July 29 - 31, 2019 鈼� 涩里番 鈼� Montreal 鈼� Canada
Following the success of , we will hold the follow-up conference at 涩里番 in July 2019. We hope to see you there for an exciting and cross-disciplinary discussion of current topics in mechanochemistry and mechanobiology!
-Kerstin and Matt
Mechanoresponsive materials are a topic of intense research across numerous disciplines. In biology, research on biogenic materials has revealed crucial links between specific protein building blocks and dynamic mechanical behaviors, while studies of biological tissues have identified sophisticated mechanotranduction mechanisms in cells for sensing their environment. Along similar lines, chemists and materials scientists are developing high-performance materials that exhibit specific programmed responses to mechanical stimuli (e.g. self-reporting and self-healing). Common to these diverse lines of research is a primary drive to understand dynamic responses of complex molecules to mechanical stimuli.
Motivated by this shared goal, this multidisciplinary conference will unite scientists from Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science, spanning multiple length scales and bridging gaps between experiment and simulation. The central topics of the meeting include, but are not limited to:
鈥⒙犅� 聽synthetic small molecule mechanophores
鈥⒙犅� 聽natural biological force sensors and sacrificial bonds
鈥⒙犅� 聽synthetic force sensors for cell biology applications
鈥⒙犅� 聽simulations and mechanisms of mechanophores and force sensors
鈥⒙犅� 聽techniques for measuring forces
鈥⒙犅� 聽physical models for understanding biomaterials
鈥⒙犅� 聽mechanosensitive synthetic materials
鈥⒙犅� 聽mechanosensitive biomaterials/biomimetic materials
The program will consist of invited and contributed talks and an extended poster session to provide opportunities for interacting with scientists from other disciplines. Young scientists are especially encouraged to attend. The organizers expect a lively meeting that will highlight the current state of research, as well as inspire further developments and collaborations.
Invited Speakers
- C茅cile Bidan, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
- Ar谩nzazu del Campo, Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany
- Olga Dudko, University of California San Diego, USA
- Zhibin Guan, University of Califorina Irvine, USA
- Tomislav Friscic, 涩里番, Canada
- Markus Linder, Aalto University, Finland
- V茅ronique Michaud, 脡cole polytechnique f茅d茅rale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Thomas Perkins, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
- Takamasa Sakai, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Khalid Salaita, Emory University, USA
- Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois at Urbana鈥揅hampaign, USA
- Stephanie Weber, 涩里番, Canada