http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/outreach/holmes/index.html
Application Deadline: February 28, 2013
Application Deadline: February 28, 2013
Thursday, December 13, 2012
H.L. Holmes Award 2013: call for applications
Applications are being accepted for post-doctoral studies in chemistry, physics, biology or mathematics as they relate to medical and biological processes. Awards cover a one or two-year period, depending on available funding and the research proposal. An Award can have a monetary value of up to $100,000 CDN per year. Please consult the following link for more information:
Thursday, December 6, 2012
CSC 2013 symposium - abstract submission is open
The 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC2013) will be held in Québec City, Quebec, May 26-30, 2013. This is Canada’s largest annual conference devoted to the science and practice of chemistry. This year’s conference theme is “Chemistry Without Borders”.
The Call for Papers opened today December 5, 2012 and will close February 15, 2013. Details are available at http://www.csc2013.ca/2_program/program_info.html
You can view the wide range of symposia representing the “Chemistry Without Borders” theme on the CSC2013 website at
The Call for Papers opened today December 5, 2012 and will close February 15, 2013. Details are available at http://www.csc2013.ca/2_program/program_info.html
You can view the wide range of symposia representing the “Chemistry Without Borders” theme on the CSC2013 website at
http://www.csc2013.ca/2_program/divisions_symposia.html
We encourage you to forward this notice to your network of colleagues nationally and internationally, to submit your abstracts and to join us in Québec City this May. We look forward to seeing you in Québec City in 2013.
Mario Leclerc, Conference Co-Chair
Armand Soldera, Conference Co-Chair
Thierry Ollevier, Scientific Program Chair
CSC 2013 will feature several symposia with strong NMR content, including
We encourage you to forward this notice to your network of colleagues nationally and internationally, to submit your abstracts and to join us in Québec City this May. We look forward to seeing you in Québec City in 2013.
Mario Leclerc, Conference Co-Chair
Armand Soldera, Conference Co-Chair
Thierry Ollevier, Scientific Program Chair
CSC 2013 will feature several symposia with strong NMR content, including
Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy (PT – joint with BM)
Organizers: M. Auger (Laval), D. Bryce (Ottawa)
Invited Speakers: Tatyana Polenova (University of Delaware), Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy (University of Michigan), Luis Smith (Clark University, USA), Simon Sharpe (Toronto), Isabelle Marcotte (Université du Québec à Montréal), Suzana Straus (University of British Columbia), Peter Macdonald (Toronto), Rod Wasylishen (Alberta), Joe Zwanziger (Dalhousie), Kristopher Ooms (King’s University College), Carl Michal (University of British Columbia).
Halogen Bonding and Other Non-Covalent Interactions (PT – joint with OR)
Organizers: D.L. Bryce (Ottawa), M. Taylor (Toronto)
Invited Speakers: Tim Bender (Toronto), Duncan Bruce (University of York, UK), Gino DiLabio (NRC-NINT), P. Shing Ho (Colorado State University), Tony Legon (University of Bristol, UK), Pierangelo Metrangolo (University of Milan, Italy), William Pennington (Clemson University, USA), Giuseppe Resnati (University of Milan, Italy), James Wuest (Université de Montréal).
Invited Speakers: Tatyana Polenova (University of Delaware), Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy (University of Michigan), Luis Smith (Clark University, USA), Simon Sharpe (Toronto), Isabelle Marcotte (Université du Québec à Montréal), Suzana Straus (University of British Columbia), Peter Macdonald (Toronto), Rod Wasylishen (Alberta), Joe Zwanziger (Dalhousie), Kristopher Ooms (King’s University College), Carl Michal (University of British Columbia).
Halogen Bonding and Other Non-Covalent Interactions (PT – joint with OR)
Organizers: D.L. Bryce (Ottawa), M. Taylor (Toronto)
Invited Speakers: Tim Bender (Toronto), Duncan Bruce (University of York, UK), Gino DiLabio (NRC-NINT), P. Shing Ho (Colorado State University), Tony Legon (University of Bristol, UK), Pierangelo Metrangolo (University of Milan, Italy), William Pennington (Clemson University, USA), Giuseppe Resnati (University of Milan, Italy), James Wuest (Université de Montréal).
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
"Canadian NMR Research" news bulletin
Colleagues,
the Fall 2012 issue of the "Canadian NMR
Research" news bulletin is ready for your attention, our traditional mix
of news and research updates. In this issue Michèle Auger and Stéphane Gagné
report from MOOT XXV Symposium for those of us unable to attend, large crop of
recent NMR theses defences, job posts, and the software special contributed by
Frank Delaglio and Corey Morcombe (Agilent Technologies) about integration of
NMRPipe in VnmrJ.
You are welcome to share this bulletin with your
colleagues and students.
Thanks for reading,
Victor
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Pacifichem 2015 - Call for Symposium Submissions
The 2015 International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem) will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2015.
The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC), a Founding Society of Pacifichem invites you to submit a symposium proposal in the first round, which opens January 1, 2013 and closes April 1, 2013. Canada had its strongest showing ever at Pacifichem 2010; we encourage Canadian chemical scientists and engineers to once again show our strengths at what many consider to be the premier global scientific congress.
The CSC is represented on the Pacifichem 2015 Organizing Committee by Professor Cathleen Crudden, Queen's University / CSC President (2012-2013) / Pacifichem 2015 Communications and Protocol Committee, Professor Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University / Pacifichem 2015 Vice-Chairman / Scientific Program Committee Chair and Roland Andersson, Chemical Institute of Canada / Pacifichem 2015 Finance Committee.
The Call for Symposium Submissions instructions are at:
http://www.pacifichem.org/technical-program/symposium-proposal-submission/
The Pacifichem 2015 Theme
The theme of Pacifichem 2015 is Chemical Networking: Building Bridges Across the Pacific, emphasizing the collaborative nature of chemistry as a multidisciplinary science and the opportunities to network with Pan-Pacific research groups at the Pacifichem meetings.
Collaborations in Chemistry
In keeping with the theme, Pacifichem 2015 welcomes proposals focusing on collaborations in chemistry. Symposia showcasing various aspects of collaboration across different geographic regions or between different sectors of chemical research (industry, academia, research institutes, government laboratories) are welcome, as are symposia focusing on partnerships between traditional industries and contract research organizations (CROs) or contract manufacturing organizations (CMO's). Other collaborative arrangements of interest include precompetitive industrial collaborations on enabling chemical technologies, new technologies and new strategies for facilitating effective collaborations across multiple time zones, and managing intellectual property and licensing.
Industry in Chemistry
In recognizing the increasing importance of pan-Pacific collaborations in the chemical industry, Pacifichem 2015 welcomes symposia proposals related to Industry in Chemistry. Topics of potential interest include emerging challenges in the chemical industry, entrepreneurship and job creation in chemistry, translating chemical research discoveries into new commercial products, IP concerns in chemistry, optimization of chemistry workflows, use of six sigma and lean manufacturing practices in the chemical industry, disruptive chemical technologies, platform technologies in chemistry, leadership in the chemical industry, management in the chemical industry, talent acquisition training in the chemical industry, etc.
Cathleen Crudden, President, Canadian Society for Chemistry
Steven Holdcroft, Pacifichem 2015 Vice-Chairman & Technical Program Committee Chair
Roland Andersson, Executive Director, Chemical Institute of Canada
The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC), a Founding Society of Pacifichem invites you to submit a symposium proposal in the first round, which opens January 1, 2013 and closes April 1, 2013. Canada had its strongest showing ever at Pacifichem 2010; we encourage Canadian chemical scientists and engineers to once again show our strengths at what many consider to be the premier global scientific congress.
The CSC is represented on the Pacifichem 2015 Organizing Committee by Professor Cathleen Crudden, Queen's University / CSC President (2012-2013) / Pacifichem 2015 Communications and Protocol Committee, Professor Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University / Pacifichem 2015 Vice-Chairman / Scientific Program Committee Chair and Roland Andersson, Chemical Institute of Canada / Pacifichem 2015 Finance Committee.
The Call for Symposium Submissions instructions are at:
http://www.pacifichem.org/technical-program/symposium-proposal-submission/
The Pacifichem 2015 Theme
The theme of Pacifichem 2015 is Chemical Networking: Building Bridges Across the Pacific, emphasizing the collaborative nature of chemistry as a multidisciplinary science and the opportunities to network with Pan-Pacific research groups at the Pacifichem meetings.
Collaborations in Chemistry
In keeping with the theme, Pacifichem 2015 welcomes proposals focusing on collaborations in chemistry. Symposia showcasing various aspects of collaboration across different geographic regions or between different sectors of chemical research (industry, academia, research institutes, government laboratories) are welcome, as are symposia focusing on partnerships between traditional industries and contract research organizations (CROs) or contract manufacturing organizations (CMO's). Other collaborative arrangements of interest include precompetitive industrial collaborations on enabling chemical technologies, new technologies and new strategies for facilitating effective collaborations across multiple time zones, and managing intellectual property and licensing.
Industry in Chemistry
In recognizing the increasing importance of pan-Pacific collaborations in the chemical industry, Pacifichem 2015 welcomes symposia proposals related to Industry in Chemistry. Topics of potential interest include emerging challenges in the chemical industry, entrepreneurship and job creation in chemistry, translating chemical research discoveries into new commercial products, IP concerns in chemistry, optimization of chemistry workflows, use of six sigma and lean manufacturing practices in the chemical industry, disruptive chemical technologies, platform technologies in chemistry, leadership in the chemical industry, management in the chemical industry, talent acquisition training in the chemical industry, etc.
Cathleen Crudden, President, Canadian Society for Chemistry
Steven Holdcroft, Pacifichem 2015 Vice-Chairman & Technical Program Committee Chair
Roland Andersson, Executive Director, Chemical Institute of Canada
EUROMAR 2013 - First Announcement
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to EUROMAR 2013, the 9th European Magnetic Resonance Conference that will be organized on the island of Crete/Greece, by the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.
The conference will take place between 30th June to 5th July at the Creta Maris Convention Center, a modern facility situated 25 km from the Heraklion International Airport and adjacent to the town of Hersonissos.
EUROMAR 2013 will bring together distinguished scientists of the magnetic Resonance field in the unique location of Crete that combines Mediterranean landscape with world-renowned historical sites and a rich cultural heritage. The conference will cover all aspects of Magnetic Resonance theory, methodology and applications. The 5-day scientific program will run in three parallel sessions and will be structured around lectures of distinguished invited speakers and oral presentations of selected high-quality abstracts.
Representative topics include: Biosolids, Theory and Computation, Liquid State NMR Methods, Materials and Processes, Transport and Diffusion, Proteins and Nucleic Acids, Metabolomics, Imaging, in Cell and in Vivo studies, Paramagnetic Systems, EPR Methods and Applications, Solid State NMR Methods, Relaxation and Dynamics, Sensitivity Enhancement, Small Molecules and Pharmaceuticals, New Methodologies and Instrumentation Advances, Solid State Physics, Industrial and Cultural Applications.
Confirmed plenary speakers include: Anja Boeckmann (Institute of Biology and Chemistry of Proteins, France), Dmitri Budker (University of California Berkeley, U.S.A.), Isabella Felli (University of Florence, Italy), Daniella Goldfarb (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Stephen Hill (NHMFL/ Florida State University, U.S.A.), Arno Kentgens (Radbour University, The Netherlands), Dominique Massiot (CEMHTI-CNRS, France), Alex Pines (University of California Berkeley, U.S.A.), Graham Smith (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom), Yi-Qiao Song (Schlumberger-Doll Research, U.S.A), Shimon Vega (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Peter van Zijl (Kennedy Krieger Institute, U.S.A.), Charalampos (Babis) Calodimos (Rutgers University, U.S.A.).
Key dates:
Conference Registration Opens 01/12/2012
Early Registration Closes 01/04/2013
Deadline for Oral Submission 01/05/2013
Deadline for Poster Submission 31/05/2013
Website:
The website of the conference is http://www.euromar2013.org/index.html and is being constantly enriched with the necessary information on the conference, the venues and travelling to Crete.
I believe that the attractive setting of Crete together with EUROMAR’s high scientific level will provide an excellent forum for rewarding discussions and exchanges between magnetic resonance researchers from around the world. Looking forward to welcoming you in Crete,
Georgios Papavassiliou
Chairman
EUROMAR 2013 Conference
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to EUROMAR 2013, the 9th European Magnetic Resonance Conference that will be organized on the island of Crete/Greece, by the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.
The conference will take place between 30th June to 5th July at the Creta Maris Convention Center, a modern facility situated 25 km from the Heraklion International Airport and adjacent to the town of Hersonissos.
EUROMAR 2013 will bring together distinguished scientists of the magnetic Resonance field in the unique location of Crete that combines Mediterranean landscape with world-renowned historical sites and a rich cultural heritage. The conference will cover all aspects of Magnetic Resonance theory, methodology and applications. The 5-day scientific program will run in three parallel sessions and will be structured around lectures of distinguished invited speakers and oral presentations of selected high-quality abstracts.
Representative topics include: Biosolids, Theory and Computation, Liquid State NMR Methods, Materials and Processes, Transport and Diffusion, Proteins and Nucleic Acids, Metabolomics, Imaging, in Cell and in Vivo studies, Paramagnetic Systems, EPR Methods and Applications, Solid State NMR Methods, Relaxation and Dynamics, Sensitivity Enhancement, Small Molecules and Pharmaceuticals, New Methodologies and Instrumentation Advances, Solid State Physics, Industrial and Cultural Applications.
Confirmed plenary speakers include: Anja Boeckmann (Institute of Biology and Chemistry of Proteins, France), Dmitri Budker (University of California Berkeley, U.S.A.), Isabella Felli (University of Florence, Italy), Daniella Goldfarb (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Stephen Hill (NHMFL/ Florida State University, U.S.A.), Arno Kentgens (Radbour University, The Netherlands), Dominique Massiot (CEMHTI-CNRS, France), Alex Pines (University of California Berkeley, U.S.A.), Graham Smith (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom), Yi-Qiao Song (Schlumberger-Doll Research, U.S.A), Shimon Vega (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Peter van Zijl (Kennedy Krieger Institute, U.S.A.), Charalampos (Babis) Calodimos (Rutgers University, U.S.A.).
Key dates:
Conference Registration Opens 01/12/2012
Early Registration Closes 01/04/2013
Deadline for Oral Submission 01/05/2013
Deadline for Poster Submission 31/05/2013
Website:
The website of the conference is http://www.euromar2013.org/index.html and is being constantly enriched with the necessary information on the conference, the venues and travelling to Crete.
I believe that the attractive setting of Crete together with EUROMAR’s high scientific level will provide an excellent forum for rewarding discussions and exchanges between magnetic resonance researchers from around the world. Looking forward to welcoming you in Crete,
Georgios Papavassiliou
Chairman
EUROMAR 2013 Conference
Monday, October 29, 2012
Russell Varian Prize 2013 - Call for nominations
The Russell Varian Lecture and Prize
The Russell Varian prize honors the memory of the pioneer behind the first commercial Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers and co-founder of Varian Associates. The prize is awarded to a researcher based on a single innovative contribution (a single paper, patent, lecture, or piece of hardware) that has proven of high and broad impact on state-of-the-art NMR technology. The prize is designed to recognize the initial contribution that laid the foundations for a specific technology of great importance in state-of-the-art NMR. It is sponsored by Agilent Technologies and currently carries a monetary award of 15,000 Euro. The award ceremony will take place at the EUROMAR 2013 meeting in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 30th June to 5th July, 2013, with the winner delivering the Russell Varian Lecture.
Rules for the Russell Varian Prize
• Only single pieces of work are considered (a paper, a lecture, a patent, etc).
• In the case of multiple authorship, the prize is awarded to the author with the largest creative and innovative share of the contribution. In the exceptional case of truly equal shares in the contribution, the Prize may be split between two authors.
• No individual may receive the prize more than once.
• Prizewinners become members of the Advisory Board for the Russell Varian Prize that evaluates future nominations and makes recommendations to the Prize Committee.
Call for Nominations
Nominations must be forwarded by email to the Secretary of the Prize Committee, Gareth Morris, at [g.a.morris "at" manchester.ac.uk]. The deadline for nominations is February 12, 2013. Nominations should be laid out in the format of a publishable laudatio proposal that in the case of multiple authorship must include an explanation of why the nominee is the most innovative author behind the paper. Attention is further drawn to the fact that the Russell Varian prize rewards the earliest seed paper of an important technology, rather than later more comprehensive and highly cited papers.
Prize Committee
Georgios Papavassiliou (EUROMAR 2013 representative), Jean Jeener (Chairman), Ēriks Kupče (Agilent representative), Gareth A. Morris (Secretary), Alex Pines, and Ole W. Sørensen
Advisory Board for the Russell Varian Prize
Erwin Hahn, Nicolaas Bloembergen, John S. Waugh, Alfred G. Redfield, Martin Karplus, Ray Freeman, Weston Anderson
The Russell Varian prize honors the memory of the pioneer behind the first commercial Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers and co-founder of Varian Associates. The prize is awarded to a researcher based on a single innovative contribution (a single paper, patent, lecture, or piece of hardware) that has proven of high and broad impact on state-of-the-art NMR technology. The prize is designed to recognize the initial contribution that laid the foundations for a specific technology of great importance in state-of-the-art NMR. It is sponsored by Agilent Technologies and currently carries a monetary award of 15,000 Euro. The award ceremony will take place at the EUROMAR 2013 meeting in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 30th June to 5th July, 2013, with the winner delivering the Russell Varian Lecture.
Rules for the Russell Varian Prize
• Only single pieces of work are considered (a paper, a lecture, a patent, etc).
• In the case of multiple authorship, the prize is awarded to the author with the largest creative and innovative share of the contribution. In the exceptional case of truly equal shares in the contribution, the Prize may be split between two authors.
• No individual may receive the prize more than once.
• Prizewinners become members of the Advisory Board for the Russell Varian Prize that evaluates future nominations and makes recommendations to the Prize Committee.
Call for Nominations
Nominations must be forwarded by email to the Secretary of the Prize Committee, Gareth Morris, at [g.a.morris "at" manchester.ac.uk]. The deadline for nominations is February 12, 2013. Nominations should be laid out in the format of a publishable laudatio proposal that in the case of multiple authorship must include an explanation of why the nominee is the most innovative author behind the paper. Attention is further drawn to the fact that the Russell Varian prize rewards the earliest seed paper of an important technology, rather than later more comprehensive and highly cited papers.
Prize Committee
Georgios Papavassiliou (EUROMAR 2013 representative), Jean Jeener (Chairman), Ēriks Kupče (Agilent representative), Gareth A. Morris (Secretary), Alex Pines, and Ole W. Sørensen
Advisory Board for the Russell Varian Prize
Erwin Hahn, Nicolaas Bloembergen, John S. Waugh, Alfred G. Redfield, Martin Karplus, Ray Freeman, Weston Anderson
The 2012 Russell Varian Prize winners are Weston Anderson and Raymond Freeman. See highlights by the SPINSIGHTS team http://www.spinsights.net/nmr-blog/
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
2013 Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance
The 55th Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance will take place July 28 - August 1, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
The conference will feature oral presentations and posters of the 36th International EPR Symposium.
Topics include:
- Biological Macromolecules
- EPR for Spin Devices
- Frontier in Spin Labeling
- In vivo
- Materials
- Methods
- Radical Radicals
Participants are expected to convene from throughout the world. Information on the Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, including call for abstracts, registration and hotel reservations, can be accessed at http://www.rockychem.com
The conference will feature oral presentations and posters of the 36th International EPR Symposium.
Topics include:
- Biological Macromolecules
- EPR for Spin Devices
- Frontier in Spin Labeling
- In vivo
- Materials
- Methods
- Radical Radicals
Participants are expected to convene from throughout the world. Information on the Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, including call for abstracts, registration and hotel reservations, can be accessed at http://www.rockychem.com
Monday, October 22, 2012
CSC 2013 symposium - "Halogen Bonding and other Non-Covalent Interactions"
David Bryce (Ottawa) and Mark Taylor (Toronto) are organizing a symposium on "Halogen Bonding and other Non-Covalent Interactions" to be held as part of the Canadian Chemistry Conference in Quebec City, May 26-30, 2013. International experts including Prof. Pierangelo Metrangolo (Milan, Italy), Prof. Giuseppe Resnati (Milan, Italy), Prof. P. Shing Ho (Colorado State, USA), and Prof. Duncan Bruce (York, UK) have already agreed to give oral presentations at the meeting. Although this is not an NMR-focussed symposium, there are opportunities for NMR researchers studying non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding to make a contribution to this symposium. We encourage you and your students to consider attending!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Cover article in Chemistry - A European Journal
Margaret A. Hanson, Andre Sutrisno, Victor V. Terskikh, Kim M. Baines, Yining Huang, "Solid-State 73Ge NMR Spectroscopy of Simple Organogermanes,"Chemistry - A European Journal 18 (2012) 13770–13779. (Cover Article)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201201944
Germanium-73 is an extremely challenging nucleus to examine by solid-state NMR spectroscopy, due to its unfavorable NMR properties. Through the use of an ultrahigh (21.1 T) magnetic field, a systematic study of a series of organogermanes was carried out.
This cover article features results obtained using the 21.1 T solid-state NMR spectrometer at the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids (Ottawa, ON). If you are interested in using this spectrometer in your research please contact the Facility manager http://nmr900.ca
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201201944
Germanium-73 is an extremely challenging nucleus to examine by solid-state NMR spectroscopy, due to its unfavorable NMR properties. Through the use of an ultrahigh (21.1 T) magnetic field, a systematic study of a series of organogermanes was carried out.
This cover article features results obtained using the 21.1 T solid-state NMR spectrometer at the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids (Ottawa, ON). If you are interested in using this spectrometer in your research please contact the Facility manager http://nmr900.ca
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
NMR paper in Nature Scientific Reports
C.E. Norris, S.A. Quideau, S.M. Landhäusser, G.M. Bernard and R.E. Wasylishen, "Tracking Stable Isotope Enrichment in Tree Seedlings with Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy," Nature Scientific Reports 2 (2012) 719. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00719
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Two Magnetic Resonance Christmas Meetings in London, UK
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to attend two magnetic resonance meetings in London, UK, December 11 and 12, 2012. The meetings are organized by the UK Institute of Physics BRSG: the Magnetic Resonance Group, and by the UK Royal Society of Chemistry NMR Discussion Group (NMRDG). Both meetings will appeal to anyone interested in general or solid-state NMR. Please follow the links below for more information and to register,
With kind regards,
Stephen J. Byard - UK NMR DG Secretary
Computational Methods for Magnetic Resonance, BRSG: Magnetic Resonance Group Meeting, Institute of Physics UK
https://www.eventsforce.net/iop/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=101696&eventID=253&eventID=253
2012 Christmas Meeting: Small Molecules and Solids, NMR Discussion Group (NMRDG), Royal Society of Chemistry UK
December 12, 2012, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
http://www.nmrdg.org.uk
Thursday, October 11, 2012
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium: call for past MOOT photos
Dear colleagues,
We would like to collect photos from the past 24 MOOT NMR minisymposiums.
If you have some photos from the earlier MOOT, we would be grateful if you could email them to us at [mootnmr "at" gmail.com]. Please indicate in the email or in the name of the photos the corresponding MOOT edition.
In addition to display some of these during the banquet, we will compile them under the permanent MOOT Google account for future usage.
Sincerely,
Michèle and Stéphane
the 25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium will be held at Université Laval in Quebec City on October 20-21, 2012.
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Michèle Auger et Stéphane Gagné
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium
October 20-21, 2012
Université Laval
Québec City
http://www.mootnmr.org
Monday, October 8, 2012
Encyclopedia of NMR
Editors-in-Chief: Robin K. Harris and Roderick E. Wasylishen
Hardcover: 6240 pages
Publisher: Wiley; October 2012
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0470058213
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470058218
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0470058218
Hardcover: 6240 pages
Publisher: Wiley; October 2012
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0470058213
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470058218
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0470058218
Wiley: Encyclopedia of NMR - Encompassing all relevant areas for NMR science and technology and applications in physics, chemistry and biology.
This new 10 volume set captures every aspect of the interdisciplinary nature of magnetic resonance and provides the most complete and up-to-date source in the field. It includes many articles from the print editions of Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and recent EMR Books, as well as new and updated articles published online in the Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance.
Covering key developments such as:
• New techniques
• Protein structures
• Dynamics of molecular processes
• Characterization of materials, polymers and nano-materials
• NMR crystallography
• Solid biological samples such as membranes
Features
• Easy to access information - Covering all the techniques and applications in general NMR areas in an A-Z format
• Use as a learning tool - Revisit basics as well as get up-to-date with the latest methods and thinking
• Use in day-to-day work in the lab - Discover information on new techniques and applications, take advantage of useful hints and tips
• Short biographies of contributing authors - Showing the link between the career and the expertise of the contributing scientists
• Perspectives and personal recollections - A look back at major adventures, evolution and developments that have shaped the field, alongside leading researchers who share their personal involvements with NMR and MRI
Encyclopedia of NMR includes:
• Many original and updated articles from the print edition of Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1996)
• Articles from EMR Books - special handbooks covering hot topic areas
• Additional NMR-focused articles published online in the Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance - the updating online resource
Currently available online for libraries and institutions as the Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, the online edition will be relaunched in January 2013 as eMagRes with a range of new features which will make the site more user-friendly and more attractive to both the medical MRI community and to the molecular chemistry, physics and biology communities.
This reference work first published online in 2007, and since that date has been updated four times a year with approximately 10% new or updated content each year across a wide range of topics. As part of the relaunch the content structure will be revised to aid quick navigation for both the medical MRI community and the molecular chemistry, physics and biology communities to articles of interest.
Find out more about the online edition here: http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/emr
Monday, October 1, 2012
5th Annual GRASP Symposium - registration is open
Monday November 19, 2012, 8:00am - 6:30pm
McGill New Residence Hall
3625 Avenue du Parc
Montréal, QC, H2X 3P8
514-398-3471
Dear Colleagues,
Drs. Kalle Gehring and Albert Berghuis would like to invite you to take part in the fifth scientific symposium of GRASP.
Outstanding international speakers - Gregory Petsko, Wolfgang Peti, Frank Sicheri, Anne-Claude Gingras, Paul de Koninck, Brian Sykes - poster sessions, exhibitors and short talks will be presented at this auspicious event, demonstrating the affluence of structural biology research in Quebec.
Registration is free, thanks to our very generous sponsors, but you need to register if you want your abstract to be selected for an oral presentation and/or your abstract title to be printed in the booklet. Registration is now open.
For information about this symposium and to register visit
http://grasp.mcgill.ca/english/conferences/conferences.html
Sincerely,
The organizing committee:
Kalle Gehring, GRASP Director
Albert Berghuis, GRASP Co-Director
Annick Guyot, GRASP Coordinator
McGill New Residence Hall
3625 Avenue du Parc
Montréal, QC, H2X 3P8
514-398-3471
Dear Colleagues,
Drs. Kalle Gehring and Albert Berghuis would like to invite you to take part in the fifth scientific symposium of GRASP.
Outstanding international speakers - Gregory Petsko, Wolfgang Peti, Frank Sicheri, Anne-Claude Gingras, Paul de Koninck, Brian Sykes - poster sessions, exhibitors and short talks will be presented at this auspicious event, demonstrating the affluence of structural biology research in Quebec.
Registration is free, thanks to our very generous sponsors, but you need to register if you want your abstract to be selected for an oral presentation and/or your abstract title to be printed in the booklet. Registration is now open.
For information about this symposium and to register visit
http://grasp.mcgill.ca/english/conferences/conferences.html
Sincerely,
The organizing committee:
Kalle Gehring, GRASP Director
Albert Berghuis, GRASP Co-Director
Annick Guyot, GRASP Coordinator
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) Version 3.0
The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) is a freely available electronic database containing detailed information about small molecule metabolites found in the human body. It is intended to be used for applications in metabolomics, clinical chemistry, biomarker discovery and general education.
HMDB is supported by David Wishart, Departments of Computing Science & Biological Sciences, University of Alberta. HMDB is also supported by the Metabolomics Innovation Centre, a Genome Canada-funded core facility serving the scientific community and industry with world-class expertise and cutting-edge technologies in metabolomics. Funding is provided by Genome Alberta and Genome Canada, a not-for-profit organization that is leading Canada's national genomics strategy with $600 million in funding from the federal government.
HMDB is supported by David Wishart, Departments of Computing Science & Biological Sciences, University of Alberta. HMDB is also supported by the Metabolomics Innovation Centre, a Genome Canada-funded core facility serving the scientific community and industry with world-class expertise and cutting-edge technologies in metabolomics. Funding is provided by Genome Alberta and Genome Canada, a not-for-profit organization that is leading Canada's national genomics strategy with $600 million in funding from the federal government.
Just announced version 3.0 of the HMDB has been significantly expanded and enhanced over the 2009 release (version 2.0). In particular, the number of annotated metabolite entries has grown from 6500 to more than 37,166. This enormous expansion is a result of the inclusion of both “Confirmed” metabolites (those with measured concentrations or experimental confirmation of their existence) and “Expected” metabolites (those for which biochemical pathways are known or human intake/exposure is frequent but the compound has yet to be detected in the body). The latest release also has greatly increased the number of metabolites with biofluid or tissue concentration data, the number of compounds with reference spectra and the number of data fields per entry. In addition to this expansion in data quantity, new database visualization tools and new data content has been added or enhanced. These include better spectral viewing tools, more powerful chemical substructure searches, an improved chemical taxonomy and better, more interactive pathway maps. Among other database functions, NMR Search allows users to submit peak lists from 1H or 13C NMR spectra (both pure and mixtures) and to have these peak lists compared to the NMR libraries contained in the HMDB. This allows the identification of metabolites from mixtures via NMR spectroscopy.
For more information visit http://www.hmdb.ca/
For more information visit http://www.hmdb.ca/
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Cover article in Chemistry - A European Journal
A. Sutrisno, V.V. Terskikh, Q. Shi, Z. Song, J. Dong, S.Y. Ding, W. Wang, B.R. Provost, T.D. Daff, T.K. Woo, and Y. Huang, "Characterization of Zn-containing MOFs by Solid-state 67Zn NMR and Computational Modeling," Chemistry - A European Journal 18 (2012) 12251–12259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201201563
Solid-state magic-angle spinning 67Zn NMR spectra of Zn-containing metal–organic frameworks were obtained at an ultrahigh magnetic field of 21.1 T. In combination with molecular modeling, 67Zn NMR data can provide information on the dynamics and distribution of guest species.
MOFs: NMR reveals inner secrets, read the highlights of this project on SpectroscopyNow.com written by David Bradley
This cover article features results obtained using the 21.1 T solid-state NMR spectrometer at the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids (Ottawa, ON). If you are interested in using this spectrometer in your research please contact the Facility manager http://nmr900.ca
Solid-state magic-angle spinning 67Zn NMR spectra of Zn-containing metal–organic frameworks were obtained at an ultrahigh magnetic field of 21.1 T. In combination with molecular modeling, 67Zn NMR data can provide information on the dynamics and distribution of guest species.
MOFs: NMR reveals inner secrets, read the highlights of this project on SpectroscopyNow.com written by David Bradley
This cover article features results obtained using the 21.1 T solid-state NMR spectrometer at the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids (Ottawa, ON). If you are interested in using this spectrometer in your research please contact the Facility manager http://nmr900.ca
Monday, September 17, 2012
3rd U.S.-Canada Winter School on Biomolecular Solid-State NMR
January 6-11, 2013, Stowe, Vermont, U.S.
Organizers: Mei Hong (Iowa State), Chad Rienstra (UIUC), and Bob Griffin (MIT)
Dear colleagues, We invite you to encourage your students, postdocs, and associates to attend the 3rd Winter School on Biomolecular Solid-State NMR, to be held on Jan 6-11, 2013, in Stowe, Vermont. Similar to the two previous, very successful, Winter Schools
http://web.mit.edu/fbml/winterschool2008/Winterschool2008.html
This pedagogical meeting, unique in North America, is aimed at students and postdocs in the field of biological solid-state NMR, as well as more senior scientists in related fields who are interested in entering this vibrant field. Our goals are to foster the scientific development of the next generation of North American biological solid-state NMR spectroscopists and to encourage information sharing and collaborations among research groups.
Topics in the 3rd Winter School include:
- Basics of solid-state NMR: orientation dependence, density operators, average Hamiltonian theory, dipolar and CSA recoupling
- Multidimensional correlation techniques: resonance assignment and structure determination
- Theory of polarization transfer and dipolar decoupling
- Pushing the sensitivity envelope: dynamic nuclear polarization
- Solid-state NMR techniques for measuring distances, torsion angles, dynamics and orientations of diamagnetic and paramagnetic systems, for both spin-1/2 and quadrupolar nuclei
- Beating the 800-pound gorilla: NMR of membrane-bound proteins
- Devil in the details: methods for protein expression, isotopic labeling, and preparation of MAS and oriented-membrane samples
- Numerical simulations and structure calculation methods
- NMR probe design
Lectures and problem-solving sessions will be held in the mornings, late afternoons, and evenings, with time for recreation in the early afternoon.
Speakers: The following people have accepted to give lectures
Tim Cross (Florida State)
Matthias Ernst (ETH)
Phil Grandinetti (Ohio State)
Bob Griffin (MIT)
Mei Hong (Iowa State)
Yoshitaka Ishii (U Illinois Chicago)
Chris Jaroniec (Ohio State)
Ann McDermott (Columbia)
Stanley Opella (UCSD)
Chad Rienstra (UIUC)
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr (Iowa State)
Robert Tycko (NIH)
Venue and transportation: The meeting will be held at the Inn at the Mountain in Stowe http://www.stowe.com/plan/groups/stowe-mountain-resort-the-inn-at-the-mountain/
Stowe is easily accessible from airports in Burlington, VT, Manchester, NH, and Boston, MA.
Cost: Room and board will be free for attendees. The registration fee is $325 for academic attendees and $600 for industrial attendees. We anticipate space for about 75-80 people.
Application: Interested students and postdocs should send the following application material as PDF attachments to [mhong "at" iastate.edu]
1. CV and publication list (for the purpose of room assignment, please indicate your gender in the CV)
2. A one-page description of the current research
3. A one-page letter of recommendation from the current research advisor. (In the case of a senior scientist, a brief explanation of your motivations can substitute for a letter of recommendation.)
The deadline for the application is Friday, Oct 26. Given the space limitation and the previous strong interest in this meeting, applications received after the above date may not be accommodated.
Please distribute this announcement to members of your research group as well as to other colleagues who may be interested in attending or sending their group members.
We look forward to welcoming you in Stowe next January,
Mei, Chad, and Bob
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Mei Hong, Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Gilman
1605 Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Tel: 515-294-3521, Fax: 515-294-0105
Web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~hongweb/
Organizers: Mei Hong (Iowa State), Chad Rienstra (UIUC), and Bob Griffin (MIT)
Dear colleagues, We invite you to encourage your students, postdocs, and associates to attend the 3rd Winter School on Biomolecular Solid-State NMR, to be held on Jan 6-11, 2013, in Stowe, Vermont. Similar to the two previous, very successful, Winter Schools
http://web.mit.edu/fbml/winterschool2008/Winterschool2008.html
This pedagogical meeting, unique in North America, is aimed at students and postdocs in the field of biological solid-state NMR, as well as more senior scientists in related fields who are interested in entering this vibrant field. Our goals are to foster the scientific development of the next generation of North American biological solid-state NMR spectroscopists and to encourage information sharing and collaborations among research groups.
Topics in the 3rd Winter School include:
- Basics of solid-state NMR: orientation dependence, density operators, average Hamiltonian theory, dipolar and CSA recoupling
- Multidimensional correlation techniques: resonance assignment and structure determination
- Theory of polarization transfer and dipolar decoupling
- Pushing the sensitivity envelope: dynamic nuclear polarization
- Solid-state NMR techniques for measuring distances, torsion angles, dynamics and orientations of diamagnetic and paramagnetic systems, for both spin-1/2 and quadrupolar nuclei
- Beating the 800-pound gorilla: NMR of membrane-bound proteins
- Devil in the details: methods for protein expression, isotopic labeling, and preparation of MAS and oriented-membrane samples
- Numerical simulations and structure calculation methods
- NMR probe design
Lectures and problem-solving sessions will be held in the mornings, late afternoons, and evenings, with time for recreation in the early afternoon.
Speakers: The following people have accepted to give lectures
Tim Cross (Florida State)
Matthias Ernst (ETH)
Phil Grandinetti (Ohio State)
Bob Griffin (MIT)
Mei Hong (Iowa State)
Yoshitaka Ishii (U Illinois Chicago)
Chris Jaroniec (Ohio State)
Ann McDermott (Columbia)
Stanley Opella (UCSD)
Chad Rienstra (UIUC)
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr (Iowa State)
Robert Tycko (NIH)
Venue and transportation: The meeting will be held at the Inn at the Mountain in Stowe http://www.stowe.com/plan/groups/stowe-mountain-resort-the-inn-at-the-mountain/
Stowe is easily accessible from airports in Burlington, VT, Manchester, NH, and Boston, MA.
Cost: Room and board will be free for attendees. The registration fee is $325 for academic attendees and $600 for industrial attendees. We anticipate space for about 75-80 people.
Application: Interested students and postdocs should send the following application material as PDF attachments to [mhong "at" iastate.edu]
1. CV and publication list (for the purpose of room assignment, please indicate your gender in the CV)
2. A one-page description of the current research
3. A one-page letter of recommendation from the current research advisor. (In the case of a senior scientist, a brief explanation of your motivations can substitute for a letter of recommendation.)
The deadline for the application is Friday, Oct 26. Given the space limitation and the previous strong interest in this meeting, applications received after the above date may not be accommodated.
Please distribute this announcement to members of your research group as well as to other colleagues who may be interested in attending or sending their group members.
We look forward to welcoming you in Stowe next January,
Mei, Chad, and Bob
------------------------------------------
Mei Hong, Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Gilman
1605 Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Tel: 515-294-3521, Fax: 515-294-0105
Web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~hongweb/
Thursday, September 13, 2012
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium: abstract submission
the 25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium will be held at Université Laval in Quebec City on October 20-21, 2012.
The instructions for abstract submission (oral and poster presentations) are now available on the MOOT web site. Please submit your abstract before October 1st deadline. http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/abstract.html
The talks and poster session will be held in Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon at Université Laval. The banquet will be held at the Morrin Centre in historical old Quebec City. This is the site of the city's first prison, built over 200 years ago, as well as the site of the Morrin College from 1862-1902. http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/location.html
If you have comments, inquiries, or would like to be added to the MOOT mailing list, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com].
We are looking forward to seeing you in Quebec City in October.
Michèle Auger et Stéphane Gagné
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium
October 20-21, 2012
Université Laval
Québec City
http://www.mootnmr.org
The instructions for abstract submission (oral and poster presentations) are now available on the MOOT web site. Please submit your abstract before October 1st deadline. http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/abstract.html
The talks and poster session will be held in Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon at Université Laval. The banquet will be held at the Morrin Centre in historical old Quebec City. This is the site of the city's first prison, built over 200 years ago, as well as the site of the Morrin College from 1862-1902. http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/location.html
If you have comments, inquiries, or would like to be added to the MOOT mailing list, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com].
We are looking forward to seeing you in Quebec City in October.
Michèle Auger et Stéphane Gagné
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium
October 20-21, 2012
Université Laval
Québec City
http://www.mootnmr.org
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Cover article in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
G. Jansen, P. Määttänen, A.Y. Denisov, L. Scarffe, B. Schade, H. Balghi, K. Dejgaard, L.Y. Chen, W.J. Muller, K. Gehring and D.Y. Thomas, "An interaction map of ER chaperones and foldases," Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 11 (2012) 710-723. (Cover article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M111.016550
Monday, August 20, 2012
"Canadian NMR Research" News Bulletin
Summer 2012 issue of the "Canadian NMR Research" news bulletin is now available for download. In this issue: the opening of the Bruker Spectroscopy Facility at SFU, NSERC 2012 competition results, a special feature on NMR Software, and much more! You are welcome to share this bulletin with your colleagues and students.
http://nmr900.ca/nmr_bulletin.html
http://nmr900.ca/nmr_bulletin.html
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Cover article in Angewandte Chemie
Michal Leskes, Nicholas E. Drewett, Laurence J. Hardwick, Peter G. Bruce, Gillian R. Goward, and Clare P. Grey, "Direct Detection of Discharge Products in Lithium–Oxygen Batteries by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51 (2012) 8560–8563. (Cover Article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201202183
This is a cover article #11 featuring results obtained using resources of the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids, and the third article in Angewandte Chemie. See the complete list of research publications enabled by the Facility http://nmr900.ca/publications_e.html
This is a cover article #11 featuring results obtained using resources of the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids, and the third article in Angewandte Chemie. See the complete list of research publications enabled by the Facility http://nmr900.ca/publications_e.html
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
New book: NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solid Materials
edited by Roderick E. Wasylishen, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Stephen Wimperis
Hardcover: 550 pages
Publisher: Wiley; August 2012
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0470973981
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470973986
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0470973986
Wiley: Many important materials do not contain spin-1/2 nuclei traditionally investigated by NMR spectroscopy and secondly, dissolving solid materials in a solvent may be impossible or may destroy the integrity of the material. All these obstacles can be overcome by NMR experiments at high-magnetic field strengths and investigating the properties of quadrupolar nuclei.
This Handbook gives an up-to-date account of NMR of quadrupoloar nuclei in the solid state. Each chapter of the Handbook has been prepared by an expert who has made significant contributions to our understanding and appreciation of the importance of NMR studies of quadrupolar nuclei in solids.
The text is divided into three Parts:
A) Basic Principles of Quadrupolar NMR
B) Advanced Solid-State NMR Techniques to Investigate Quadrupolar Nuclei
C) Applications Involving NMR Studies of Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids.
The first section provides the reader with the background necessary to appreciate the challenges in acquiring and interpreting NMR spectra of quadrupolar nuclei in solids. The second section presents cutting-edge techniques and methodology for employing these spectroscopic techniques to investigate quadrupolar nuclei in solids. The final section explores applications of solid-state NMR studies of solids ranging from investigations of biological samples to porous materials, catalysts, geological samples and high-temperature superconductors.
All these articles will be published on EMR: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470034590
Hardcover: 550 pages
Publisher: Wiley; August 2012
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0470973981
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470973986
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0470973986
Wiley: Many important materials do not contain spin-1/2 nuclei traditionally investigated by NMR spectroscopy and secondly, dissolving solid materials in a solvent may be impossible or may destroy the integrity of the material. All these obstacles can be overcome by NMR experiments at high-magnetic field strengths and investigating the properties of quadrupolar nuclei.
This Handbook gives an up-to-date account of NMR of quadrupoloar nuclei in the solid state. Each chapter of the Handbook has been prepared by an expert who has made significant contributions to our understanding and appreciation of the importance of NMR studies of quadrupolar nuclei in solids.
The text is divided into three Parts:
A) Basic Principles of Quadrupolar NMR
B) Advanced Solid-State NMR Techniques to Investigate Quadrupolar Nuclei
C) Applications Involving NMR Studies of Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids.
The first section provides the reader with the background necessary to appreciate the challenges in acquiring and interpreting NMR spectra of quadrupolar nuclei in solids. The second section presents cutting-edge techniques and methodology for employing these spectroscopic techniques to investigate quadrupolar nuclei in solids. The final section explores applications of solid-state NMR studies of solids ranging from investigations of biological samples to porous materials, catalysts, geological samples and high-temperature superconductors.
All these articles will be published on EMR: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470034590
Thursday, July 19, 2012
5th Annual GRASP Symposium
Monday November 19, 2012, 8:00am - 6:30pm
McGill New Residence Hall
3625 Avenue du Parc
Montréal, QC, H2X 3P8
514-398-3471
Dear Colleagues,
Drs. Kalle Gehring and Albert Berghuis would like to invite you to take part in the fifth scientific symposium of GRASP.
Outstanding international speakers - Gregory Petsko, Wolfgang Peti, Frank Sicheri, Anne-Claude Gingras, Paul de Koninck, Brian Sykes - poster sessions, exhibitors and short talks will be presented at this auspicious event, demonstrating the affluence of structural biology research in Quebec.
Registration is free, thanks to our very generous sponsors, but you need to register if you want your abstract to be selected for an oral presentation and/or your abstract title to be printed in the booklet. Registration is not yet open, but is coming soon!
For information about this symposium, please send an email [grasp.med "at" mcgill.ca] or visit http://grasp.mcgill.ca/english/conferences/conferences.html
Sincerely,
The organizing committee:
Kalle Gehring, GRASP Director
Albert Berghuis, GRASP Co-Director
Annick Guyot, GRASP Coordinator
McGill New Residence Hall
3625 Avenue du Parc
Montréal, QC, H2X 3P8
514-398-3471
Dear Colleagues,
Drs. Kalle Gehring and Albert Berghuis would like to invite you to take part in the fifth scientific symposium of GRASP.
Outstanding international speakers - Gregory Petsko, Wolfgang Peti, Frank Sicheri, Anne-Claude Gingras, Paul de Koninck, Brian Sykes - poster sessions, exhibitors and short talks will be presented at this auspicious event, demonstrating the affluence of structural biology research in Quebec.
Registration is free, thanks to our very generous sponsors, but you need to register if you want your abstract to be selected for an oral presentation and/or your abstract title to be printed in the booklet. Registration is not yet open, but is coming soon!
For information about this symposium, please send an email [grasp.med "at" mcgill.ca] or visit http://grasp.mcgill.ca/english/conferences/conferences.html
Sincerely,
The organizing committee:
Kalle Gehring, GRASP Director
Albert Berghuis, GRASP Co-Director
Annick Guyot, GRASP Coordinator
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium: registration is open
We are pleased to announce that the 25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium will be held at Université Laval in Quebec City on October 20-21, 2012.
Registration for the 25th MOOT is now open. Please visit the MOOT web site for information about registration and the banquet.
The deadline for registration is October 1st (August 20th if you have dietary requirements)
http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/registration.html
The talks and poster session will be held in Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon at Université Laval. The banquet will be held at the Morrin Centre in historical old Quebec City. This is the site of the city's first prison, built over 200 years ago, as well as the site of the Morrin College from 1862-1902.
http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/location.html
If you have comments, inquiries, or would like to be added to the MOOT mailing list, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com]. We are looking forward to seeing you in Quebec City in October.
Michèle Auger et Stéphane Gagné
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium
October 20-21, 2012
Université Laval
Québec City
http://www.mootnmr.org
Registration for the 25th MOOT is now open. Please visit the MOOT web site for information about registration and the banquet.
The deadline for registration is October 1st (August 20th if you have dietary requirements)
http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/registration.html
The talks and poster session will be held in Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon at Université Laval. The banquet will be held at the Morrin Centre in historical old Quebec City. This is the site of the city's first prison, built over 200 years ago, as well as the site of the Morrin College from 1862-1902.
http://nmr.ulaval.ca/moot/location.html
If you have comments, inquiries, or would like to be added to the MOOT mailing list, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com]. We are looking forward to seeing you in Quebec City in October.
Michèle Auger et Stéphane Gagné
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium
October 20-21, 2012
Université Laval
Québec City
http://www.mootnmr.org
Petition to "Reclaim the Magnetic Resonance Gordon Research Conference"
Dear Colleagues,
Please see the link below regarding a petition to start a new Gordon Research Conference on "Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance". The short version is that the original Magnetic Resonance GRC was unfortunately cancelled recently due to insufficient attendance over the past several years, perceived by the GRC organizers to be due to the lack of interest in the magnetic resonance community - much more information on this is provided in the link below.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/reclaim-the-magnetic-resonance-grc/
If you are supportive of this effort please sign the petition, and also forward to other colleagues in the community whom I may have accidentally left out and who you think may be interested in having the magnetic resonance GRC meeting reinstated. Many thanks.
Best regards,
Chris
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Christopher Jaroniec
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
The Ohio State University
http://chemistry.osu.edu/~jaroniec/
Please see the link below regarding a petition to start a new Gordon Research Conference on "Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance". The short version is that the original Magnetic Resonance GRC was unfortunately cancelled recently due to insufficient attendance over the past several years, perceived by the GRC organizers to be due to the lack of interest in the magnetic resonance community - much more information on this is provided in the link below.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/reclaim-the-magnetic-resonance-grc/
If you are supportive of this effort please sign the petition, and also forward to other colleagues in the community whom I may have accidentally left out and who you think may be interested in having the magnetic resonance GRC meeting reinstated. Many thanks.
Best regards,
Chris
--
Christopher Jaroniec
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
The Ohio State University
http://chemistry.osu.edu/~jaroniec/
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Postdoctoral Research Associate in multiphase NMR Spectroscopy
Environmental NMR Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Project Description:
This is a unique opportunity to develop a novel area of NMR spectroscopy termed Comprehensive Multiphase NMR spectroscopy (CMP NMR).
CMP NMR is a new area of NMR spectroscopy that incorporates solid-state, semi-solids (HR-MAS) and solution-state NMR (J. Magn. Reson. 2012; 217:61-76). The goal is to take samples such as tissues, plants, cells, soils etc. in their natural fully swollen state and study structure and interactions in-situ and potentially in-vivo, and do so for all the bonds present (solid, liquid or gel). The candidate will work with a range of unique hardware prototypes to study intact natural samples that have solid, gel and liquid components (samples may include plants, soils, sediments, atmospheric particles, tissue/bone etc.) thereby eliminating the need for drying or pre-treatment. This research aims to differentiate molecular structures in various natural phases and more importantly, to permit the study of the chemistry and transport between phases and across key interfaces by NMR spectroscopy for the first time. The successful candidate will have considerable opportunities to publish in a diverse range of disciplines.
The project will be carried out in close collaboration with Bruker BioSpin and will involve: 1) fundamental development of the technique and preliminary applications in a range of disciplines; and 2) development of applications in environmental chemistry. The candidate must be willing to spend time at Bruker headquarters in the U.S. assisting in building the probes as required (typically 1 month per year). At present we have number of fully working prototypes but are working on further development of new probe designs with Bruker.
Environmental applications will focus on understanding the molecular processes behind soil/sediment contamination, understanding chemical composition and layering in atmospheric particles, and understanding plant growth, metabolism and contaminant interactions. Much of the environmental work is performed in collaboration with Environment Canada, the National Water Research Institute, and the Ministry of the Environment. Therefore this represents an excellent opportunity for an open-minded NMR researcher to apply novel NMR technologies to some of the most challenging and real-world environmental problems in addition to NMR development.
The candidate must have an extremely strong background in NMR spectroscopy ideally with expertise in solid-state, HR-MAS and solution-state NMR. Expertise in one area is sufficient as long the candidate is willing and interesting in to learn all areas of NMR spectroscopy. The candidate must be open minded and willing to work with very complex environmental samples and be able to design novel pulse programs that combine aspects from solution-state and solid-state NMR. Candidates will need to draw upon and integrate a range of concepts including saturation transfer, diffusion editing, cross-polarization dynamics, relaxation filters, isotope filtering with 1-3D NMR spectroscopy to access specific key molecular interactions from within complex matrices. The candidate will have access to a range of state of-the-art equipment at the Environmental NMR center including prototype multiphase probes and hardware, as well as solid-state, HR-MAS, liquid-state, micro-imaging, and hyphenated (2D-HPLC-SPE-NMR-MS(Q-q-Tof) NMR spectrometers.
The candidate should have an interest in environmental chemistry and/or willingness to learn key issues in this field. Due to the very technical nature of the project the position is specifically suited to a gifted and open-minded NMR spectroscopist rather than an environmentalist with NMR experience. The candidate must be willing to travel and may be expected to lead visits with graduate students to the Bruker BioSpin Corporation headquarters, if required. In addition, the candidate, along with the center manager and directors, will be expected to act as a general NMR resource for graduate students, and collaborators in the Environmental NMR Center, and assist with training, data acquisition, processing and interpretation on projects as required. The Environmental NMR Center is highly collaborative and such involvement will nearly always result in the post-doctoral fellow becoming a co-author in any research in which they assisted.
Application:
Candidates should send a complete C.V. including a publication list, a one page statement outlining their suitability and their interest in the position. Candidates should arrange to have 3 references sent directly. Applications without the appropriate references have to be considered incomplete and cannot be considered.
Applications and references should be sent to
Professor André Simpson, FRSC
Director of the Environmental NMR Center
Department of Chemistry
Division of Physical and Environmental Sciences
University of Toronto at Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, MIC 1A4
Canada
or e-mailed as a PDF attachment to [andre.simpson "at" utoronto.ca] http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~asimpson/
All applications and references will be reviewed once complete. We aim to fill the position by September 1st, 2012.
Project Description:
This is a unique opportunity to develop a novel area of NMR spectroscopy termed Comprehensive Multiphase NMR spectroscopy (CMP NMR).
CMP NMR is a new area of NMR spectroscopy that incorporates solid-state, semi-solids (HR-MAS) and solution-state NMR (J. Magn. Reson. 2012; 217:61-76). The goal is to take samples such as tissues, plants, cells, soils etc. in their natural fully swollen state and study structure and interactions in-situ and potentially in-vivo, and do so for all the bonds present (solid, liquid or gel). The candidate will work with a range of unique hardware prototypes to study intact natural samples that have solid, gel and liquid components (samples may include plants, soils, sediments, atmospheric particles, tissue/bone etc.) thereby eliminating the need for drying or pre-treatment. This research aims to differentiate molecular structures in various natural phases and more importantly, to permit the study of the chemistry and transport between phases and across key interfaces by NMR spectroscopy for the first time. The successful candidate will have considerable opportunities to publish in a diverse range of disciplines.
The project will be carried out in close collaboration with Bruker BioSpin and will involve: 1) fundamental development of the technique and preliminary applications in a range of disciplines; and 2) development of applications in environmental chemistry. The candidate must be willing to spend time at Bruker headquarters in the U.S. assisting in building the probes as required (typically 1 month per year). At present we have number of fully working prototypes but are working on further development of new probe designs with Bruker.
Environmental applications will focus on understanding the molecular processes behind soil/sediment contamination, understanding chemical composition and layering in atmospheric particles, and understanding plant growth, metabolism and contaminant interactions. Much of the environmental work is performed in collaboration with Environment Canada, the National Water Research Institute, and the Ministry of the Environment. Therefore this represents an excellent opportunity for an open-minded NMR researcher to apply novel NMR technologies to some of the most challenging and real-world environmental problems in addition to NMR development.
The candidate must have an extremely strong background in NMR spectroscopy ideally with expertise in solid-state, HR-MAS and solution-state NMR. Expertise in one area is sufficient as long the candidate is willing and interesting in to learn all areas of NMR spectroscopy. The candidate must be open minded and willing to work with very complex environmental samples and be able to design novel pulse programs that combine aspects from solution-state and solid-state NMR. Candidates will need to draw upon and integrate a range of concepts including saturation transfer, diffusion editing, cross-polarization dynamics, relaxation filters, isotope filtering with 1-3D NMR spectroscopy to access specific key molecular interactions from within complex matrices. The candidate will have access to a range of state of-the-art equipment at the Environmental NMR center including prototype multiphase probes and hardware, as well as solid-state, HR-MAS, liquid-state, micro-imaging, and hyphenated (2D-HPLC-SPE-NMR-MS(Q-q-Tof) NMR spectrometers.
The candidate should have an interest in environmental chemistry and/or willingness to learn key issues in this field. Due to the very technical nature of the project the position is specifically suited to a gifted and open-minded NMR spectroscopist rather than an environmentalist with NMR experience. The candidate must be willing to travel and may be expected to lead visits with graduate students to the Bruker BioSpin Corporation headquarters, if required. In addition, the candidate, along with the center manager and directors, will be expected to act as a general NMR resource for graduate students, and collaborators in the Environmental NMR Center, and assist with training, data acquisition, processing and interpretation on projects as required. The Environmental NMR Center is highly collaborative and such involvement will nearly always result in the post-doctoral fellow becoming a co-author in any research in which they assisted.
Application:
Candidates should send a complete C.V. including a publication list, a one page statement outlining their suitability and their interest in the position. Candidates should arrange to have 3 references sent directly. Applications without the appropriate references have to be considered incomplete and cannot be considered.
Applications and references should be sent to
Professor André Simpson, FRSC
Director of the Environmental NMR Center
Department of Chemistry
Division of Physical and Environmental Sciences
University of Toronto at Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, MIC 1A4
Canada
or e-mailed as a PDF attachment to [andre.simpson "at" utoronto.ca] http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~asimpson/
All applications and references will be reviewed once complete. We aim to fill the position by September 1st, 2012.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Workshops and seminars at the 54th Rocky Mountain Conference
The Solid-State NMR Symposium at the 54th Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry will take place July 15-19, 2012 at the Copper Conference Center in Copper Mountain, Colorado. http://www.rockychem.com/
Consider attending one of the traditional workshops and seminars ssociated with this conference (registration required).
Bruker Solid State NMR workshop and seminar
July 15, 2012, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
http://www.bruker-biospin.com/rmc2012_nmr.html
Bruker EPR Meeting
July 15, 2012, starts at 6:30 pm
http://www.bruker-biospin.com/rmc2012_epr.html
Agilent Technologies User Meeting
July 15, 2012
http://www.agilent.com
Consider attending one of the traditional workshops and seminars ssociated with this conference (registration required).
Bruker Solid State NMR workshop and seminar
July 15, 2012, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
http://www.bruker-biospin.com/rmc2012_nmr.html
Bruker EPR Meeting
July 15, 2012, starts at 6:30 pm
http://www.bruker-biospin.com/rmc2012_epr.html
Agilent Technologies User Meeting
July 15, 2012
http://www.agilent.com
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Call for nominations: 2014 Vaughan Lecturer
Nominations for the 2014 Vaughan Lecturer (SSNMR Symposium at the Rocky Mountain Conference for Analytical Chemistry) are being solicited from the solid-state NMR community. The deadline for the nominations is July 1, 2012.
http://www.rockychem.com/honors/vaughan-lecturer-nominations.html
The nominations should include the following:
1. Name of nominee, the nominees affiliation, address, phone, fax and e-mail.
2. Name of nominator, address, phone, fax and e-mail.
3. A brief (no more than 300 words) description of the work(s) serving as the basis for the nomination.
The nomination letters should be sent to [reimer "at" berkeley.edu]
The Vaughan Lecturer selection committee is comprised of the Chair and the six most recent Vaughan Lecturers: Jeff Reimer (Chair), Lucio Frydman, Clare P. Grey, Robin K. Harris, Malcolm H. Levitt, Ago Samoson, Kurt Zilm.
Nominations for the Vaughan Lecturer are solicited from the solid-state NMR community, and the awardee is chosen from these nominations by the Selection Committee. The winner is notified prior to the meeting and announced to the community during the last session of the RMCAC SSNMR symposium. 2012 Vaughan Lecturer is Mark Conradi.
http://www.rockychem.com/honors/vaughan-lecturer-nominations.html
The nominations should include the following:
1. Name of nominee, the nominees affiliation, address, phone, fax and e-mail.
2. Name of nominator, address, phone, fax and e-mail.
3. A brief (no more than 300 words) description of the work(s) serving as the basis for the nomination.
The nomination letters should be sent to [reimer "at" berkeley.edu]
The Vaughan Lecturer selection committee is comprised of the Chair and the six most recent Vaughan Lecturers: Jeff Reimer (Chair), Lucio Frydman, Clare P. Grey, Robin K. Harris, Malcolm H. Levitt, Ago Samoson, Kurt Zilm.
Nominations for the Vaughan Lecturer are solicited from the solid-state NMR community, and the awardee is chosen from these nominations by the Selection Committee. The winner is notified prior to the meeting and announced to the community during the last session of the RMCAC SSNMR symposium. 2012 Vaughan Lecturer is Mark Conradi.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Dynamics Center for TopSpin
contributed by Robin Stein (Bruker Canada)
Bruker Biospin has recently released a new version of its Dynamics Center software in two parts for fitting relaxation and diffusion NMR parameters. General Dynamics Center is intended for analysing T1, T2, T1rho, DOSY, REDOR, and CP buildup experiments, while Protein Dynamics Center can be used to fit heteronuclear NOE, T1, T2, T1rho, exchange, and NOE/T1/T2 data.
The program is very straightforward to use for 2D and 3D datasets, with automated peak picking, selection of the fitting function (although it is possible to fit data to any function desired), and generation of a report as an Excel-readable or text file. DOSY data can even be fit using an inverse Laplace transform.
The program currently exists in Linux and Windows formats. General Dynamics Center is free and only requires an existing TopSpin processing license, either full or a three-year student license, while Protein Dynamics Center requires a separate license. A Macintosh version is under development, as is the implementation of new methods.
To download the program and tutorials, go to http://www.bruker-biospin.com log in (anyone can create an account), and from there, click on Service & Support / NMR / Software Downloads / Dynamics Center.
For more information about the program, contact Martine Monette (martine.monette "at" bruker.ca) or Robin Stein (robin.stein "at" bruker.ca), and for more information about the Protein Dynamics Center license, contact Joseph Weiss (joseph.weiss "at" bruker.ca), or request a three-month demo license from any of us.
Bruker Biospin has recently released a new version of its Dynamics Center software in two parts for fitting relaxation and diffusion NMR parameters. General Dynamics Center is intended for analysing T1, T2, T1rho, DOSY, REDOR, and CP buildup experiments, while Protein Dynamics Center can be used to fit heteronuclear NOE, T1, T2, T1rho, exchange, and NOE/T1/T2 data.
The program is very straightforward to use for 2D and 3D datasets, with automated peak picking, selection of the fitting function (although it is possible to fit data to any function desired), and generation of a report as an Excel-readable or text file. DOSY data can even be fit using an inverse Laplace transform.
The program currently exists in Linux and Windows formats. General Dynamics Center is free and only requires an existing TopSpin processing license, either full or a three-year student license, while Protein Dynamics Center requires a separate license. A Macintosh version is under development, as is the implementation of new methods.
To download the program and tutorials, go to http://www.bruker-biospin.com log in (anyone can create an account), and from there, click on Service & Support / NMR / Software Downloads / Dynamics Center.
For more information about the program, contact Martine Monette (martine.monette "at" bruker.ca) or Robin Stein (robin.stein "at" bruker.ca), and for more information about the Protein Dynamics Center license, contact Joseph Weiss (joseph.weiss "at" bruker.ca), or request a three-month demo license from any of us.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance: new entries
I.L. Moudrakovski and J.A. Ripmeester, "Gas Hydrates Studied by MRI", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2012).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1289
K.W. Feindel, "MRI Studies of Liquids in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1268
I.V. Mastikhin and B.J. Balcom, "Centric SPRITE MRI of Biomaterials with Short T2*", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1289
K.W. Feindel, "MRI Studies of Liquids in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1268
I.V. Mastikhin and B.J. Balcom, "Centric SPRITE MRI of Biomaterials with Short T2*", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1265
Sunday, June 10, 2012
25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium, First Announcement
We are pleased to announce that the 25th MOOT NMR Minisymposium will be held at Université Laval in Quebec City on October 20-21, 2012.
The talks and poster session will be held in Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon at Université Laval and the banquet will be held in historical old Quebec City. The location of the banquet will be announced later.
We are working to update the conference website. Detailed information will be available shortly at http://www.mootnmr.org with registration and abstract submission for posters and talks opening in July 2012.
If you have comments, inquiries, or would like to be added to the MOOT mailing list, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com]. We are looking forward to seeing you in Quebec City in October.
Michèle Auger
Stéphane Gagné
The talks and poster session will be held in Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon at Université Laval and the banquet will be held in historical old Quebec City. The location of the banquet will be announced later.
We are working to update the conference website. Detailed information will be available shortly at http://www.mootnmr.org with registration and abstract submission for posters and talks opening in July 2012.
If you have comments, inquiries, or would like to be added to the MOOT mailing list, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com]. We are looking forward to seeing you in Quebec City in October.
Michèle Auger
Stéphane Gagné
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Cover article in Nature Chemistry
V.N. Vukotic, K.J. Harris, K. Zhu, R.W. Schurko and S.J. Loeb, "Metal–organic frameworks with dynamic interlocked components," Nature Chemistry 4 (2012) 456–460. (Cover Article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1354
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
QUEST – QUadrupolar Exact SofTware
QUEST is a new program for the exact simulation of solid-state NMR spectra of quadrupolar nuclei in stationary powdered samples which employs diagonalization of the combined Zeeman-quadrupolar Hamiltonian. The program may be used to simulate NMR spectra over the full regime of Larmor and quadrupolar frequencies, which encompasses scenarios ranging from high-field NMR to nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR, where the Larmor frequency is zero) and does not make use of approximations when treating the quadrupolar interaction. The program, which uses a graphical user interface, also incorporates chemical shift anisotropy and non-coincident chemical shift and quadrupolar tensor frames. QUEST can be used to simulate static NMR and NQR spectra with any relative size of the Zeeman and quadrupolar interactions and correctly predicts the appearance of “forbidden” or “overtone” NMR as well as NQR transitions. This program is available to download at http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/dbryce/
QUEST is described in an article which has been accepted for publication in Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (2012).
F.A. Perras, C.M. Widdifield, and D.L. Bryce, "QUEST – QUadrupolar Exact SofTware: a fast graphical program for the exact simulation of NMR and NQR spectra for quadrupolar nuclei," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (2012) accepted. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.05.002
QUEST is described in an article which has been accepted for publication in Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (2012).
F.A. Perras, C.M. Widdifield, and D.L. Bryce, "QUEST – QUadrupolar Exact SofTware: a fast graphical program for the exact simulation of NMR and NQR spectra for quadrupolar nuclei," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (2012) accepted. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.05.002
Monday, May 21, 2012
Professorship positions in Magnetic Resonance, Warwick, U.K.
The
University of Warwick is currently advertising two Professorship positions in
Magnetic Resonance (one based in the Department of Chemistry, one based in the
Department of Physics). Application Deadline: 29th June 2012 (applications must
be made via the University of Warwick application procedure detailed in the
adverts):
https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job20299.html
https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job26461.html
https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job20299.html
https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/academic/job26461.html
Recognition: Anthony Mittermaier
reposted from Agilent with permission
Agilent Technologies has announced the winner of the fourth annual Agilent Early Career Professor Award. Dr. Anthony Mittermaier, associate professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, will receive $50,000 per year for two years in his name, to support his research.
Mittermaier joined the faculty in the department of chemistry at McGill in 2005 and has used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in his research to develop an understanding of how the primary amino-acid sequence of a protein determines its dynamic properties. His work has also established links between structural mobility at the microscopic level and functional activity at the macroscopic level.
This year's award focused on the field of structural biology using NMR, an area of research highly valued by Agilent. To qualify for the award, a professor must make significant contributions to the subset of structural biology that uses NMR techniques to improve understanding of the molecular structure and function of nucleic acids or proteins. Mittermaier's research has successfully applied molecular biology, mutagenesis methods and NMR to probe the relationship between protein sequences, dynamics and function.
"We are delighted to learn that Agilent has selected our colleague Anthony Mittermaier for this prestigious award," said professor R. Bruce Lennox, chair of McGill's department of chemistry. "Professor Mittermaier is a pioneer in recognizing the power of an integrated dynamic and thermodynamic approach to understanding protein behavior. His combined NMR/calorimetry approach to sorting out the coupled protein folding/allostery problem is likely to find widespread application to many protein systems."
"This year, we were fortunate to have another group of impressive candidates," said Jack Wenstrand, director of University Relations at Agilent. "Our winner, Dr. Anthony Mittermaier, has demonstrated the highest level of excellence and skill in structural biology, and we are looking forward to following his innovative research endeavors."
The Agilent Early Career Professor Award is presented annually to recognize and encourage excellence in measurement research. It seeks to establish strong collaborative relationships between Agilent researchers and leading professors early in their careers, as well as to underscore Agilent's role as a sponsor of university research.
More details are available at http://www.agilent.com/univ_relation/profaward/index.shtml
Agilent Technologies has announced the winner of the fourth annual Agilent Early Career Professor Award. Dr. Anthony Mittermaier, associate professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, will receive $50,000 per year for two years in his name, to support his research.
Mittermaier joined the faculty in the department of chemistry at McGill in 2005 and has used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in his research to develop an understanding of how the primary amino-acid sequence of a protein determines its dynamic properties. His work has also established links between structural mobility at the microscopic level and functional activity at the macroscopic level.
This year's award focused on the field of structural biology using NMR, an area of research highly valued by Agilent. To qualify for the award, a professor must make significant contributions to the subset of structural biology that uses NMR techniques to improve understanding of the molecular structure and function of nucleic acids or proteins. Mittermaier's research has successfully applied molecular biology, mutagenesis methods and NMR to probe the relationship between protein sequences, dynamics and function.
"We are delighted to learn that Agilent has selected our colleague Anthony Mittermaier for this prestigious award," said professor R. Bruce Lennox, chair of McGill's department of chemistry. "Professor Mittermaier is a pioneer in recognizing the power of an integrated dynamic and thermodynamic approach to understanding protein behavior. His combined NMR/calorimetry approach to sorting out the coupled protein folding/allostery problem is likely to find widespread application to many protein systems."
"This year, we were fortunate to have another group of impressive candidates," said Jack Wenstrand, director of University Relations at Agilent. "Our winner, Dr. Anthony Mittermaier, has demonstrated the highest level of excellence and skill in structural biology, and we are looking forward to following his innovative research endeavors."
The Agilent Early Career Professor Award is presented annually to recognize and encourage excellence in measurement research. It seeks to establish strong collaborative relationships between Agilent researchers and leading professors early in their careers, as well as to underscore Agilent's role as a sponsor of university research.
More details are available at http://www.agilent.com/univ_relation/profaward/index.shtml
Friday, May 18, 2012
6th Annual VIVA NMR Symposium
Hi All,
I am pleased to announce that the 6th Annual VIVA NMR
symposium will take place Wednesday, June 27th at Simon Fraser University
(Burnaby Mountain Campus) in Burnaby B.C. Yes, that is only 6 weeks away! This year we will also celebrate the opening of our new
"Bruker Spectroscopy Facility" in the newly renovated SFU Chemistry
Department.
The aim of this one day symposium is to bring together
NMR users, researchers and managers from western Canada and the north-west of
the USA to share information on topics of general NMR interest and to foster
the development of an NMR community.
Talks or poster presentations by graduate students are
especially encouraged.
Talks must be registered before June 15th, all other
registrations will end on June 20th. On-line registration should be available soon at:
The symposium is designed to be affordable and thanks to
generous sponsorship by Bruker Canada and Agilent Technologies, the
registration fees are only $20 for students and $40 for non-students which
includes the lunch BBQ and afternoon poster social session.
The program will consist of 15-20 minute talks, a BBQ
lunch at the Highland Pub, and a poster session/social gathering. A meeting of NMR facility managers is scheduled to follow
immediately after the conference. For further details see the conference website: http://www.sfu.ca/~vivanmr
Due to the short time available we have not been able to
reserve special accommodation this year but there are links on the website to
accommodation at SFU.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone
who might be interested.
I hope to see you all soon!
Sincerely,
Andrew
--
Dr. Andrew Lewis
Director, Magnetic Resonance & Mass Spectrometry
Facilities
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
NMR paper in Nature Chemistry
V.N. Vukotic, K.J. Harris, K. Zhu, R.W. Schurko and S.J. Loeb,
"Metal–organic frameworks with dynamic interlocked components," Nature
Chemistry (2012) online. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1354
Monday, May 14, 2012
"Canadian NMR Research" News Bulletin
Spring 2012 issue of the
"Canadian NMR Research" news bulletin is now available for download. You
are welcome to share it with your colleagues and students. Thanks for
reading! http://nmr900.ca/nmr_bulletin.html
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Recognition: Anthony Mittermaier
Dr.
Anthony Mittermaier, associate professor of chemistry at McGill University
(Montreal), receives the 2012 Agilent Early Career Professor Award. The Agilent
Early Career Professor Award is presented annually to recognize and encourage
excellence in measurement research. Prof. Mittermaier has been awarded for his
pioneering research in molecular biology, mutagenesis and NMR to study structure
of proteins, their dynamics and function.
To read the press release by Agilent:
http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2012/10may-ca12031.html
To read the press release by Agilent:
http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2012/10may-ca12031.html
Monday, May 7, 2012
NMReady - 60 MHz bench-top NMR spectrometer
contributed by Jackie Metropolit (Nanalysis Corp., Calgary, Alberta)
Nanalysis Corp. a Calgary based company has recently launched a 60MHz bench-top NMR spectrometer called the NMReady™. The Alberta Company was established in 2009 with a mandate to design and manufacture compact Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) devices. The company initially sought to commercialize Force-detected NMR (FDNMR) as realized in BOOMERANG technology, but soon transitioned to miniaturize traditional NMR to bring FT NMR technology to the bench or glovebox.
The NMReady™ debuted in March, 2012 at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego. Conference attendees were pleasantly surprised to find 60MHz spectroscopic resolution, running both 19F and 1H, at a fraction of the size and cost of current NMR instrumentation. The small size of the instrument allows it to fit on the benchtop, in the fume hood or even inside a glovebox. It comes equipped with a built-in touch screen display that features an easy-to-use, OneTouch NMR, operator interface. The NMReady is a cryogen-free NMR system, uses standard 3mm and 5 mm NMR tubes and has a very modest service schedule.
The NMReady has application in all types of industries, including oil & gas, chemical, pharma, biotech, and food processing, and in government and university labs. It also works as an ideal training tool in an academic setting, allowing students to gain hands-on experience with NMR. The compact NMR spectrometer can improve workflow, reduce costs of outsourcing and allow large organizations to optimize all of their spectroscopic resources.
Nanalysis has just entered into a collaborative research agreement with Thesis Chemistry, a Green Chemistry organization in Cambridge, Ontario. The company will integrate the analytical capability of the NMReady bench-top NMR spectrometer into their program of transforming lignocellulosic biomass into green chemicals. See the press release at http://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id=397349
Nanalysis will be showcasing the NMReady at CSC 2012, May 26-30, 2012, in Calgary. Visit booth #222, to get a live demo and see first-hand the capabilities of the NMReady.
For more information on the applications and functions of the NMReady, visit http://www.nanalysis.com/
Nanalysis Corp. a Calgary based company has recently launched a 60MHz bench-top NMR spectrometer called the NMReady™. The Alberta Company was established in 2009 with a mandate to design and manufacture compact Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) devices. The company initially sought to commercialize Force-detected NMR (FDNMR) as realized in BOOMERANG technology, but soon transitioned to miniaturize traditional NMR to bring FT NMR technology to the bench or glovebox.
The NMReady™ debuted in March, 2012 at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego. Conference attendees were pleasantly surprised to find 60MHz spectroscopic resolution, running both 19F and 1H, at a fraction of the size and cost of current NMR instrumentation. The small size of the instrument allows it to fit on the benchtop, in the fume hood or even inside a glovebox. It comes equipped with a built-in touch screen display that features an easy-to-use, OneTouch NMR, operator interface. The NMReady is a cryogen-free NMR system, uses standard 3mm and 5 mm NMR tubes and has a very modest service schedule.
The NMReady has application in all types of industries, including oil & gas, chemical, pharma, biotech, and food processing, and in government and university labs. It also works as an ideal training tool in an academic setting, allowing students to gain hands-on experience with NMR. The compact NMR spectrometer can improve workflow, reduce costs of outsourcing and allow large organizations to optimize all of their spectroscopic resources.
Nanalysis has just entered into a collaborative research agreement with Thesis Chemistry, a Green Chemistry organization in Cambridge, Ontario. The company will integrate the analytical capability of the NMReady bench-top NMR spectrometer into their program of transforming lignocellulosic biomass into green chemicals. See the press release at http://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id=397349
Nanalysis will be showcasing the NMReady at CSC 2012, May 26-30, 2012, in Calgary. Visit booth #222, to get a live demo and see first-hand the capabilities of the NMReady.
For more information on the applications and functions of the NMReady, visit http://www.nanalysis.com/
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Recognition: Julian Zhu
Polymer Chemistry (RSC) profiles Prof. Julian Zhu (Université de Montréal) as the author of the week. http://blogs.rsc.org/py/2012/04/27/author-of-the-week-julian-zhu/
Thursday, April 19, 2012
NMR paper in Science
P. Neudecker, P. Robustelli, A. Cavalli, P. Walsh, P. Lundström, A. Zarrine-Afsar, S. Sharpe, M. Vendruscolo, and L.E. Kay, "Structure of an Intermediate State in Protein Folding and Aggregation," Science 336 (2012) 362-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1214203
Science Perspective: David Eliezer, "Visualizing Amyloid Assembly," Science 336 (2012) 308-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1220356
Science Perspective: David Eliezer, "Visualizing Amyloid Assembly," Science 336 (2012) 308-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1220356
Friday, April 13, 2012
Physics of MRI: A Primer
An introductory lecture on physics of MRI by Donald Plewes and Walter Kucharczyk (University of Toronto).
D.B. Plewes and W. Kucharczyk, "Physics of MRI: A Primer," Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 35 (2012) 1038–1054. (Review: MR Physics for Clinicians) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.23642
D.B. Plewes and W. Kucharczyk, "Physics of MRI: A Primer," Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 35 (2012) 1038–1054. (Review: MR Physics for Clinicians) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.23642
Friday, April 6, 2012
Recognition: 53rd ENC Student Travel Awards
ENC has announced winners of 2012 Student Travel Stipends attending the 53rd ENC, April 15-20, 2012, Miami, Florida. The stipends are funded by the ENC, the Suraj P. Manrao Science Foundation, and the generous contributions of companies. Among awardees there are several Canadian recipients, including
Andrée Gravel (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Emily Ritz (University of Guelph)
Siqi Zhu (McGill University)
Bryan Lucier (University of Windsor)
Hussain Masoom (University of Toronto)
Erick Meneses Ramirez (McGill University)
Congratulations to all the winners!
The finalized 53rd ENC program is now available online
http://www.enc-conference.org
Andrée Gravel (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Emily Ritz (University of Guelph)
Siqi Zhu (McGill University)
Bryan Lucier (University of Windsor)
Hussain Masoom (University of Toronto)
Erick Meneses Ramirez (McGill University)
Congratulations to all the winners!
The finalized 53rd ENC program is now available online
http://www.enc-conference.org
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
IV Ibero-American NMR Meeting
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to participate in the IV Ibero-American NMR Meeting which will be celebrated along with the VI GERMN Bienal Meeting and the III Iberian NMR Meeting, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, from 25 to 28 September, 2012. This special arrangement will offer the Ibero-American NMR spectroscopists and others interested, a large audience and a great opportunity to present and share their results.
Registrations are open and abstracts to be considered for oral contribution can be submitted until April 30th.
Confirmed speakers:
Brian Goodfellow (CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal)
Claudio Fernandez (UNR, Rosario, Argentina)
Claudio Tormena (IQM, UNICAMP, Campinas Brazil)
Luis Alberto Colnago (EMBRAPA, Brasília, Brazil
Hartmut Oschkinat (FMP, Berlin, Germany)
Jarbas Resende (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Jesús Angulo (CSIC, Seville, Spain)
João Rocha (CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal)
Marta Bruix (CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Natàlia Carulla (IRB, Barcelona, Spain)
Julien Wist (Universidade del Valle, Cali, Colombia)
Volker Dötsch (IBC, Goethe Univ. Frankfurt, Germany)
Travel stipends:
http://www.spq.pt/eventos/iberoanmr2012/?ver=travel
For full details, important deadlines and updates, please visit our website:
http://www.spq.pt/eventos/iberoanmr2012/
Looking forward to meet you in Aveiro,
The organizing committee
We cordially invite you to participate in the IV Ibero-American NMR Meeting which will be celebrated along with the VI GERMN Bienal Meeting and the III Iberian NMR Meeting, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, from 25 to 28 September, 2012. This special arrangement will offer the Ibero-American NMR spectroscopists and others interested, a large audience and a great opportunity to present and share their results.
Registrations are open and abstracts to be considered for oral contribution can be submitted until April 30th.
Confirmed speakers:
Brian Goodfellow (CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal)
Claudio Fernandez (UNR, Rosario, Argentina)
Claudio Tormena (IQM, UNICAMP, Campinas Brazil)
Luis Alberto Colnago (EMBRAPA, Brasília, Brazil
Hartmut Oschkinat (FMP, Berlin, Germany)
Jarbas Resende (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Jesús Angulo (CSIC, Seville, Spain)
João Rocha (CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal)
Marta Bruix (CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Natàlia Carulla (IRB, Barcelona, Spain)
Julien Wist (Universidade del Valle, Cali, Colombia)
Volker Dötsch (IBC, Goethe Univ. Frankfurt, Germany)
Travel stipends:
http://www.spq.pt/eventos/iberoanmr2012/?ver=travel
For full details, important deadlines and updates, please visit our website:
http://www.spq.pt/eventos/iberoanmr2012/
Looking forward to meet you in Aveiro,
The organizing committee
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Cover article in Chemical Science
C.J. Capicciotti, M. Leclère, F.A. Perras, D. Bryce, H. Paulin, J. Harden, Y. Liu and R.N. Ben, "Potent inhibition of ice recrystallization by low molecular weight carbohydrate-based surfactants and hydrogelators," Chem. Sci. 3 (2012) 1408-1416. (Cover Article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2SC00885H
Monday, April 2, 2012
3rd Canadian Magnetism Meeting
Dear colleagues,
The 3rd Canadian Magnetism Meeting will be held in Calgary on May 25th, right before the CSC kicks off. This day-long meeting is intended to allow researcher in all fields of magnetism to share their recent research developments, and network with other members of the Canadian magnetism community.
All interested are welcome to attend. In order to help organization, please send an email to confirm if you and your group will attend (contact information below).
We have a lineup of invited speakers covering various areas of magnetism: Daniel Gamelin (U Washington), Daniel Leznoff (SFU), Natia Frank (UVic), Laurie Thompson (MUN), TK Sham (Western), Kathryn Preuss (Guelph), and Arthur Mar (UofA).
There will be a poster session for students with best poster awards. We will be accepting email submissions of abstracts (200-word abstract, 1 picture) until May 7th.
There is no registration fee for this meeting.
More info can be found at:
http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/research/groups/trudels/canadian-magnetism-meeting.html
Visit often, the website will get regular updates in the coming weeks.
All those interested to attend and/or to submit an abstract, please email Robin Arseneault.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Calgary.
The 3rd Canadian Magnetism Meeting will be held in Calgary on May 25th, right before the CSC kicks off. This day-long meeting is intended to allow researcher in all fields of magnetism to share their recent research developments, and network with other members of the Canadian magnetism community.
All interested are welcome to attend. In order to help organization, please send an email to confirm if you and your group will attend (contact information below).
We have a lineup of invited speakers covering various areas of magnetism: Daniel Gamelin (U Washington), Daniel Leznoff (SFU), Natia Frank (UVic), Laurie Thompson (MUN), TK Sham (Western), Kathryn Preuss (Guelph), and Arthur Mar (UofA).
There will be a poster session for students with best poster awards. We will be accepting email submissions of abstracts (200-word abstract, 1 picture) until May 7th.
There is no registration fee for this meeting.
More info can be found at:
http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/research/groups/trudels/canadian-magnetism-meeting.html
Visit often, the website will get regular updates in the coming weeks.
All those interested to attend and/or to submit an abstract, please email Robin Arseneault.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Calgary.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
NSERC awards $2.3 million for lithium ion battery research
Gillian Goward (McMaster) is leading a major collaborative research project in lithium ion batteries which has been awarded a $2.3 million NSERC grant in the Automotive Partnership Canada program. The total value of this four years project is $3.5 million with contributions from industrial partners, GM Canada, Bruker Ltd., and Heka Electronics.
Researchers from McMaster include Prof. Gillian Goward, in electrochemistry and magnetic resonance, Prof. Gianluigi Botton, in electron microscopy, and Prof. Bartek Protas, in mathematical modeling. Prof. Janine Mauzeroll at McGill provides expertise in scanning electrochemical microscopy, and two electrochemistry groups lead by Prof. Andy Sun at the University of Western Ontario, and Prof. Steen Schougaard at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
For more about this project:
$3.5 million partnership to jumpstart confidence in lithium ion car batteries (McMaster Daily News)
Gillian Goward Gets $3.5m for Electric Car Battery Research (C&CB, McMaster)
McMaster gets $3.5m jolt for electric car battery research (Hamilton Spectator)
Bringing Minds to Market: Government of Canada Invests in Auto Innovation (NSERC news release, March 20, 2012)
Researchers from McMaster include Prof. Gillian Goward, in electrochemistry and magnetic resonance, Prof. Gianluigi Botton, in electron microscopy, and Prof. Bartek Protas, in mathematical modeling. Prof. Janine Mauzeroll at McGill provides expertise in scanning electrochemical microscopy, and two electrochemistry groups lead by Prof. Andy Sun at the University of Western Ontario, and Prof. Steen Schougaard at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
For more about this project:
$3.5 million partnership to jumpstart confidence in lithium ion car batteries (McMaster Daily News)
Gillian Goward Gets $3.5m for Electric Car Battery Research (C&CB, McMaster)
McMaster gets $3.5m jolt for electric car battery research (Hamilton Spectator)
Bringing Minds to Market: Government of Canada Invests in Auto Innovation (NSERC news release, March 20, 2012)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Solid-State NMR in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
A special issue of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance guest-edited by Clare Grey (Cambridge) and Gillian Goward (McMaster), Volume 42, Pages 1-98 (April 2012) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09262040/42
Editorial
Clare P. Grey, Gillian R. Goward, Editorial "Solid-State NMR in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
42 (2012) 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.03.001
Canadian contributions
A. Kuhn, M. Kunze, P. Sreeraj, H.-D. Wiemhöfer, V. Thangadurai, M. Wilkening, P. Heitjans, "NMR relaxometry as a versatile tool to study Li dynamics in potential battery materials," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 42 (2012) 2-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.02.001
L.J.M. Davis, X.J. He, A.D. Bain, G.R. Goward, "Studies of Lithium Ion Dynamics in Paramagnetic Cathode Materials Using 6Li 1D Selective Inversion Methods," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 42 (2012) 26-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.01.002
Editorial
Clare P. Grey, Gillian R. Goward, Editorial "Solid-State NMR in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
42 (2012) 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.03.001
Canadian contributions
A. Kuhn, M. Kunze, P. Sreeraj, H.-D. Wiemhöfer, V. Thangadurai, M. Wilkening, P. Heitjans, "NMR relaxometry as a versatile tool to study Li dynamics in potential battery materials," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 42 (2012) 2-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.02.001
L.J.M. Davis, X.J. He, A.D. Bain, G.R. Goward, "Studies of Lithium Ion Dynamics in Paramagnetic Cathode Materials Using 6Li 1D Selective Inversion Methods," Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 42 (2012) 26-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2012.01.002
Friday, March 16, 2012
62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, CSChE 2012
The call for papers is now open and will close May 31, 2012
Details are available at http://www.csche2012.ca/
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), we are pleased to welcome you to the website for the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia from October 14-17, 2012.
The main themes of this year’s conference are Energy, Environment and Sustainability, which are critical issues faced by chemical engineers both in Canada and around the world. Five international symposia: gasification, biomass and bioenergy, fuel cells-battery-electrochemical technologies, sustainability and spouted beds, are to be organized by multinational committees of experts in each field. Regular programs in all aspects of chemical engineering are also planned by the Subject Divisions of the CSChE. Separate graduate and undergraduate programs are organized by our student committees to showcase the student contributions and to promote exchange of ideas for our young and bright chemical engineers.
We look forward to seeing you at the Conference!
Maja Veljkovic, Conference Chair
X. Tony Bi, Conference Co-Chair
Details are available at http://www.csche2012.ca/
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), we are pleased to welcome you to the website for the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia from October 14-17, 2012.
The main themes of this year’s conference are Energy, Environment and Sustainability, which are critical issues faced by chemical engineers both in Canada and around the world. Five international symposia: gasification, biomass and bioenergy, fuel cells-battery-electrochemical technologies, sustainability and spouted beds, are to be organized by multinational committees of experts in each field. Regular programs in all aspects of chemical engineering are also planned by the Subject Divisions of the CSChE. Separate graduate and undergraduate programs are organized by our student committees to showcase the student contributions and to promote exchange of ideas for our young and bright chemical engineers.
We look forward to seeing you at the Conference!
Maja Veljkovic, Conference Chair
X. Tony Bi, Conference Co-Chair
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