Active and Adaptive Materials
October 22nd and 23rd 2015, ASRC
Program
9:00 | Registration Poster set-up |
9:30-9:45 | Welcome and Opening Comments Rein V. Ulijn CUNY ASRC |
9:45-10:30 | Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Materials Samuel I. Stupp Northwestern University |
10:30-11:00 | Out-of-equilibrium BIOMIMETIC Systems by Dynamic and Dissipative Self-assembly Jan Van Esch Delft University of Technology |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30-12:00 | Random Organization, Hyperuniformity and Photonic Bandgaps Paul Chaikin New York University |
12:00-12:20 | A Supramolecular Shield to Overcome Aβ42 Toxicity Silvia Sonzini University of Cambridge |
12:20-12:40 | On Probing Molecular Conformation of Microtubules by Second-Harmonic Generation Hyungsik Lim Hunter College |
12:40-1:00 | Catalytic Shakers and Swimmers: Control of Vesicle Membrane Permeability and Chemotaxis of "Matchstick" Colloids Corinna Preuss The University of Warwick |
1:00-2:10 | Lunch Poster Presentations |
2:10-2:55 | Can Chemistry go MENTAL*? Lee Cronin University of Glasgow |
2:55-3:15 | Enzymatic Synthesis of Size Controlled, Water Soluble Quantum Dots Bryan Berger Lehigh University |
3:15-3:45 | Geometrical Basis for Symmetry Breaking and Multi-functionality Stoyan Smoukov University of Cambridge |
3:45-4:15 | Break |
4:15-4:30 | Transient Peptide Nanostructures Charalampos Pappas University of Strathclyde & CUNY Advanced Science Research Center |
4:30-5:00 | Engineering With Biomolecular Motors Henry Hess Columbia University |
5:00-5:30 | Dual-phase Evolution and the Emergence of Materials Genomes David G. Lynn Emory University |
5:30-7:30 | Reception with Poster Presentations |
7:30-8:30 | The Evolutionary Genesis Engine An Evening with Lee Cronin |
Friday October 23rd
9:15-9:45 | Elasticity and Friction of 1D and 2D Systems: from DNA to Graphene Elisa Riedo CUNY Advanced Science Research Center & CCNY |
9:45-10:15 | Time-Programmed Self-Assemblies and Dynamic Materials Andreas Walther Aachen University |
10:15-10:35 | Light-emitting Self-assembled Peptide Nucleic Acids Exhibit Both Stacking Interactions and Watson-Crick Base Pairing Or Berger Tel Aviv University |
10:35-10:55 | Quantifying Signal Propagation and Conformational Changes in Allosteric Proteins Vanessa Ortiz Columbia University |
10:55-11:15 | Active Colloids via Controlled Dewetting Stefano Sacanna New York University |
11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45-12:15 | Seek, Destroy and Heal: Enzyme-Responsive Nanoparticles as In Vivo Targeted Delivery Systems Nathan Gianneschi UC San Diego |
12:15-12:45 | Correlated Structure and Photophysics in Supramolecular Polymer Films Adam Braunschweig University of Miami |
12:45-1:00 | Closing Remarks Rein Ulijn |