Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Winter School 2019

The second Brandeis MRSEC Winter School was held Feb. 5 – 8, 2019, 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

8 participants skiing
Wu's lab group standing outside in front of a snow bank.
3 participants on a hike pose for a picture in a scenic spot with views of mountains.
Guillaume Duclos' Presentation: "Future Projects in IRG2"
Kun-Ta Wu gives 5-minute soundbite: "Collective dynamics of microtubule-based 3D active fluids from single microtubules"
Nesrin Senbil gives a 5 minutes soundbite: "Control of dynamics and pattern formation in microtubules with light activated motor proteins"
Zahra Zarei gives a 5 minute Soundbite: "The role of boundaries in 2D active nematics"
Matthew Peterson giving talk: "Structure Identification in 3D Active Nematics"
Guillaume Duclos giving a talk: "Future Projects in IRG2"
Sarah Zuraw-Weston giving a talk: "The role of particle shape in the deformation and disruption of lipid membranes: Experiments with tunable particle shape and adhesion"
Lev Skowronski delivering a 5 minute soundbite: "Self assembly of carboxysome bacterial microcompartment shells"
Botond Tyukodi giving a 5-minute soundbite: "A Monte Carlo method for frustrated assembly"
Kevin Skowronski giving a 5-minute soundbite: "Flows and Stability of a 3D Active Nematic"
Shibani Dalal giving a 5-minute soundbite: "Biomaterial facility at MRSEC"
Minu Varghese giving a talk: "Active incipient nematics"
Christian Santangelo giving a 30 minute talk: "Designing shapes with triangles: from origami to DNA origami"
8 skiiers and one snowboarder pose for a picture by a scenic vista. Several hold their ski poles or their fist up in the air with big smiles.
Nine skiiers from the group at lunch.
Two men and one woman stand in front of a poster, engaged in discussion.
Poster entitled "A P surface analogue can be constructed from a single triangular tile." Text below: Matching rules at the edges: Line colors and arrows must match." Pictured are 2 objects and 5 triangles.
Poster entitled "Cyclobutane Thymidine Dimer". Pictured below on the left is a double helix with 2 sections labeled "thymidine" with arrows to corresponding areas highlighted in red. On the left is another double helix with a label "UV-Light" and an arrow pointing to an area that is falling apart,.
Panoramic vista of the White Mountains covered in snow with fog.
Winter school participants pose for a group picture
Three students engaged in discussion. In the background are people looking at posters.
Several participants examining a poster.
Two students engaged in discussion. In the background are groups of students looking at posters.
Four participants discussing a poster.
Two participants standing in front of a poster, engaged in discussion.