ISM Day 2024

Come celebrate the Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology’s annual ISM Day on September 24, 2024 (held on Georgetown’s Main Campus)!

Schedule

The presentations in the morning and the panel discussion in the afternoon will be located in the Social Room, located inside the Healey Family Student Center. Please find the schedule of events below.

ScheduleISM Day 2024
9:00 am – 9:10 amDirector’s Welcome and Breakfast: Prof. Emanuela Del Gado, Director of the Institute for Soft Matter (ISM), Georgetown University
9:10 am – 9:30 amMulticomponent liquid-core nanocapsules synthesized with flash nanoprecipitation—Prof. Edward Van Keuren, ISM and Department of Physics, Georgetown University
9:30 am – 9:50 amSensing with nanomaterials—Prof. Paola Barbara, Department of Physics, Georgetown University
9:50 am – 10:10 amFluorescent RNA labels for multiplexed visualization in live mammalian cells—Prof. Esther Braselmann, ISM and Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University
10:10 am – 10:40 amUnderwater Adhesives Inspired by the Marine Barnacle—Dr. Christopher So, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
10:40 am – 11:00 amCoffee Break
11:00 am – 11:20 amDisparities in Amino Acid Metabolism in Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer (ILC)—Prof. Rebecca Riggins, Medical School, Georgetown University
11:20 am – 11:40 amDiversifying Supply Chains for the Low Carbon Transition—Prof. Joanna Lewis, STIA and SFS, Georgetown University
11:40 am – 11:55 amShear rheology of semi-dilute suspension of colloidal rods: the role of hydrodynamic interactions—Dr. Lucas Cunha, ISM-NIST Fellow, Georgetown University
11:55 am – 12:10 pmThermal equilibration and polymer dynamics during the early stages of weld formation between polymer films—Dr. Mauro Mugnai, ISM-NIST Fellow, Georgetown University
12:10 pm – 2:00 pmLunch (Boxed lunches in HFSC Social Room)

Updates from the Office of Technology Commercialization—Dr. Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak, Vice President, Technology Commercialization, Georgetown University

Panel Discussion: Building soft matter research connections, inside and outside Georgetown

Prof. Edward Van Keuren, ISM and Department of Physics
Prof. Paola Barbara, Department of Physics
Prof. Esther Braselmann, ISM and Department of Chemistry
Dr. Christopher So, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Prof. Joanna Lewis, STIA and SFS
Dr. Lucas Cunha, ISM
Dr. Mauro Mugnai, ISM
Dr. Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak, Office of Technology Commercialization
2:00 pm – 2:30 pmBreak/Poster Set-up
2:30 pm – 4:00 pmPoster Session (3rd floor, Regents Hall)
4:00 pm – 6:00 pmReception/Happy Hour (Tent space on the terrace right outside of Hariri Building)

Poster Session

The poster session will be held on the 3rd floor of Regents Hall from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Alimperti Group:

Micaila Curtis – Impact of Vitamin C on mechanical properties of bone extracellular matrix and tissue regeneration

Rahul Patil – Pectin-based bio-ink for 3D printing bone regeneration applications

Yoontae Kim – 3D-Printed Osteochondral Platform Reveals New Biomechanical Insights in Interfacial Bone-Articular Regions

Blair Group:

Austin Walker – Rheology and 3D rotational dynamics of sheared dense colloidal suspensions

Wayan Fontaine-Seiler – Exploring the Nonlinear Rheology of Composite Hydrogels: A New Paradigm for LAOS Analysis

Braselmann Group:

Zachary Stickelman – Enhancing the Riboglow-FLIM Toolbox for RNA Visualization Through Different Lifetime-Producing RNA Tags

Luke Shafik – Screening Binding Affinities Between RNA and Probe in the Riboglow Platform

Bindu Modi – Visualizing Endogenous RNAs in Live Mammalian Cells Using Riboglow-FLIM

Del Gado Group:

Vinutha H A – Stress relaxation during shear startup in soft amorphous materials

Rose B. Tchuenkam – Network-Network Interactions in Double Network Gels

Logan Bayer – Structural Rearrangement during Flow Cessation in Jammed Suspensions

Gavvalapalli Group:

Victor Francis – Stimuli-Responsive polyethyleneimine slide-ring Hydrogel

ISM-NIST Fellow:

Lucas H P Cunha – Numerical investigation on the shear viscosity of semi-dilute ferrofluid emulsions under applied magnetic fields

Kertesz Group:

Rameswar Bhattacharjee – Topological transition in 1D-conjugated polymers

Maillard Group:

Mira Malmosi – Exploring Multimeric Protein Signaling Through a Single-Molecule Study of PKA

Sanuja Mohanaraj – The Role of Secondary Structure Conformation on the Allosteric Regulation of the cAMP Receptor Protein (CRP) from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Andrew Hoy – Uncovering the Mechanism of Aggregation in a PKA RIβ Mutant Linked to Dementia

Olmsted Group:

Alexandra Stuer – Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the LPP within the lipid matrix of the Stratum Corneum

Shambavi Natarajan – Quest to find gamma modes in polymer glasses

Paranjape Group:

Nadia Lall – Application of Porous Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in a Transdermal Patch

So Group (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory):

Elizabeth Yates – Formulation of Barnacle-Inspired Underwater Adhesives

Zach Lamberty – Aqueous Underwater Adhesives from Agricultural Proteins

Swift Group:

Shae London – Synthetic and Biogenic Ammonium Urates

Lindsey Foote – Solid State Desolvation of 5-Fluorocytosine Forms

Urbach/Blair Group:

Esmaeel Moghimi – Stress and flow inhomogeneity in shear-thickening suspensions

Van Keuren Group:

Tahmida Raheen Iqbal – Liquid-liquid Phase Separation in Multicomponent Polymer System

Orelle Bulgin – Assessing the Impact of Nano-plastic on Zebrafish Developmental Stages and Exploring their Potential as MRI Contrast Agent

Campus Map

The presentations in the morning and the panel discussion in the afternoon will be located in the Social Room, located inside the Healey Family Student Center. The poster session will be held in Regents Hall on the 3rd floor. Please find a campus map here: Campus Map for ISM Day 2024

Visitor Parking

Visitor parking is available in our Southwest Parking Garage. Visitors should use 3611 Canal Road NW as the address when mapping directions using GPS. Please visit Georgetown’s website for detailed driving directions to campus

Visitor Parking Rates:

Daily Parking Rate: $5/hr with a maximum rate of $25/day
Daily Parking (after 3 p.m.): $15
Daily Parking (after 7 p.m.): $10
Students with a GUID after 4:30 p.m. (MON-FRI only): $5