Time (PDT) Speakers Description
9:00am - 9:50am Colton Quick, Gyros Protein Technologies Introduction to Automated Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS): Tips for Success & Applications. This session will cover the main areas of SPPS theory and synthesis design, focusing on first principles such as sequence analysis and synthetic methodology. In addition, topics will include exploring what factors may influence decisions such as resin selection, choice of coupling chemistry, scale of synthesis and coupling protocol. We will also cover some examples on how to program syntheses using the Symphony® X Peptide Synthesizer from Gyros Protein Technologies.

 Stretching / Networking / Instrumentation Office Hours: 9:50am - 10:20am (PDT)

 Break: 10:20am - 11:10am (PDT)

Time (PDT) Speakers Description
11:10am - 12:00pm Frank Leibfarth, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Machine Learning-Guided Materials Discovery Enabled by Automated Copolymer Synthesis
12:00pm - 12:50pm Bradley Schmidt, Chemspeed Solutions for R&D Automation Developed by Chemists; Standardized, Digitalized and Easily-Accessible Solutions for Chemists. This talk will give an introduction of Chemspeed Technilogies’ core platforms for automation of R&D. The discussion will be highlighting exciting advancements toward High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) with broad scope and flexibility.

 Lunch Break: 12:50pm - 1:50pm (PDT)

Time (PDT) Speakers Description
1:50pm - 2:40pm Megan Valentine and Matthew Helgeson, UCSB High-Throughput Characterization of Microstructure and Microrheology Using Optical Microscopy. This lecture will introduce state-of-the-art methods that utilize optical microscopy to interrogate the structural and mechanical properties of complex fluids and soft solids. In addition to reviewing fundamental and practical measurement principles, we will highlight the unique features of BioPACIFIC MIP facilities for designing, performing, analyzing and interpreting high-throughput microscopy and microrheology experiments, and provide case studies for how these capabilities can be utilized in the discovery, design and formulation of bio-derived and bio-inspired materials.
2:40pm - 3:30pm Scott Shell, UCSB Multiscale Modeling of Complex Polymeric Materials. This talk will review basic aspects of simulation approaches to modeling soft and polymeric materials. A particular focus will highlight distinct methods suitable to different time and length scales, spanning molecular to coarse-grained to mesoscopic, as well as novel ways to connect these descriptions using systematic multiscale frameworks.
3:30pm - 4:00pm Morgan Bates, UCSB, Michael Lake, UCLA, Juan Manuel Urueña, UCSB, and Jose Rodriguez, UCLA. Instrumentation Office Hours