The 4th Soft Matter Summer School : Charged Systems in Soft Matter

4 Jul 2016, 07:30 → 14 Jul 2016, 19:30 Asia/Seoul

■ Subject: Charged Systems in Soft Matter

The School is designed to provide a broad perspective on the fundamental science and contemporary research in soft matter science for graduate students, post-docs, and other young scientists. It started in 2013 with the topic of soft Material Interfaces. The second school was about Active Systems (2014), and the third one about Polymers in Biology (2015). The school is sponsored by three organizations: IBS-CSLM (Korea Institute of Basic Science - Center for Soft and Living Matter, UNIST), KIAS (Korea Institute for Advanced Study) and UCSB-ICMR (University of California, Santa Barbara - International Center for Materials Research). In this year, the school will be hosted by IBS-CSLM and UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology). The meeting will begin with two-day pre-school for Korean participants, in which short review of soft matter science will be given in Korean by 3 invited speakers. In the school, 10 invited speakers will deliver lectures on the fundamental concepts to enable understanding of the underlying principles that govern charged systems in soft matter.

 

■ The lectures in the school will cover

1. Basic theory of electrostatic effects in soft matter

2. Electrostatic effects in biopolymer conformation and elasticity

3. Electrostatics of colloids, emulsions and oil water interfaces

4. Electrostatics in water

5. Charged polymers in the cell

6. Effect of structure on ion/electron transport in polymers

7. Interaction between polymers and ions studied by neutron scattering

 

■ Date: July 4  - July 14, 2016

■ Venue: UNIST, Ulsan Korea

    - Main Lecture Hall: Room E205, 2nd Engineering Building(#106)

    - Group Study Room: Room E204, T101, T201, T203, T205, T206

                                     2nd Engineering Building(#106)

■ Registration deadline: June 15, 2016

■ Organizing Committee Members:

- Philip A. Pincus (UCSB, USA)

- Mahn Won Kim (GIST, Korea)

- Hyuk Kyu Pak (UNIST/IBS, Korea)

- Changbong Hyeon (KIAS, Korea)

- Tsvi Tlusty (UNIST/IBS, Korea)

Monday, 4 July

07:30 Breakfast

Yongki Choi (North Dakota State University)

12:30 LUNCH

Joonwoo Jeong (UNIST)

Yongki Choi (North Dakota State University)

18:00 Dinner

Group Study/Discussion

Tuesday, 5 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Yongki Choi (North Dakota State University)

Yongseok Jho (IBS)

12:30 LUNCH

Yongseok Jho (IBS)

Yongki Choi (North Dakota State University)

18:00 DINNER

Group Study/Discussion

Wednesday, 6 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Sarah Woodson: Johns Hopkins University

Effects of ions on RNA dynamics

Changwoo Do: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Interaction between polymers and ions studied by neutron scattering

slides Lecture_Note_Prof._Changwoo_Do_Neutron_Scattering_for_Soft_Matter_Research.pdf

12:30 LUNCH

Paul Chaikin: New York University

Electrostatics of colloids, emulsions and oil water interfaces and the formation of Wigner Crystals in bulk and on flat and curved surfaces

18:00 DINNER

Group Study/Discussion

Thursday, 7 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Sarah Woodson

Effects of ions on RNA dynamics

Changwoo Do

Interaction between polymers and ions studied by neutron scattering

slides Lecture_Note_Prof._Changwoo_Do_Neutron_Scattering_for_Soft_Matter_Research.pdf

12:30 LUNCH

Paul Chaikin

Electrostatics of colloids, emulsions and oil water interfaces and the formation of Wigner Crystals in bulk and on flat and curved surfaces

18:00 DINNER

Group Study/Discussion

Friday, 8 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Rachel Segalman: Univerisity of California Santa Barbara

Effect of structure on ion/electron tranport in polymers

slides Lecture_Note_Prof._Rachel_Segalman_ELASTICITY_OF_SINGLE_CHAIN,_CHAIN_SWELLING_AND_GEL_SWELLING.pdf

Gi-Ra Yi: Sungkyunkwan University

Synthesis and assembly of charge-stabilized colloidal particles

12:30 LUNCH

Rachel Segalman

Effect of structure on ion/electron tranport in polymers

slides Lecture_Note_Prof._Rachel_Segalman_ELASTICITY_OF_SINGLE_CHAIN,_CHAIN_SWELLING_AND_GEL_SWELLING.pdf

18:00 BANQUET

Saturday, 9 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

08:30 FREE TIME

For those who don't participate Excursion Program

11:00 Excursion(Guided Tour in Gyeongju City)

□ Meeting point: UNIST Main Square
between Natural Science Bldg.(#102) and Main administrative Bldg.(#201)
□ Excursion included: Guide for the Day / Lunch and Dinner / Ticket for Sightseeing spots / Transportation by coach from UNIST to Gyeongju
※ Bus will depart on 11 AM

12:30 LUNCH

For those who don't participate Excursion Program

18:00 DINNER

For those who don't participate Excursion Program

Sunday, 10 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

08:30 FREE TIME

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 FREE TIME

18:00 DINNER

Monday, 11 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Omar Saleh: University of California Santa Barbara

Electrostatic effects in biopolymer conformation and elasticity

Roland Netz: Freie University-Berlin

Electrostatics in water

12:30 LUNCH

Jinsuk Song: LG Chemical

Ion-specific effects on the charge density and hydration water daynamics at the interface

Omar Saleh

Electrostatic effects in biopolymer conformation and elasticity

18:00 DINNER

Group Study/Discussion

Tuesday, 12 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Student Dormitory Cafeteria(#300)

Alexandra Zidovska: New York University

Physics and Biology of Charged Polymers in the Cell: Chromatin & Cytoskeleton

Roland Netz

Electrostatics in water

12:30 LUNCH

Oleg Krichevsky: Ben-Gurion University

Charge effects in DNA biophysics

18:00 DINNER

Group Study/Discussion

Wednesday, 13 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Alexandra Zidovska

Physics and Biology of Charged Polymers in the Cell: Chromatin & Cytoskeleton

Oleg Krichevsky

Charge effects in DNA biophysics

12:30 LUNCH

Changbong Hyeon: KIAS

Ion dynamics and its implication to biomolecules

18:00 DINNER

Group Study/Discussion

Thursday, 14 July

07:30 BREAKFAST

Yongseok Jho (IBS)

Chae Un Kim: UNIST

Biophysical studies using a high pressure technique​

12:30 LUNCH

WORKSHOP CLOSING DISCUSSION

16:00 FAREWELL PARTY