Programme

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LUTZ, JEAN-FRANCOIS: CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron, France
An introduction to sequence-controlled polymers

COFFEE / TEA BREAK

STAYTON, PATRICK: University of Washington, USA
Opening the intracellular target space to biological drugs with bioactive polymers

DAFFORN, TIM: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
It is not a magic trick ... membrane protein purification WITHOUT detergent

LUNCH BREAK

PASCH, HARALD: University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Chemical composition and microstructure analysis of polymers by multidimensional column- and channel-based separations

KOUWER, PAUL: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Mechanical properties of responsive soft hydrogels

MEET & GREET / REGISTRATION SESSION

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Welcoming remarks: Eugene Cloete: Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, University of Stellenbosch, SA
IUPAC representative opening address: Harald Pasch

PLENARY: ROWAN, ALAN: Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), Australia
Biomimetic polymers for cellular control

INVITED: LUTZ, JEAN-FRANCOIS: CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron, France
Design and applications of digital polymers

INVITED: DU PREZ, FILIP: Ghent University, Belgium
Thiolactone groups as functional handles: From double end group modification to macromolecular lineups

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INVITED: HUTCHINGS, LIAN: Durham University, United Kingdom
Monomer sequence control via living anionic polymerisation

INVITED: GRUBBS, ROBERT: Stony Brook University, USA
Building organic materials from the bottom up with self-assembling block copolymers

INVITED: VAN HEST, JAN: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Functional polymersomes for application in nanomedicine

LUNCH BREAK

ORAL: KARGAARD, ANNA: University of Stellenbosch, SA
Recent progress in RAFT polymerization of NVP

ORAL: GOONOO, NOWSHEEN: University of Siegen, Germany
Electrospun poly(ester-ether)/ polysaccharide blend fibers for bone tissue engineering

ORAL: WUEST, KILIAN: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Light-induced grafting of functional polymers to nanodiamonds

ORAL: SHI, TONGFEI: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, P.R. China
In-situ study of the solvent annealing process of thin polymer film

ORAL: THIERFELDER, NIKOLAUS, Cardiovascular Research Unit (CRU), SA
Classic tissue engineering and regenerative approaches in cardiovascular research

ORAL: GAMEIRO, MARIANA: University of Nottingham, UK
Novel and sustainable method to develop greener polymers

ORAL: MUGEMANA, CLÉMENT: Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI), Switzerland
Magneto-responsive amphiphilic polymer conetwork microcapsules

ORAL: JI, XIANGLING: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, P.R. China
Responsive behaviour of PDMAEMA-based brushes grafted on silica nanoparticles

ORAL: MUTLU, HATICE: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Efficient avenues towards the functionalization of unsaturated polymers

ORAL: JIANG, WEI: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, P.R. China
Amphiphilic block copolymer vesicle formation and its behavior in selective solvent

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INVITED: PASCH, HARALD: University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Multidetector thermal field-flow fractionation for monitoring the structure and dynamics of block copolymer micelles

INVITED: WILHELM, MANFRED: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Correlating chemical structure and polymer weight via SEC-IR detection with a new QCL laser spectrometer

INVITED: KILZ, PETER: PSS Polymer Standards Service GmbH, Germany
Bottom-up characterization of synthetic and natural macromolecules by hyphenated chromatographic techniques

POSTER SESSION

THANK YOU DINNER FOR PLENARY/INVITED SPEAKERS, Oppie Dorp Restaurant, 137 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch

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PLENARY: DAFFORN, TIM: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Detergent free purification of membrane proteins using styrene-maleic acid co-polymer nanoencapsulation

INVITED: AUBIN-TAM, MARIE-EVE: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Functionalization of SMA nanodiscs

INVITED: KLOK, HARM-ANTON: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Engineering cell surfaces with synthetic polymers

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INVITED: KILLIAN, ANTOINETTE: University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
The styrene-maleic acid copolymer: A versatile tool in membrane research

INVITED: DOUGLAS, TREVOR: Indiana University, USA
Hierarchical assembly of virus-based nanoreactors

PLENARY: STAYTON, PATRICK: University of Washington, USA
Molecular engineering of biologic drug therapies and diagnostic platforms

LUNCH BREAK

ORAL: PFUKWA, RUEBEN: University of Stellenbosch, SA
Study of the synthesis of polyaldehydes via organocatalytic anionic polymerization

ORAL: STRIBECK, ALMUT: University of Hamburg, Germany
Morphology evolution mechanisms in polyurethane materials studied by small-angle X-ray scattering

ORAL: SCHMIEDEN, DOMINIK: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Using bacteria to make improved, nacre-inspired materials

ORAL: GRIEBENOW, SASCHA: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Influence of the refractive index increment on GPC-MALLS analysis of technical EVA-copolymers

ORAL: ARNOLD, THOMAS: Diamond Light Source, UK
A comparison of lipid nanodiscs (SMALPS) made from three different polymers and their effects on the exchange of lipids with lipid monolayers

ORAL: ANDROSCH, RENÉ: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Analysis of the a'/a-crystal transition in poly (L-Lactic acid) (PLLA)

ORAL: HURRLE, SILVANA: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Two-in-one: lambda-orthogonal photochemistry on a radical photoinitiating system

ORAL: PFLUG, KRISTINA: Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Describing transfer-to-polymer correctly or the task of analyzing long-chain branches quantitatively

ORAL: BUZZACCHERA, IRENE: NovioSense BV, The Netherlands
Polysaccharide based coatings for tissue integrated medical sensor devices

ORAL: DUCHATEAU, JAN: SABIC, The Netherlands
Novel process for high pressure co-polymerization of ethylene and alkyne containing chemicals

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INVITED: DAENZER, TATJANA: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Tailormade polyether architectures: From hyperbranched poly(ethylene glycols) to polyethers with functional side chains and degradable PEG-nanoparticles

INVITED: SCHÖNHERR, HOLGER: University of Siegen, Germany
Exploiting designer polymer brushes for tailored cellular microenvironments with completely decoupled biochemical cues, mechanical properties, nanopatterns and controlled topography in 3D

INVITED: ZHANG, HUIQI: Nankai University, P.R. China
Preparation of water-compatible molecularly imprinted polymer micro- or nanoparticles for bioanalytical applications

CONFERENCE BANQUET

PLENARY: ULIJN, REIN: CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, USA
Repurposing peptides for materials and nanotechnology

INVITED: BRUNS, NICO: Adolphe Merkle Institute, Switzerland
Biocatalytic ATRP as diagnostic tool for the detection of blood-related diseases

NVITED: HOWDLE, STEVE: University of Nottingham, UK
Polymers, renewables and supercritical carbon dioxide

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INVITED: HILLER, WOLF: Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Characterization of micelles by NMR spectroscopy

INVITED: LEDERER, ALBENA: Leibniz-Institute für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany
Biomacromolecules and biohybrid systems - in-situ characterization of interaction properties

INVITED: KOUWER, PAUL: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ultra-responsive soft matter from strain-stiffening hybrid gels

LUNCH BREAK

ORAL: ROTHFUSS, HANNAH: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Platinum-complexed SCNPS: The first reusable homogeneous catalysts in chemical reactions

ORAL: VAN ROOYEN, LOUIS:Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), SA
Graphene filled PTFE composites with improved wear resistance and gas barrier properties

ORAL: BADI, NEZHA: Ghent University, Belgium
Mulfunctional dendrimer-like and sequence-defined polymeric systems using thiolactone chemistry

ORAL: MUKWADA, LESLEY: University of the Free State (Qwaqwa Campus), SA
Structure and properties of PLA/PCL blend nanocomposites with Mg(OH₂) and APTMS-TiO₂

ORAL: VAN DEN BERGH, WIAN: Cardiovascular Research Unit (CRU), SA
In vivo response to tissue engineered electrospun scaffolds with drug delivery and enhanced porosity

ORAL: MOTAUNG, TSHWAFO: University of Zululand, SA
The influence of supermasscolloider on the morphology of sugar cane bagasse and bagasse cellulose

ORAL: GEGENHUBER, THOMAS: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Step-growth polymers as macro chain transfer agents - an experimental and theoretical study

ORAL: MOCHANE, MOKGAOTSA: University of Zululand, SA
Preparation of polymer/graphite composites for improvement in thermal conductivity and flammability resistance

ORAL: DOU, XIAOQIU: University of Siegen, Germany
Bio-inspired hierarchical and functionalized surface structures for efficient capture and release of circulating tumor cells

COFFEE / TEA BREAK

INVITED: WILSON, DANIELA: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nanomotors via a polymeric supramolecular approach

INVITED: BEZUIDENHOUT, DEON: Cardiovascular Research Unit (CRU), SA
Polymeric scaffolds for tissue regeneration

INVITED: VAN ESCH, JAN: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Fuel-driven active materials

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