| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Talk |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Teri Odom (Northwestern University)
"Gold Nanostars as Tiny Hitchhikers for Cancer Therapeutics" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly |
| Discussion Leaders: Qun Huo (University of Central Florida) and Michelle Personick (Northwestern University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Adam Biacchi (Penn State University)
"Developing Reaction Methodologies for the Synthesis of Shape- and Size-Controlled Noble Metal Nanoparticles"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Santiago Onel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
"Generation of gold nanoparticles for aerosolphotoemission studies"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Prasad Bagavatula (National Chemical Laboratory, India)
"AB5 type nanoparticle superlattice structures with a one component system"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Samuel Jones (University of Cambridge)
"Metal Nanoparticle Functionalisation and Self-assembly via Cucurbit[8]uril ternary complex formation"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | New Characterization Tools |
| Discussion Leaders: James Schuck (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Jessica Donehue (University of Michigan) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Lisa Brown (Rice University)
"Zeptomolar Detection of Self-Assembled Monolayers and Proteins using Individual Gold Nanoantennas with Conventional FTIR Spectroscopy"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Natasha Fairbarn (University of Southampton)
"Spatial Modulation Microscopy for Real-Time imaging of Plasmonic Nanoparticles"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Applications of Noble Metal Nanoparticles |
| Discussion Leaders: Radislav Potyrailo (GE Global) and Wei Qian (IMRA America) |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Ludmila Frolov (Weizmann Institute of Science)
"Detection of antibiotic-bacterial RNA interactions using LSPR spectroscopy"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Wei Jian (University of New South Wales)
"Measuring and Controlling the Aggregation State of Gold Nanoparticles in Simulated Biological Systems"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Career Panel |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Career Panel with Qun Huo (University of Central Florida), Teri Odom (Northwestern University), Radislav Potyrailo (GE Global), and James Schuck (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
