Design by Assembly
Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
"Inverse Design of Colloidal Assembly"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mechanics and Dynamics in Biological Systems
Discussion Leaders: and
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"External Forces Generated by the Attachment Between Blastoderm and Vitelline Envelope Impact Gastrulation in Insects"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"Characterizing Disclination Loops in a Three Dimensional Active Nematic"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"High Chemical Affinity Increases the Robustness of Biochemical Oscillations"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
" Topological Turbulence in the Membrane of a Living Cell"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Controlling Organization and Forces in Active Matter Through Optically-Defined Boundaries"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"A Muscle Cell Seen as Active Matter: Heterogeneities and Dynamic Instabilities in Mesoscopic Sarcomere Motion of Cardiomyocytes"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Materials, Structures and Design
Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Resilience in Hierarchical Fluid Flow Networks"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
"Reprogrammable Granular Self-Assembly"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Creating Ultra-Stable Jammed Packings by Training on Pressure"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Collective Motion of Quincke Rotating Beads"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"Exploring Nucleation Pathways and Solid-Solid Transitions in Two-Dimensional Binary Colloidal Crystallization"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
"Structual Evolution of Amorphous Systems During Large Scale Deformation"
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
Mentorship Component: Building Your Scientific Career
Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Paths in the Private Sector, Physics Journalism, National Labs, Liberal Arts Colleges and R1 Universities
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

Contributors

Gordon Research Conferences
National Science Foundation
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
University of California, Santa Barbara - Materials Research Laboratory

The University of Chicago - Chicago Materials Research Center (MRSEC)

DSOFT - American Physical Society

Biophysical Society - Biophysical Journal

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Conference History Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Additional Fee Info

Soft Condensed Matter Physics
August 10 - 15, 2025


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