五位团队成员前往美国德克萨斯州韦科市韦科会议中心参加由美国化学学会德克萨斯州心脏奥本部主办的美国化学学会西南地区会议。博士后区晨昕介绍了其分子马达的研究成果，本科生三人组萨曼莎、杰克逊和林正燮分别通过海报形式介绍了他们合作的荧光染料研究成果。冯元宁作了关于分子马达设计的口头报告
Five group members went to Waco Convention Center in Waco, Texas, United States for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) hosted by Heart O'Texas Local Section of the ACS. Postdoc Chenxin presented his work on the molecular motor and undergraduate trio, Samantha, Jackson and Aaron presented their collaboration on fluorescent dyes by posters, respectively. Yuanning gave a talk on the design of molecular motors.