Program

GMJS100 Program

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Wednesday, October 23

Time Session/Lecture info
08:30-17:30
Wednesday October 23
 
08:30-09:00
Registration & Coffee
09:00-09:15
Meir Lahav, Weizmann Institute of Science
Opening remarks: G. M. J. Schmidt: From Topo-Chemistry and Molecular Packing Modes to Crystal Engineering
09:15-09:45
J. Michael McBride, Yale University
Opening remarks: How Gerhard Schmidt Came upon Organic Solid–State Chemistry
09:45-10:15
Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science
Personal recollections
10:15-10:45
Sally Price, University College London
Can we predict how pharmaceuticals will crystallize?
10:45-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-11:45
Bart Kahr, New York University
Pasteur, Again
11:45-12:15
Elisabetta Venuti, University of Bologna
Probing Crystal Dynamics by Confocal MicroRaman Spectroscopy
12:15-12:45
Jennifer A. Swift, Georgetown University
Engineering Defects in Molecular Crystals
12:45-14:30
Lunch & Poster session
14:30-15:00
Michal Leskes, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sensitivity enhanced NMR spectroscopy for probing bulk and interfacial properties of energy storage materials
15:00-15:30
Asher Schmidt, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
Tuning lattice stability: A molecular-functional solids-NMR view of intracrystalline occlusion of Asp in vaterite
15:30-16:00
Coffee break & Group photo
16:00-16:30
Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern University
Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA: Repurposing the Blueprint of Life
16:30-17:00
Gil Markovich, Tel Aviv University
Spontaneous and directed symmetry breaking in the formation of chiral nanocrystals
17:00-17:30
David Avnir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Molecularly doped metals

Deadline for registration

October 1, 2019

Deadline for abstract submission

September 25, 2019

Organizing committee

Rafal Klajn (co-chair)
Dept. of Organic Chemistry
Weizmann Institute of Science

Omer Yaffe (co-chair)
Dept. of Materials & Interfaces
Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Honorary Chair

  • J. Michael McBride Yale University

Coordinator & Accessibility Issues

Talia Suissa
Weizmann Institute of Science
talias@weizmann.ac.il

Sponsors

The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange

Faculty of Chemistry

The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Molecular Design

The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly