Monday, May 26

8:30-9:00

Meeting introduction by the convenors

Presentation of the European Science Foundation (ESF)

9:00-10:40

Session 1 : Novel Hyperbranched Systems – Synthesis and some applications
Chair        :   U. Boas

9:00-9:40

Anne-Marie Caminade

 Phosphorous dendrimers as tools for the  elaboration of nano-materials

9:40-10:20

Tamis Darbre

Peptide dendrimers: Synthesis and Applications

10:20-10:40

Erwan Nicol

“Hyper-architectures" obtained from photo-   crosslinked self-assembled  amphiphilic block   copolymers

10:40-11:10

Coffee Break

11:10-12:50

Session 2 : Functional modification and characterization of hyperbranched systems
Chair        :  D. Vlassopoulos

11:10-11:50

Christopher Plummer

Functional modification of Hyperbranched polyesters for technical  applications

11:50-12:30

Albena Lederer 

Selectively modified aliphatic hyperbranched  polyesters and their analysis   by different separation methods

12:30-12:50

Wolfgang Radke

Chromatographic Separations of Branched   Polymers by Interaction Chromatography

12:50-15:00

Lunch

15:00-16:40

Session 3 :  Structure-Properties Relation  - I
Chair       :  T. Vlugt

15:00-15:40

Dimitris Vlassopoulos  

From dendritically branched polymers to colloidal  self-assemblies: tuning the  rheology

15:40-16:20

Silke Rathgeber 

Fundamental and applications of shape  persistent macromolecules – insight  from theory,   simulation and experiment

16:20-16:40

Anatoli Serghei 

Molecular dynamics of polymeric systems with   special macromolecular architectures under geometrical   nano-confinement

16:40-17:10

Coffee  Break

17:10-18:50

Session 4 : Structure-Properties Relation  - II
Chair        : C. Plummer

17:10-17:50

Thijs J.H. Vlugt 

High pressure phase behavior of systems with hyperbranched polymers

17:50-18:30

Rob Richardson

Structure of Liquid Crystalline Dendrimers

18:30-18:50

Nicola Tirelli

Branched Tethered Macromolecules

18:50-20:30

Discussion

20:30

Conference Dinner

Tuesday, May 27

9:00-10:40

Session 1 :  Self-Organization of hyperbranched polymers : insight from simulations
Chair        :   K. Karatasos

9:00-9:40

Christos N. Likos 

Cluster formation in concentrated solutions of amphiphilic dendrimers

9:40-10:20

Anatolij A. Darinskii

Self-organization of star diblock copolymers in the presence of linear polyelectrolytes

10:20-10:40

Sabrina Pricl 

The Nanoroad Less Traveled. A Multiscale Modeling Approach to Self-Assembly of PAMAM Dendrimers

10:40-11:10

Coffee Break

11:10-12:50

Session 2 : Complexation and responsiveness of hyperbranched systems
Chair        :  C. Likos

11:10-11:50

Martin A. Buzza

Are polyelectrolyte dendrimers stimuli responsive?

11:50-12:30

Andrey Gurtovenko

Charged dendrimers and their complexes with linear polyelectrolytes:  Insight from coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations

12:30-12:50

Sergey V. Lyulin

Anisotropy effects in overcharged hyperbranched polymers

12:50-15:00

Lunch

15:00-16:40

Session 3 :  Conformational characteristics of hyperbranched polymers: importance for prospective applications
Chair       :  A. Lyulin

15:00-15:40

Juan J. Freire 

Conformational properties of dendrimers studied through Monte Carlo simulations

15:40-16:20

Edward G. Timoshenko

Computer simulations of conformations for dendrimers with hydrophobic, hydrophilic and charged units

16:20-16:40

Igor Neelov

Molecular dynamics simulation of  dendrimer-cisplatin anticancer conjugate  and its interaction  with lipid bilayers

16:40-17:00

Coffee  Break

17:00-19:00

Discussion

Free time 

Wednesday, May 28

9:00-11:00

Session 1 :  Hyperbranched systems in pharmaceutical applications
Chair        :  A.-M. Caminade

9:00-9:40

Barbara Klajnert

Dendrimers as therapeutic agents in Alzheimer's and prion diseases

9:40-10:20

Zili Sideratou

Functional Hyperbrached Dendritic Polymers as Drug Delivery Systems

10:20-11:00

Ulrik Boas

Dendrimers as scaffolds for immune stimulating motifs, a new approach to molecular adjuvants

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-13:30

Session 2: Round table discussion, perspectives for  future collaborations
Chair: K. Karatasos, Alexey Lyulin

13:30

End of Workshop