Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Bioinspired Motion
Discussion Leader: Albane Thery (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Eva Kanso (University of Southern California, United States)
"Bioinspired Motion"
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
Emergent Behavior in Active and Living Systems
Discussion Leaders: Satyam Anand (New York University, United States) and Lauren Melcher (Rochester Institute of Technology, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Laura Porath (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Shaping Gels from the Inside Out with Activity"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Prashali Chauhan (Syracuse University, United States)
"Microtubule Self Assembly with Active and Passive Crosslinkers"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Raj Kumar Manna (Syracuse University, United States)
"Modeling Cell Shape Changes in the Zebrafish Embryo using a 3D Vertex Model"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Paula Gomes (ESPCI Paris, France)
"A Quantitative Approach to Study the Adhesion Force between Two Microalgal Cells"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Lisa Schick (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Function of Morphodynamics in Physarum Polycephalum"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Emily Gehrels (Aix Marseille University, France)
"Egg Shape Directs Polarized Tissue Flow in the Drosophila Embryo"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Harnessing Disorder and Instabilities in Soft Materials
Discussion Leader: Savannah Gowen (University of Chicago, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Kushal Bagchi (University of Chicago, United States)
"Using Polymers to Direct the Self-assembly of Liquid Crystals"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Carla Fernandez-Rico (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Elastic MicroPhase Separation Produces Bicontinuous Materials"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Nick Hackney (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
"Aggregation, Dispersion and Condensation in Frustrated Assembly"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Krishma Singal (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Mechanical Transitions in Knitted Fabrics with Coarsening Patterns"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Ishant Tiwari (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Optimal Unravelling of Tangled Filaments"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Nidhi Pashine (Yale University, United States)
"Tessellated Granular Metamaterials"
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: Career Paths in Soft Matter
Discussion Leader: Ofer Kimchi (Princeton University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Paths in Soft Matter
Eva Kanso (University of Southern California, United States)
Kyle Welch (American Physical Society, United States)
Mobolaji Williams (Jellyfish, United States)
Andrew Crothers (Boston Metal, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
