From Colloids to Viruses: Soft Matter Comes Alive

We are excited to invite you to the mini symposium "From Colloids to Viruses: Soft Matter Comes Alive". The symposium is held in honor of Prof. Willem Kegel and in belated celebration of his 60th birthday. It will take place during May 23-25, 2022, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and covers topics from colloids to self-assembly, emulsions, and biophysics. The attendance fee for the symposium is 25 Euros and includes lunches, coffees, a delicious conference dinner and party.

The organizers are Martin Haase (Utrecht University), Daniela Kraft (Leiden University), and Roel Dullens (Radboud University).

Bill Gelbart (University of California Los Angeles, USA) | From In Vitro Viral Self-Assembly to In Vivo Cancer Immunotherapy

Daan Frenkel (Cambridge, UK) | "Measuring chemical potentials by particle insertion: fools (*) rush where angels fear to tread" (*) I am the fool.

Daniel Bonn (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) | What are Pickering emulsions?

Daniela Kraft (Leiden University, Netherlands) | Interaction and cooperation of microswimmers in one-dimensional environments

David J Pine (New York University, USA) | Self-assembly of colloidal diamond

Ilja Voets (Eindhoven University, Netherlands) | Ice-cold and crystal-clear: pinning and surfing of ice-bound antifreeze proteins imaged one by one with subzero nanoscopy

Jan Groenewold (Utrecht University, Netherlands) | Antifreeze proteins: puzzles and tentative solutions

Paul van der Schoot (Eindhoven University, Netherlands) | Electrostatics made simple - application of Donnan theory to viruses and virus-like particles

Martin Haase (Utrecht University, Netherlands) | Tailoring bicontinuous fluidic networks by phase separation and interfacial assembly of colloids

Mirjam Leunissen (de Volkskrant, Netherlands) | User-centered data visualization for exploration and explanation

Pepijn Moerman (Johns Hopkins University, USA) | Reprogramming the binding specificity of DNA-coated colloids

Peter Schurtenberger (Lund University, Sweden) | Stability, self-assembly and cluster formation in antibody solutions - a colloid approach

Roel Dullens (Radboud University, Netherlands) | ’Structure and dynamics of colloidal hard spheres in real-space’

Sijbren Otto (University of Groningen, Netherlands) | Steps Towards the De-Novo Synthesis of Life

Vinny Manoharan (Harvard University, USA) | Experimental measurements of the self-assembly of single viruses

Wilhelm Huck (Radboud University, Netherlands) | Soft matter comes alive? Towards building a synthetic cell

Wilson Poon (The University of Edinburgh, UK) | Why self assembly will never make a frog

Monday, May 23rd (Victor J. Koningsberger building, room: PANGEA)

14:00 – 14:10 Opening remarks

14:10 – 14:50 Daan Frenkel | Measuring chemical potentials by particle insertion: fools (*) rush where angels fear to tread" (*) I am the fool.

14:50 – 15:30 Daniel Bonn | What are Pickering emulsions?

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee

16:00 – 16:40 David Pine | Self-assembly of colloidal diamond

16:40 – 17:20 Wilson Poon | Why self assembly will never make a frog

17:20 – 18:00 Pepijn Moerman | Reprogramming the binding specificity of DNA-coated colloids

Tuesday, May 24th (Victor J. Koningsberger building, room: COSMOS)

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee

10:30 – 11:10 Bill Gelbart | From In Vitro Viral Self-Assembly to In Vivo Cancer Immunotherapy

11:10 – 11:50 Paul van der Schoot | Electrostatics made simple - application of Donnan theory to viruses and virus-like particles

11:50 – 12:30 Vinny Manoharan | Experimental measurements of the self-assembly of single viruses

12:20 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:10 Ilja Voets | Ice-cold and crystal-clear: pinning and surfing of ice-bound antifreeze proteins imaged one by one with subzero nanoscopy

14:10 – 14:50 Jan Groenewold | Antifreeze proteins: puzzles and tentative solutions

14:50 – 15:30 Mirjam Leunissen | User-centered data visualization for exploration and explanation

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee

16:00 – 16:25 Daniela Kraft | Interaction and cooperation of microswimmers in one-dimensional environments

16:25 – 16:50 Roel Dullens | ’Structure and dynamics of colloidal hard spheres in real-space’

16:50 – 17:15 Martin Haase | Tailoring bicontinuous fluidic networks by phase separation and interfacial assembly of colloids

17:15 – 18:00 Willem Kegel | Towards shattering tumor cells by molecular cooperativity

18:45 – 21:30 Dinner

21:45 - Party

Wednesday, May 25th (Victor J. Koningsberger building, room: PANGEA)

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee

10:30 – 11:10 Wilhelm Huck | Soft matter comes alive? Towards building a synthetic cell

11:10 – 11:50 Sijbren Otto | Steps Towards the De-Novo Synthesis of Life

11:50 – 12:30 Peter Schurtenberger | Stability, self-assembly and cluster formation in antibody solutions - a colloid approach

12:30 – 12:45 Closing remarks

12:45 - … Lunch

The symposium dinner takes place on Tuesday May 24th from 18:45 - 21:30 in the Utrecht University Hall (Academiegebouw Universiteit Utrecht, see photo below). We have reserved the Aula for this occasion.

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