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
Keynote Session: Integrated Bio-Inspired Materials
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
"Affinity Targeting in Therapeutics to Induce Anti-Cancer Immunity and Pro-Tolerance Regulatory Immunity"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
"Designing Bio-Inspired Energy Transducing Materials"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Peptide and Protein Assembly
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Properties of Polypeptides Containing Complex Side-Chain Functionality"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Peptide and Metabolite Materials: A Minimalistic Approach to Bioinspired Materials"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Modular Coiled-Coil Assemblies"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ 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.
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
"Engineering Membrane-Associated Protein Networks"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
"Harnessing Membrane Proteins and Synthetic Membranes to Design an Active Interface"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Active Matter and Motility
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Structure and Dynamics of Three Dimensional Active Matter"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Reconfigurable Multiphase Emulsions as Bio-Inspired Dynamic Materials"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Motile Systems: Microswimmers and Nanomotors"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Self-Organization and Division in Active Biopolymer Droplets"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Protocells - New Developments
6:00 pm - 6:25 pm
"Compartmentalized Reactions in Protocells"
6:25 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm
"Synthetic Membranes for Protocell Design"
7:05 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
"From Drug Delivery Systems to Artificial Cells: Treating Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Functional Bioinspired Materials
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Pattern Formation in Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Bioinspired Assembly and Actuation by Folding"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Mimicking Cellular Deformability in Microparticles Carriers for Nanoparticle Transport: A Trojan Horse Approach to Vascular-Targeted Drug Delivery"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"NanoEngineering Gone Wild: Plant Virus Based Therapeutics"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
"Encoding and Controlling Cell Function by Phase Transition of Artificial IDPs"
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:10 pm
"Disordered Protein-Based Materials for Synthetic Biology"
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:50 pm
"Intrinsically Disordered Protein Domains: From Functional Phase Separation in Biology to Advanced Materials"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
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
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:40 am
"Bioinspired Hydrogels for Organoid Engineering"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
"Bioinspired Immune Organoids to Study Epigenetics, Signaling and Immune Cell Therapeutics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Exploiting the Spatial Tolerance of Multivalent Interactions for Selective Immune Stimulation with DNA Nanomaterials"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Bioinspired Digital Dynamic Customization of Hydrogel Biomaterials"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Droplets as Adaptive Motile Sensors"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Modulating the Avidity of Bispecific Chemically Self-assembled Nanorings (CSANs)"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Keynote Session: Immune Engineering
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Materials for Overcoming Biological Barriers to mRNA Delivery"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Design of Injectable Biomaterials as Transient Inflammatory Niches to Improve CAR-T Therapy"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
"Materials to Mimic Antigen Presenting Cells"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure