HYBER Symposium
HYBER Symposium
12-13 May 2016
Kalastajatorppa, Helsinki
Day 1 at Siirtomaasali
9:30 Welcome 鈥 CoE HYBER Director Olli Ikkala, HYBER highlights
Chair Markus Linder
9:45 Ali Miserez, Nanyang Technological University, NTU 鈥淯nderstanding bio-processing pathways of biological materials: The missing link towards molecular miomimicry"
10:30 Andreas Herrmann, University of Groningen 鈥淗ybrids from DNA and supercharged polypeptides鈥
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11:30 Ar谩nzazu Del Campo, INM - Leibniz Institute for New Material "Optoregulating cellular decisions"
12:15 Tao Deng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University "Bioinspired Thermal Materials 鈥 from Infrared Detection to Interfacial Heating"
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch at Py枚re盲 Sali (Posters)
Chair Olli Ikkala
15:00 Svetlana Santer, Universit盲t Potsdam "Interaction of nano/micro-objects with optically active surfaces鈥
15:45 Jan Lagerwall, Universit茅 du Luxembourg "Soft and responsive functional materials with unconventional form factors from liquid crystal self-assembly"
17:00 Bier & snack at the lobby, Posters
Chair Olli Ikkala
17:30 Thomas Hermans, University of Strasbourg "Supramolecular pathway selection and dissipative self-assembly using chemical fuels"
18:15 Laurent Cort茅, Centre des Mat茅riaux MINES Paristech "Hydrogel fibers for soft tissue reconstruction"
19:00 Get together buffet dinner at Vanha Torppa
Day 2 at Siirtomaasali
Chair Merja Penttil盲
9:30 Roman Jerala, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana "De novo design of the modular folds and folding pathways of bionanostructures"
10:30 Ron Weiss, MIT 鈥淢ammalian synthetic biology: From parts to modules to therapeutic systems鈥
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11:15 Pavel Levkin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 鈥淒esigning biofunctional interfaces with extreme wettability鈥
12:00 Lunch at Py枚re盲 sali
Chair Orlando Rojas
13:30 Arun Ramachandran, University of Toronto "Universalities in the translocation of polymer microgels into narrow capillaries"
14:15 Michael Dickey, Microsoft Seattle (North Carolina State University) 鈥淟iquid metals as soft and shape reconfigurable conductors in micro-scale systems鈥
15:00-15.30 Closing remarks and goodbye beer
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