Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Winter School 2018

The first Brandeis MRSEC Winter School was held Feb. 27 – March 1, 2018. at the Highland Center in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. There were workshops, training sessions and discussion of research, as well as an opportunity to hike and explore the beautiful White Mountains with fellow MRSEC participants.

Photos

Panoramic view of the mountains from a snow and ice covered rocky summit.
Woman presenting. Slide is titled “Materials.” 3 sections of the slide are labeled “The Lipid Membranes,” “The Nanoparticles” and “The fd-Y21M Rod-Shaped Virus and DNA Origami.”
Participant presenting. Slide is titled: “Chiral Effects in Achiral Background.” 3 pictures are labeled “Fluorescence,” “LC-PolScope” and “Tilted LC-PolScope.”
Participant presenting. Slide text says: Self-assembly is the spontaneous organization of components into large-scale structures. I. Design principles that organize components into desired structures. II. Correlation between macroscopic properties of self-assemblage to the microscopic features of building blocks. Upper group of pictures titled “Outsied of cell”. Pictures are labeled Deoxyribonucleic acid, ribosome and virus capsid. Lower illustration titled Inside of cell (cytoplasm with parts of the picture labelled as Lipid bilayer, porteins, carbohydrate chains, transport protein and phospholipids.
Participant presenting
Participant presents talk. Slide is titled: "Hierarchical vs. non-hierarchical." Left chart is titled “Stronger pebntamers. Right chart is labeled: "Too strong pentamers?"  Vertical axes of the charts are labeled: "Mass fraction."  Horizontal axes of the charts are labeled: "Time 10 6 (simulation units)."
Participant Presenting
Participant presenting. Slide is titled "Defect Annihilation in Experiment (might not be the complete title).
View of snow topped mountains with bird on tree branch in the foreground
2 participants performing, playing sax and guitar
2 participants on a hike in the snow-covered White Mountains
Participating presenting. Slide is labeled: Kinesin-14 can cross-link and slide MT pairs
Participant presenting talk. Slide is titled "Self-limiting equilibrium via geometric frustration." Text on slide says: -equilibrium size can be arbitrarily larger than block size; -finite-range interactions (e.g., nearest neighbor); -single species of block type.
A stream with water flowing through snow covered woods and rocks.
Group photo of participants wearing a winterschool T shirt
Participant presenting. Slide is titled “Cellular Actin Sturctures”. 3 sections are labeled: Lamellipodium, branched actin array; Filopodiumn, linear bundle parallel filaments; Stress Fiber, linear bundle of missed polarity
Participant presenting. Slide title is: Binding Strength. Two figures are labeled "Activated" and "Passivated." There are 2 other charts as well.
Participant presenting. Slide title is: T=1 assembly
Nighttime view of the Highland Center against the backdrop of the mountains, with light emanating from the building.
Participant presenting
Participants watching a presentation
Participants at a poster session
Mike Norton delivering a presentation. Slide text: Hydrodynamics of active topological defects near boundaries in nematic suspensions. Mike Norton. Brandeis MRSEC Winter School 2018. PIs: Seth Fraden, Mike Hagan, Aparna Baskaran."
Participant hiking on a snowy trail
Participant presenting. Slide is titled "Microscopic Motors Produce Forces"
View of the Highland Center during a snowstorm
Panoramic vista of the mountains looking out over the notch
Panoramic vista of the mountains and a frozen lake from up above
Closeup of pine needles covered with frost
8 Skiiers at lunch