CSC 2015 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition

The 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2015) "Chemistry in a Sustainable World" will take place in Ottawa, Ontario from June 13-17, 2015. The CSC is the largest annual national event for chemical professionals attracting close to 2500 participants each year.
There will be a one-and-half day symposium on Solid-State NMR as well as a separate symposium on Biomolecular NMR.

Confirmed international speakers for the Solid-State NMR Symposium organized by David Bryce (Ottawa) and Andreas Brinkmann (NRC) include:

Christian Bonhomme (UPMC, France)
Lyndon Emsley (ENS Lyon, France)
Philip Grandinetti (Ohio State University, USA)
Kenneth Harris (Cardiff University, Wales)
Chris Jaroniec (Ohio State University, USA)
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr (Brandeis University, USA)
More details on the symposia, abstract submission and registration will be posted on the conference website at http://www.csc2015.ca

The abstact submission opens December 15, 2014.

Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry Special Issue: NMR of Liquid Crystals

Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry

Special Issue: NMR of Liquid Crystals
October 2014, Volume 52, Issue 10 Pages 531–663

guest-edited by Ronald Y. Dong (UBC)

Ronald Y. Dong, "MRC special issue on NMR of liquid crystals," (Editorial) Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 52 (2014) 531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4109

Canadian contributions

A.P. Manning, M. Giese, A.S. Terpstra, M.J. MacLachlan, W.Y. Hamad, R.Y. Dong and C.A. Michal, "NMR of guest-host systems: 8CB in chiral nematic porous glasses" Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 52 (2014) 532–539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4101

A. Ferraz, J. Zhang, P.J. Sebastião, A.C. Ribeiro and R.Y. Dong, "Proton and deuterium nuclear spin relaxation study of the SmA and SmC* phases of BP8Cl-d17: a self-consistent analysis" Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 52 (2014) 546–555. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4107

A.C.J. Weber, D.H.J. Chen, "Conformational problem of alkanes in liquid crystals by NMR spectroscopy" Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 52 (2014) 560–569. (Review) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4124

E.E. Burnell, R.Y. Dong, A.C.J. Weber and A. Yethiraj, "NMR of solutes in nematic and smectic A liquid crystals: the anisotropic intermolecular potential," Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 52 (2014) 570–580. (Review) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4113

J.L. Figueirinhas, R.Y. Dong, "NMR of bent-core nematogens: a mini-review," Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 52 (2014) 614–624. (Review) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4097

Cover article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Peng He, Bryan Lucier, Victor Terskikh, Qi Shi, Jinxiang Dong, Yueying Chu, Anmin Zheng, Andre Sutrisno, Yining Huang, "Spies Within Metal Organic Frameworks: Investigating Metal Centers Using Solid-State NMR," Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (2014) 23728–23744. (Cover Article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5063868 http://pubs.acs.org/action/showLargeCover?jcode=jpccck&vol=118&issue=41

MOOT XXVII NMR Symposium - registration and abstract submission is open

Dear MOOTers,

It is now time to register to the upcoming XXVIIth MOOT NMR meeting, to be held at the Université du Québec à Montréal from Oct. 18 to 19. Don't miss the pub crawl on Friday the 17th!

The registration form and instructions can be found on the MOOT website: http://www.mootnmr.org

The deadline to register and submit an abstract for a talk or poster is September 30.

Please make sure you book a room at the Hyatt (info on the MOOT website).

Looking forward to seeing you in Montreal,

Isabelle Marcotte and Alexandre Arnold

marcotte.isabelle "at" uqam.ca
arnold.alexandre "at" uqam.ca
mootnmr "at" gmail.com
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Isabelle Marcotte, Assoc. Prof.
Department of Chemistry
Université du Québec à Montréal
2101 Jeanne-Mance St., CB-3140
Montréal (Qc)
H2X 2J6 Canada
T. 1-514-987-3000 #5015 * F. 1-514-987-4054
marcotte.isabelle "at" uqam.ca
http://www.bionmr.uqam.ca
MOOT NMR XXVII at UQAM: http://www.mootnmr.org 

"Canadian NMR Research" News Bulletin

Colleagues and fellow MR-enthusiasts,

the Summer 2014 issue of the "Canadian NMR Research" bulletin is now available for download, our traditional mix of news and research updates.

http://nmr900.ca/nmr_bulletin.html

Thank you all who contributed and shared their news with the community. You are welcome to forward this bulletin to your colleagues and students.

CrystEngComm themed issue International Year of Crystallography Celebration: North America

CrystEngComm

Themed issue: International Year of Crystallography Celebration: North America
issue 31, 21 August 2014, Page 7151 to 7358

guest-edited by Christer B. Aakeröy (Kansas State) and Tomislav Friščić (McGill)

Christer B. Aakeröy and Tomislav Friščić, "2014 International year of crystallography celebration: North America," (Editorial) CrystEngComm 16 (2014) 7160-7161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ce90100b

Canadian NMR contributions

K. Shin, I.L. Moudrakovski, M.D. Davari, S. Alavi, C.I. Ratcliffe, and J.A. Ripmeester, "Crystal engineering the clathrate hydrate lattice with NH4F,"CrystEngComm 16 (2014) 7209-7217. (IYCr 2014 North America themed issue) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ce41661e

J. Viger-Gravel, J.E. Meyer, I. Korobkov and D.L. Bryce, "Probing Halogen Bonds with Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Observation and Interpretation of J(77Se, 31P) Coupling in Halogen-Bonded P=Se···I Motifs," CrystEngComm 16 (2014) 7285-7297. (IYCr 2014 North America themed issue) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ce00345d

M.P. Hildebrand, H. Hamaed, A.M. Namespetra, J.M. Donohue, R. Fu, I. Hung, Z. Gan and R.W. Schurko, "35Cl Solid-State NMR of HCl Salts of Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients: Structural Prediction, Spectral Fingerprinting and Polymorph Recognition," CrystEngComm 16 (2014) 7334-7356. (IYCr 2014 North America themed issue) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ce00544a

MOOT XXVII NMR Symposium

Dear MOOTers,

As you might already know, the MOOT XXVII NMR Symposium will be taking place over the October 18-19th weekend (2014) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), in the heart of Montreal's city center (red building on the map).

An evening at the pub will be organized on Friday Oct.17 to enjoy the city life and relax before the symposium.

We have negotiated very competitive rates with the nearby Hyatt Hotel (St-Catherine/Jeanne-Mance) for standard rooms with 2 double beds for $149/night for single and double occupancy. Breakfast is not included but we'll do our best to provide muffins, croissants and coffee before the morning sessions. See the MOOT XXVII website to find all the details regarding the symposium, registration, program and accommodation.

Parking will be available for 10$/day at the Place-des-Arts (just across the street from the Hyatt Hotel) or at UQAM.

The registration will open at the beginning of August. If you have any questions or comments, please send a message to [mootnmr "at" gmail.com], or contact Isabelle Marcotte or Alexandre Arnold.

We look forward to seeing you in October!

Isabelle Marcotte and Alexandre Arnold
marcotte.isabelle "at" uqam.ca
arnold.alexandre "at" uqam.ca
27th MOOT NMR Symposium
October 18-19th
Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal, Québec
http://www.mootnmr.org

MOOT XXVII NMR Symposium
October 18-19, 2014, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada http://www.mootnmr.org

New book: NMR Spectroscopy: A Versatile Tool for Environmental Research

Myrna J. Simpson (Editor)
Andre J. Simpson (Editor)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Wiley; July 2014
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1118616475
http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118616472.html
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1118616472
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1118616472

Wiley: The challenges faced by environmental scientists today are vast, complex, and multi-faceted. For instance, predicting the fate of an environmental pollutant or understanding ecosystem responses to climate change, necessitate a firm understanding of molecular structure and dynamics of environmental media as well as the components that exist and interact within this media. Furthermore, linking information obtained at the molecular-scale to ecosystem-level processes is a major pursuit of modern environmental research. As such, NMR spectroscopy and its scalability from the molecular-scale to the macroscopic-scale, is facilitating rapid growth in environmental science. In addition, the versatility of NMR spectroscopy has resulted in the development and implementation of different types of NMR techniques to examine the structure of various types of environmental samples, living and non-living, as well as the study of critical environmental processes.

This comprehensive handbook is a collection of chapters that span from methods to how NMR is used in environmental research to gain insight into various ecosystem properties. It is organized into three parts:

Part A focuses on methods used in environmental NMR which span from solution-state to magnetic resonance imaging.
Part B emphasizes how NMR spectroscopy plays an essential role in understanding various types of environmental components and related processes, including different forms of organic matter found in soil, water, and air as well as how NMR is used to probe the fate of water, organic pollutants, and metals in the environment.
Part C focuses on the growing field of environmental metabolomics which uses NMR as its main discovery platform.

This volume highlights the immense potential of NMR spectroscopy to expand our fundamental understanding of environmental processes and how it will continue to do so well into the future.

56th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance

Agilent RMC 2014 Environmental Solid-State NMR Workshop 
July 12, 2014, Loveland, Colorado
http://events.signup4.com/NSF-RCNworkshop

Bruker RMC 2014 Solid-State NMR Symposium
July 13, 2014, Copper Mountain, Colorado
http://www.bruker.com/events/users-meetings/mr/nmr-us/registration-solid-state-nmr-symposium.html

Bruker RMC 2014 Annual North American EPR Users’ Meeting
July 13, 2014, Copper Mountain, Colorado
http://www.bruker.com/events/users-meetings/mr/epr-us/registration-north-american-epr-users-meeting.html

56th Rocky Mountain Conference 
July 13-17, 2014, Copper Mountain, Colorado
http://www.rockychem.com/

Special issue of Canadian Journal of Chemistry in honour of John Ripmeester

The Canadian Journal of Chemistry is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue in honour of John Ripmeester and his outstanding contributions to chemistry.

The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2014. The special issue will be published in 2015.

The Canadian Journal of Chemistry reports current research findings in all branches of chemistry. It includes the traditional areas of analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical-theoretical chemistry and newer interdisciplinary areas such as materials science, spectroscopy, chemical physics, and biological, medicinal and environmental chemistry.

Please submit your paper at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/cjc

The issue will be edited by Yining Huang, Darren Brouwer, and David Bryce.

Please confirm via email to [yhuang "at" uwo.ca] or [dbryce "at" uottawa.ca] your intent to submit an article as soon as possible.

Prof. David L. Bryce
Department of Chemistry
University of Ottawa
http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/dbryce/

Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa

Five Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Chemical Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa

http://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/330851/tenure-track-faculty-positions-in-chemical-biology-and-biochemistry/

Six Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Materials Chemistry and Physics, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of Ottawa

http://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/330852/tenure-track-faculty-positions-in-materials-chemistry-and-physics/

8th Annual VIVA NMR Symposium

Dear NMR Enthusiasts and Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that the 8th VIVA (VIctoria VAncouver) NMR symposium is to take place at St. Johns College, UBC, Friday, August 8th, 2014.

The scope 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 NMR community. Talks or poster presentations by graduate students working in any aspects of NMR are especially encouraged. Deadline for registration is July 25th.

Further details and registration info are available at http://groups.chem.ubc.ca/viva

I am looking forward to welcoming you at VIVA.

Sincerely,

Paul

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Zhicheng (Paul) Xia, Ph.D.
NMR Facilities
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia
2036 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T1Z1
http://www.chem.ubc.ca/high-resolution-nmr-spectroscopy

Graduate student position, the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

We are seeking highly motivated PhD students to work in the protein NMR group at the University of Guelph. Our group is broadly interested in membrane protein structure. Our main research tool is magic angle spinning solid state NMR, but we also used other complementary biochemical, biophysical and computational methods. The research will be conducted at the University of Guelph NMR Centre, which is equipped with an array of solid-state NMR spectrometers at field strengths from 500 MHz to 800 MHz, and with a recently installed Dynamic Nuclear Polarization spectrometer. This gives us the unique ability to probe atomic level details of molecular structure, dynamics, and interactions. The specific project will deal with protein-lipid and protein-water interactions, with emphasis on the methodological aspect.

For examples of our work, see our recent publications:http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v10/n10/full/nmeth.2635.html
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja411633w

The candidates must have a degree in chemistry, physics or biochemistry.

Applications are accepted to both, the Department of Physics
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca
or Biophysics Interdepartmental Group 
https://www.uoguelph.ca/biophysics/welcome-biophysics

For more information contact

Dr. Vladimir Ladizhansky
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair II,
Department of Physics
University of Guelph,
50 Stone Road E, Guelph,
Ontario, Canada
N1G 2W1
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext 53989
departmental fax: 519-836-9967
email: [vladizha "at" uoguelph.ca]
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/~vladimir/

RMC 2014 Solid-State NMR Workshop

Topic: Targeting Environmental, Agricultural, and Plant Science with Solid-State NMR

When: Saturday, July 12, 2014, prior to the 2014 Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance http://www.rockychem.com

Where: Agilent Technologies, Inc. NMR Center of Excellence, 900 South Taft Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537

Program Details and Registration
please complete registration to attend this no-cost workshop
http://events.signup4.com/NSF-RCNworkshop

"Canadian NMR Research" News Bulletin

Colleagues and fellow MR-enthusiasts,

the Spring 2014 issue of the "Canadian NMR Research" bulletin is now available for download, our traditional mix of news and research updates.

Thank you all who contributed and shared their news with the community. You are welcome to forward this bulletin to your colleagues and students.

Postdoctoral position in solid-state NMR of pharmaceuticals University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

A PDF position is available in the Schurko group at the University of Windsor with starting dates between May 2014 - September 2014. The PDF will be in charge of conducting research and managing a project area involving SSNMR of pharmaceutical compounds, related materials and nanoparticles. We are equipped with 400 MHz and 500 MHz SSNMR spectrometers, pXRD and scXRD equipment, wet lab spaces (including glove boxes) and fantastic shared computational resources. We also have access to high field (800, 900 MHz) NMR spectrometers. The PDF candidate should have extensive background in solid-state NMR. The position starts with a one-year contract, with option to extend to second and third years via mutual agreement of the PDF and the PI.
For more information, please contact me at: [rschurko "at" uwindsor.ca]

Robert W. Schurko, Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Windsor, 389 Essex Hall
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4
Phone: 519-253-3000 x3548
Fax: 519-973-7098
rschurko "at" uwindsor.ca
Please visit my website:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/schurko

Post-doctoral position in solid-state NMR, Dalhousie University, Halifax

Applicants are sought for a post-doctoral associate to work jointly withProfessor Josef Zwanziger and Adjunct Professor Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Research will focus on using solid-state NMR to characterize glass structure, with special emphasis on low-gamma nuclei. Two dedicated solid-state NMR spectrometers are available, a Bruker Avance 700 and a Bruker DRX 400, with a variety of probes. Duties will also include spectrometer maintenance and collaborative work with other users and industry partners in running samples. The position is initially for one year with possibility of extension.

To apply please submit a current CV and names of three references (electronic submission preferred) to:

Professor Josef Zwanziger
Department of Chemistry
Dalhousie University
Halifax, B3R 4H2
Canada
E-mail: jzwanzig "at" dal.ca
http://jwz.chem.dal.ca/

Recognition: 55th ENC Student Travel Awards

Following the long tradition, ENC has awarded 2014 Student Travel Stipends to support students attending the 55th ENC Conference held March 23-28, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. The stipends were provided by the ENC, the Suraj P. Manrao Science Foundation, and by the generous contributions of sponsors. Among awardees there were several Canadian recipients, including

Kevin Burgess (University of Ottawa)
Donald Gagne (INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier)
Marie-Laurence Tremblay (Dalhousie University)
Shu Han (University of British Columbia)

Congratulations to all the winners!

The final 55th ENC program is now available online
http://www.enc-conference.org

MOOT 2014 - First Announcement

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the organizing committee we would like to invite you to attend the 27th edition of the MOOT NMR Symposium which this year will take place in Montréal, October 18th-19th, 2014. Please mark your calendars! The meeting will be held at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in the heart of the city center. We will provide more details about the conference via e-mail as they become available. The official 27th MOOT website will be online shortly.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please E-mail us at [marcotte.isabelle "at" uqam.ca]

We look forward to seeing you in October!

MOOT XXVII Organizing Committee,
Alexandre Arnold and Isabelle Marcotte

Département de Chimie
Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8
http://www.nanoqam.uqam.ca/professeur.php?id=5&lang=fr

MOOT XXVII NMR Symposium
October 18-19, 2014, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
http://www.mootnmr.org

Two Graduate Positions, Environmental NMR Center, University of Toronto

Two Graduate Positions in the “Development of In-vivo NMR Spectroscopy to Understand Environmental Stress” in the Environmental NMR Center at the University of Toronto, Canada

http://nmr900.ca/nmr_jobs.html#UofT

Professor Andre Simpson is looking for graduate students for Sept 2014. Applications to both the Department of Chemistry (MSc or PhD, http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/grad/) and Environmental Science (PhD only, http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~physsci/phd/) are now being accepted.

Canadian Journal of Chemistry Best Paper Award

January 6, 2014
Ottawa, ON

New Canadian Journal of Chemistry Best Paper Award

Journal: Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Details: Best Paper Award

http://www.cdnsciencepub.com/news-and-events/press-releases/CJC-Best-Paper-Award.aspx

The Canadian Journal of Chemistry (CJC) and its publisher, Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), are pleased to announce the new CJC Best Paper Award.

This new award will annually recognize the “best paper” published in the CJC in the preceding year, by a scientist residing in Canada.

The winner will present an award lecture at the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC)’s annual Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, with the first award to be presented in 2015. The winner will also give a sponsored lecture at one or two Canadian universities. In addition, the award-winning paper will be made open access and fully available to the public.

“We feel this award is a great opportunity to recognize outstanding work published in our journal, while helping to support our research community and further disseminate research in chemistry in Canada. This award has been in development for a while, in conjunction with CSP and the CSC. We are very pleased to see it come to fruition,” said Dr. Yining Huang, Senior Editor of the CJC.

Nominations will be made by the journal’s Editorial Board from the papers published in the previous year (between January and December). Canadian corresponding authors who are interested in applying for the award should submit their work to the CJC at http://mc06.manuscriptcentral.com/cjc-pubs and indicate at time of submission that they would like the manuscript to be considered for the award nomination. The authors should also indicate their intention in the cover letter.

Authors do not need to be a member of the Chemical Institute of Canada to apply, but must hold a professional appointment as an independent researcher in academia, government, or industry in Canada at the time of nomination.

For full terms of reference and more information, please visit http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/cjc/award

About the Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Published since 1929, this monthly journal reports current research findings in all branches of chemistry. It includes the traditional areas of analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical-theoretical chemistry and newer interdisciplinary areas such as materials science, spectroscopy, chemical physics, and biological, medicinal and environmental chemistry. Articles describing original research and reviews are welcome.

About Canadian Science Publishing
Canadian Science Publishing is an independent, not-for-profit scholarly publisher dedicated to serving the needs of researchers and their communities. The NRC Research Press journals are Canadian Science Publishing’s flagship suite of award-winning international publications. We publish 16 titles under this imprint, many in continuous publication since 1929, including the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

NMR paper in Nature Chemical Biology

M.J. Smith, M. Ikura, "Integrated RAS signaling defined by parallel NMR detection of effectors and regulators," Nature Chemical Biology (2014) online. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1435