Two recent NMR papers by Gang Wu (Queen's) and coworkers are highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News in their first issue of 2011.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i01/8901notw4.html
Both papers deal with 17O NMR in large protein complexes, in solution and in solid state. New research approaches proposed by Gang Wu and his team have a potential to significantly advance the field of protein NMR spectroscopy.
Jianfeng Zhu and Gang Wu, "Quadrupole Central Transition 17O NMR Spectroscopy of Biological Macromolecules in Aqueous Solution," Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (2011) ASAP. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja1079207
Jianfeng Zhu, Eric Ye, Victor Terskikh, and Gang Wu, "Solid-State 17O NMR Spectroscopy of Large Protein-Ligand Complexes," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 49 (2010) 8399-8402. (Cover Article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201002041
Part of this research was made possible using resources of the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids (www.nmr900.ca). See the complete list of research publications enabled by the Facility here (complete list).