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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Genetic Blueprint and Biology of Silks
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
"Silk Fiber Metastructures Enable Ballistic Movements and Energy Absorption in Spider's Prey Capture"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Dynamic Evolution of the Spider Silk Toolkit: Genetic Foundations of Remarkable Complexity"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
"Completing the Spidroin Catalogue with Comprehensive Genomics and Proteomics in Araneidae Spiders"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hierarchical Structures of Natural and Artificial Silks
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"Stress-Induced Hierarchical Structure during Formation of Silkworm Silk"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Biomimetic Spider Silk: Spinning, Crosslinking, Functionalization and Structural Studies"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am
"Silk Structures Revealed by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging (SEHI) and X-ray Ptychography"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address the interests and needs of all scientists and the challenges they face in their careers. Specifically, the program promotes meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages about barriers to career advancement and strategies to support the professional growth of all members of the community. The GRC Power Hour™ is open to all conference participants.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Silk Materials for Quality of Life
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:10 pm
"Silk-Ink for Human Health: A Versatile Platform"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Bioengineered Human Liver in vitro Model for High Throughput Drug Screening Applications"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:45 am
"Functionalizing Silk Proteins for Expanded Functions"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"How Silk Protein Self-Assembly Shaping the Structural and Material Characteristics of Natural Silk Fibers"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular and Material Design of Artificial and Recombinant Silks
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Spider Silk Fiber Editing Using CRISPR-Cas"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"A Tale of Two Proteins: The Interplay of Silk and Tropoelastin"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advanced Functional Silk-based Materials
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
"Photocrosslinkable silk fibroin and its composites"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 am
"Engineered Spider Silk Proteins for Advanced Materials"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:50 am
"Silk-Based Hydrogels for Sustainable Carbon Capture and Microalgae Bioproducts"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Theory, Simulation, and Database Science of Silk
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Sequence-Process-Property Relationships in Silk-Inspired Spun Fibers"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Consequences of Sticker-and-Spacer Protein Models to the Rheology and Flow-Induced-Crystallisation"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Diversity of Structural Protein Materials
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Phase Transitions on the Path to Protein Materials"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am
"Nanofibrils — Universal Building Blocks of Silk Materials"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Next Generation Silks – Future Perspective and Industrialization
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Advanced Biological Performance Materials for a Sustainable Future"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm
"From Lab to Market: Industrialization of Structural Protein Materials"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure