MacroBEGE - Belgian-German (Macro)Molecular Meeting

Advanced Materials by Modular Strategies: From Synthesis to Industrial Applications

 Houffalize, Belgium    December 3-4, 2012

Programme


09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:30

Welcome of the participants

Session 1

Session Chairman

Dr Raphael RIVA
ULG, Ličge, Belgium
10:40

Functional Responsive Nanoreactors

Prof. Dr Rachel O'REILLY
THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, Warwick, United Kingdom
11:20

New Coppertunities: Autocatalyzed Crosslinking for Next-Generation Oled-Design

Mr Daniel VOLZ
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Karlsruhe, Germany
11:40

A Thiolactone Approach to Extend the Realm of Thiol-Click Chemistries in Polymer Science

Ms Fabienne GOETHALS
UGENT, Gent, Belgium
12:00

Continuous-Flow Microreactor Technology for the Synthesis of Functional Polymers

Dr Joke VANDENBERGH
UHASSELT, Diepenbeek, Belgium
12:30

Lunch and Exhibition

Session 2

Session Chairman

Dr Pieter ESPEEL
GHENT UNIVERSITY, Ghent, Belgium
13:20

Furan Moieties as Trojan Horses for Crosslinking, Labeling and Conjugation of Biomacromolecules

Prof. Annemieke MADDER
UGENT, Ghent, Belgium
14:00

Self-Folding of Single-Chain Polymers: Towards Synthetic Biomacromolecule Design

Dr Ozcan ALTINTAS
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Karlsruhe, Germany
14:20

Single-Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles: From Design to Function

Mr Patrick STALS
EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
14:40

Water-Soluble Polypeptoids

Mr Joshua ROBINSON
MAX-PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES, Potsdam, Germany
15:00

Precision Polypeptides Derived From Native Proteins for Biomedical Applications

Ms Wu YUZHOU
UNIVERSITY OF ULM, Ulm, Germany
15:20

Coffee Break, Poster Session I and Exhibition

Session 3

Session Chairman

Dr Hatice MUTLU
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
17:20

Tailor-Made Degradable Copolymers for the Design of Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

Dr Raphael RIVA
ULG, Ličge, Belgium
17:40

Castor Oil as Starting Material for the Synthesis of Renewable Semi-Crystalline Polysters and Poly(ester-Amide)s

Mr Thomas LEBARBÉ
UNIVERSITY BORDEAUX 1, Pessac, France
18:00

Switchable Polymer Systems for Emerging Applications

Dr Friedrich Georg SCHMIDT
EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG, Marl, Germany
18:30

Round table discussion (guided by moderator) with selection of academics and industrials, in close interaction with all participants

20:00

Conference Dinner

21:30

MacroBeGe Party
The bar will be open (charged drinks) and a DJ will be playing music until late!

Session 4

Session Chairman

Dr Laetitia MESPOUILLE
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
09:00

Combating Diseases with Peptide – Synthetic Polymer Conjugates

Prof. Dr Harm-Anton KLOK
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE, Lausanne, Switzerland
09:40

Poly(Lactic Acid)-Graft-Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Copolymers for Bone-Grafting Applications

Ms Dorothee BORCHMANN
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, NY, United States
10:00

Two Efficient Polymer-Polymer Conjugation Tools for the Post-Polymerization Modification of Acrylate Terminated Polymers

Mr Matthias WINKLER
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Karlsruhe, Germany
10:20

Thiol-Yne Chemistry Enabling the Preparation of Structurally Perfect Linear and Hyperbranched Polyvinylsulfides

Mr Robert PÖTZSCH
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR POLYMERFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V., Dresden, Germany
10:40

Alkyne-Functionalized Wood Cellulose Fibers as Versatile Environment Friendly Precursors Toward Novel Functional Biomaterials

Mr Gino MANGIANTE
IMP@INSA, VILLEURBANNE, France
11:00

Design of pH-Responsive Polymers and Polymersomes as Potential Cancer Vaccine Delivery Systems

Dr Anja CAR
UNIVERSITY BASEL, Basel, Switzerland
11:20

Coffee Break, Poster Session II and Exhibition

12:10

Lunch

Session 5

Session Chairman

Dr Guillaume DELAITTRE
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
13:00

Robust, Efficient and Orthogonal Chemistries for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Bio-based Polymers

Prof. Dr Eric DROCKENMULLER
UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, Villeurbanne, France
13:40

Photocleabable Block Copolymers as Precursors of Responsive Nanocapsules

Dr Olivier BERTRAND
UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
14:00

Preparation of Amphiphilic Polymer Networks with Tuneable Swelling and Mechanical Properties by the Mean of efficient Coupling Reactions

Dr Laetitia MESPOUILLE
UMONS, Mons, Belgium
14:20

Smart Polymer Surfaces by External Stimulated Responsive Switching of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers

Mrs. Daniela HELD
PSS, Mainz, Germany
14:40

Functional Polymersomes Via Kinetic Control and Modular Approaches

Prof. Dr Jan C.M. VAN HEST
RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
15:20

Awards for Oral and Poster Presentations and Closing Ceremony