TUESDAY, September 3
16:00 - Registration and Check-In
18:00 - Dinner
19:00 - Jens Gundlach, University of Washington, “Nanopore single-molecule technology”
20:00 - Welcome Reception
WEDNESDAY, September 4
09:00 - Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Tech, “Towards a materials design platform aimed at bioelectronic applications”
09:35 - Ritu Raman, MIT, “Designing and controlling engineered bioactuators”
10:10 - Coffee Break
10:40 - Jonathan Reeder, Science Corp., “A Thin-Film Optogenetic Visual Prosthesis”
11:15 - Xenofon Strakosas, Linköping University, Sweden, “In Situ Development of Organic Mixed Ion and Electron Conductors for Bioelectronic Interfaces”
11:50 - Lunch and Free Time (Box lunch if desired)
18:00 - Dinner
19:30 - Tyler Ray, University of Hawaii, “Advanced Manufacturing for Accessible, Personalized Health Monitoring”
20:05 - Lenny Tender, DARPA, “Potential Future DARPA Bioelectronic Programs: Predicting, Preventing, and Resolving Wound Infections, and Quantum Bits Based on Biological Quantum Effects”
20:40 - Poster Session
THURSDAY, September 5
09:00 - Benjamin Tee, Nat’l Univ. of Singapore, “Bioinspired Composite Materials and Devices for Sensing”
09:35 - Nako Nakatsuka, EPFL, Switzerland, “Aptamer-based Bioelectronics for Neurochemical Sensing at the Nanoscale”
10:10 - Coffee Break
10:40 - Michael Mayer, Uni. Fribourg, Germany, “Power Sources Inspired by Electric Fish”
11:15 - Simone Fabiano, Linköping University, Sweden, “Organic electrochemical neurons for closed-loop bioelectronics”
11:50 - Lunch and Free Time (Box lunch if desired)
18:00 - Dinner
19:00 - Christopher Bettinger, DARPA BTO, “Bio-inspired Electronics for Medical Devices to Support Warfighter Performance”
19:35 - Deblina Sarkar, MIT, “Cyborg Cells”
20:10 - Poster Session
Friday, September 6
09:00 - Paul Weiss, UCLA, “Mimicking Nature: Controlling Charge, Heat, and Spin”
09:35 - Mircea Teoduresco, UCSC, “Open source platform for longitudinal culturing and characterization of biological systems”
10:10 - Caroline Ajo-Franklin, Rice University, “Engineering Proteins and Microorganisms as Real-time Bioelectronic Sensors”
10:45 - Coffee Break
11:15 - Bozhi Tian, University of Chicago, “Soft Bioelectrical Interfaces: From Photostimulation to Living Bioelectronics”
11:50 - Xue Han, Boston University, “Cellular Voltage Imaging of Network Computation in Behavior and Therapeutic Design”
12:25 - Free Time (Box lunch if desired)
18:00 - Dinner
19:00 - Poster Award Winner Talks
20:00 - Closing Reception
Saturday, September 7
08:00 - Breakfast