Friday September 21, 2018
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
8:30-9:00 AM: Breakfast + Registration
Bishop Buddy Sala in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
9:00-10:15 AM: Welcome + Keynote I
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall 102
"Building the Cell with Microtubule Self-Organization"
Prof. Jennifer Ross, University of MASSACHUSETTS-amherst
10:15-10:45 AM: Refreshments + Discussions
Bishop Buddy Sala in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
10:45 AM-12:00 PM: contributed Talks
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall 102
"Novel Materials from Renewable Chemical Feedstocks" - Dr. Pete Iovine, University of San Diego
"Simulation of colloidal systems with active polymer crosslinkers" - Elisabeth Rennert, Rochester Institute of Technology
"Tailoring FGF2 interactions in heparinoid-protein conjugates to influence human mesenchymal stem cell proliferation" - Greg Trieger, University of California San Diego
"Hierarchical Protein Assemblies as Precursors in the Native Formation of Spider Dragline Silk" - David Onofrei, San Diego State University
"Electrostatic Control of protein partitioning into a DNA liquid droplet" - Gabrielle Abraham, University of California Santa Barbara
12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch + Discussions
Bishop Buddy Sala in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
1:00-2:00 PM: Keynote II
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall 102
"Bioinspired Design of Dynamic Soft Materials"
Prof. Zhibin Guan, University of california-irvine
2:00-2:30 PM: Refreshments + Discussions
Bishop Buddy Sala in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
2:30-3:45 PM: contributed Talks
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall 102
"High-molecular-weight polymers from dietary fiber drive aggregation of particulates in the murine small intestine" - Asher PreskaSteinberg, California Institute of Technology
"Single molecule and ensemble dynamics of DNA molecules crowded by cytoskeletal proteins" - Kathryn Regan, University of San Diego
"Stretchable Conductive Polymers for Wearable Electronics" - Dr. Laure Kayser, University of California San Diego
"Thermodynamics of Complexes of Oppositely Charged Conjugated Polyelectrolytes" -Will Hollingsworth, University of California Santa Cruz
"Measurement of hard-sphere like dynamics in concentrated alpha-crystallin suspensions using coherent X-rays" - Dr.Nuwan Karunaratne, Orange Coast College