Day 4
8th May 2025

May 8th 2025

8:40 - 9:20

Plenary Session
Lecture Room “PEGASO”
Chair: Sabrina Carroccio

Well-Defined Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polymers: From Multifunctional Materials to Mucosal Medicine

Brent Sumerlin

9:20- 9:30

SHORT BREAK (before sessions start)

9:30 - 10:00

Perfluorocarbon-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles with Tailored Nanomechanical and Surface Properties for Cell-Specific Uptake

Oya Tagit

10:00 - 10:30

Polysaccharides and Proteins as Biopolymer Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biocatalysis

Peter Wich

9:30 - 10:00

Polymerisation-Induced Self-Assembly

Steven Armes

10:00 - 10:30

Supramolecular Polymerisation Meets Block Copolymer Self-Assembly

Johannes Brendel

9:30 - 10:00

Application of Hyaluronic Acid-Coated Polymeric Micelles for Nanomedicine

Ohya Yuichi

10:00 - 10:30

The Chemical and Topological Design of Polymers for Bioinspired Multiscale Soft Materials

Benjamin McDonald

10:30- 11:00

BREAK

11:00 - 11:20

Enzyme-Polymer Conjugates: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Kelly Velonia

11:20 - 11:40

Surface-Grafted Poly(methacrylic acid) Brushes for Biomedical Applications: a Straightforward Synthesis via Organocatalyzed ATRP

Anna Kiełbasa

11:40 - 12:00

Engineering Water-Soluble Fluorinated Copolymers for a High-Performance 19F MRI

Tuba A. Tunca Arin

12:00 - 12:20

ROMP Based Biocidal Polymers

Tarik Eren

11:00 - 11:20

Gradient Copolymerization-Induced Self-Assembly: From Monomers to Nanoparticles in a Single Step

Ondrej Sedlacek

11:20 - 11:40

Block Copolymer Synthesis in Ionic Liquid via Polymerisation Induced Self-Assembly: A Convenient Route to Gel Electrolytes

Georgia L. Maitland

11:40 - 12:00

Combination of Ugi Multicomponent Reaction and PISA-RAFT: A Proof-of-Concept for Synthesis of Polypeptoid-Decorated Nanoparticles

Lei Lei

12:00 - 12:20

Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (CROPISA) of 2-oxazolines: From Block Copolymers to Pickering Emulsion Stabilizers

Niccolò Lusiani

11:00 - 11:20

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Polymer Brush Prodrug

Joshua Schumacher

11:20 - 11:40

Identifying the Pathways Responsible for Blood Plasma Fouling on Polymer Brushes

Andres De Los Santos Pereira

11:40 - 12:00

Electric Field-Regulated Protein Adsorption on Antifouling Polymer Brushes
Towards Safer and Efficient Lipid-Based siRNA Delivery Systems

Erik J. Postma

12:00 - 12:20

Polymer Brush Dispersity as a Tool for Tailoring Surface Properties and Interactions with Physiological Media

Edmondo M. Benetti

12:20

LUNCH

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

19:30

GALA DINNER / CLOSING REMARKS - PRIZES