Program
Workshop Program:
Recent Trends in Microrheology and Microfluidics
Day 1: 10th January 2023 (location: OIST Center Building Room C209)
9:00-9:30 Opening remarks by Prof. Amy Q. Shen
Session 1 (chair: Amy Shen, OIST)
9:30-10:20 Frank Scheffold, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Title: “Linear and Non-Linear Microrheology of Soft Particle Suspensions”
10:20-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-11:30 Atsushi Matsumoto, University of Fukui, Japan
Title: “Microrheological Analysis on the Entanglement Properties of Polyelectrolyte Semidilute Solutions”
11:30-12:20 Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge, UK
Title: “Passive Microrheology in DNA-Hydrogels”
12:20-14:20 Lunch (closed) and campus tour
Session 2 (chair: Simon Haward, OIST)
14:20-15:10 Kaori Kuribayashi-Shigetomi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Title: “Construction of Three-Dimensional Structures of Cells using Combinations of Micro/nano Process, Computational Origami and Cell Origami Techniques”
15:10-16:00 Mahesh Bandi, OIST
Title: “Masking it all up: Two Soft Matter solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic”
16:00-16:30 Break and transfer to OIST Conference Center
16:30-18:00 Poster Session at OIST Conference Center
18:15-20:30 Dinner (closed) at OIST Conference Center
Day 2: 11th January 2023 (location: Seaside House)
Session 1 (chair: Eric Furst)
9:00-9:50 Irmgard Bischofberger, MIT, USA
Title: “Instabilities and Flow-Induced Structures in Nematic Liquid Crystals”
9:50-10:40 Patrick Spicer, University of New South Wales, Australia
Title: “Multiple Length Scale Flow and Mechanics of Complex Bacterial Nanocellulose Structures”
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Tatiana Porto dos Santos, OIST, Japan
Title: “Flow and Alignment of Protein Nanofibril Suspensions”
11:30-12:20 Anderson Shum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Title: “Droplets and Microfluidics: What’s Next?”
12:20-13:30 Lunch (closed)
Session 2 (chair: Irmgard Bischofberger)
13:30-14:20 Katsuhiko Sato, Hokkaido University, Japan
Title: “Cortical Flow Beneath the Plasma Membrane Induces Cluster Cell Migration”
14:20-15:10 Eliot Fried, OIST, Japan
Title: “Impact of Peplomer Charge Heterogeneity on the Rotational Diffusivity of a Suspension of Coronavirions”
15:10-18:30 Free time/excursion (Okashi Goten Sweet Factory, Busena Marine Park Underwater Observatory, Cape Manzamo).
19:00-21:00 Dinner (closed) at Chura Hall, Seaside House
Day 3: 12th January 2023 (location: Seaside House)
Session 1 (chair : Erika Eiser)
9:10-10:00 Eric Furst, University of Delaware, USA
Title: “Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy of Colloidal Dispersions”
10:00-10:30 Vincenzo Calabrese, OIST, Japan
Title: “A Unified Framework to Describe Shear- and Extension-Induced Alignment of Macromolecules of Various Flexibility”
10:30-10:50 Coffee break
10:50-11:40 Jun Dong Park, Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea
Title: “Exploring Complex Rheological Behavior of Soft Materials with Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS)”
11:40-12:10 Simon Haward, OIST, Japan
Title: “Optimized Microfluidic Device for Homogeneous Uniaxial and Biaxial Extension of Mobile Fluids”
12:10-13:10 Lunch (closed)
Session 2 (chair: Vincenzo Calabrese)
13:10-14:00 Norbert Willenbacher, KIT, Germany
Title: “Microheterogeneities Everywhere: A Microrheological Approach for Visualization and Characterization”
14:00-14:50 Akihiro Kusumi, OIST, Japan
Title: “Development of the Ultrafast Camera for Single-Molecule Imaging and the Discovery of Metastable Nano-Liquid Signaling Platforms on the Cell Membrane”
14:50-15:10 Coffee break
15:10-16:00 Kenji Urayama, Kyoto University, Japan
Title: “Crack Tip Analysis for Fast Moving Crack in Elastomers”
16:00-16:50 Jeff Giacomin, Queens University, Canada
Title: “Confinement and Complex Viscosity”
16:50-18:30 Free time, 19:00-21:00 Dinner (closed) at Chura Hall, Seaside House
