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: Magnetotatic Bacteria: An Exemplary Case of All-Round Characterization
Discussion Leader: Federica Scucchia (University of Florida, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
Arash Komeili (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Magnetotatic Bacteria: An Exemplary Case of All-Round Characterization"
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
Bioinspiration From Mineralization Mechanisms
Discussion Leader: Abisheik John Samuel Victor Jothi (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Franco Grosso Giordano (UGent, Belgium)
"Insights From Microbially-Induced Carbonate Precipitation: A Potentially Conserved Pathway in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Emma Zhang (George Mason University, United States)
"Fungi-Induced Mineralization for Sustainable Infrastructure"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Dipayan Chakraborty (University of Houston, United States)
"In Situ Characterization of Cholesterol Crystallization in Biomimetic Systems"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Adrian Rodriguez-Palomo (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Structural Diversity in Lizard Osteoderm Capping Tissue"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Tali Lemcoff (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Structural Colors Produced From Organic Liquid Crystals Yield Highly Efficient Photonic Systems"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Katrein Sauer (University of Haifa, Israel)
"How Coral Skeleton are Influenced by Ocean Acidification (OA)"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Biomineralization Pathways and Novel Characterization Processes
Discussion Leader: Zohar Eyal (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Richard Best (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
"Classical Crystal Growth Mechanisms Under Non Classical Conditions"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Amit Cohen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Mineral-Cell Interactions in 3D Breast Tumor Models"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Stephan Sutter (Cornell University, United States)
"Characterizing Mineral-Driven Changes in the Nodule Microenvironment in a 3D in Vitro Model of Aortic Valve Calcification"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Emanuel Avrahami (Wiezmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Coccoliths: Complex Nanoscale Crystals Constructed With Simple Principles"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Ieva Goldberga (Sorbonne Université, LCMCP, France)
"Cryo-stopped Flow Methodology Development for Studying Pre-Nucleation Species at the Atomic Level: Solid-State NMR Approach"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Victoria Schemenz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
"The Role and Development of Internal Tissue Tension in Bone"
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: Disruptive Science: How to Get There
Discussion Leaders: Laura Zorzetto (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Germany) and Daniel Stein (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Disruptive Science: How to Get There
Paola Petrini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Assaf Gal (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes