Call for nominations

Raymond Andrew Prize 2012 for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the field of magnetic resonance http://nmr900.ca/nmr_news.html#rap2012

ICMRBS Founders' Medal http://www2.biochem.wisc.edu/icmrbs/?p=244

Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance: new entries

J.W. Zwanziger, "Computing Electric Field Gradient Tensors", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1208

D.L. Bryce and R.E. Wasylishen, "Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids: Influence of Different Interactions on Spectra", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1197

G. Wu, "Alkali Metal NMR of Biological Molecules", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1210

T.T. Nakashima and R.E. Wasylishen, "Sensitivity and Resolution Enhancement of Half-integer Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solid-state NMR", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1200

L.A. O'Dell and C.I. Ratcliffe, "Quadrupolar NMR to Investigate Dynamics in Solid Materials", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1209

R.W. Schurko, "Acquisition of Wideline Solid-State NMR Spectra of Quadrupolar Nuclei", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1199

O.B. Lapina and V.V. Terskikh, "Quadrupolar Metal NMR of Oxide Materials Including Catalysts", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1224

F. Blanc, L. Spencer and G.R. Goward, "Quadrupolar NMR of Ionic Conductors, Batteries, and Other Energy-related Materials", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1215

S. Kroeker, "Nuclear Waste Glasses: Insights from Solid-State NMR", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1223

A. O'Sullivan, D. Avizonis, J.B. German and C.M. Slupsky, "Software Tools for NMR Metabolomics", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1232

N. De Zanche, "Birdcage Volume Coil Design", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1288

D.I. Hoult, "Receiver Design for MR", Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance, Wiley (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1137

Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

A selection of NMR papers by Canadian researchers from the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (EIBC), a new 10,000+ page reference tool in the area of inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438

Please let us know if we have missed/overlooked your chapter!

S.M. Gagné, "Troponin C," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0505

K.L. Yap and M. Ikura, "Calmodulin," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0504

T. Moldoveanu, Q. Liu, D.R. Green and K. Gehring, "BAK," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0662

K.D. Krewulak, W. Köster and H.J. Vogel, "Siderophore-Binding Periplasmatic Protein FhuD and Related Periplasmic Binding Proteins Involved in Bacterial Iron Uptake," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0670

D.B. Leznoff, G. Mund, "Paramagnetic Organometallic Complexes," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0166

G.S. McGrady, J.W. Steed, "Hypervalent Compounds," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0089

S.I. Gorelsky, "Abinitio and Semiempirical Methods," Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley (2011).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc0377

Special issue of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volume 213, Issue 2, Pages 213-574 (December 2011)

Magnetic Moments, Groundbreaking papers from the pages of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance - and recollections from the scientists behind them.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10907807/213/2

To celebrate the 2011 International Year of Chemistry JMR has assembled a collection of reprints of some of the most significant papers published in the journal since its inception over 40 years ago. These reprints are accompanied by video/audio commentaries by their authors giving a rare "behind the scene" glimpse into magnetic resonance research.

These videos are also available on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1D790E241B661706

Cover article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society

Gang Wu, Zhehong Gan, Irene C. M. Kwan, James C. Fettinger, and Jeffery T. Davis, "High Resolution 39K NMR Spectroscopy of Bio-organic Solids," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 19570–19573. (cover article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja2052446

CSC 2012 Call for Papers Open

The 95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC2012) will be held in Calgary, Alberta, May 25-30, 2012. This is Canada's largest annual conference devoted to the science and practice of chemistry. This year's conference theme is Energizing Chemistry.

The Call for Papers opened today December 1, 2011 and will close February 15, 2012. Submit your abstract through Hermes Conference Centre via the CSC2012 website. Details are available at http://www.csc2012.ca/2_program/submit_abstract.html

The conference plenary lecturer is Prof. Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at UC Berkeley. You can view the wide range of symposia representing the "Energizing Chemistry" theme on the CSC2012 website at http://www.csc2012.ca

[VT: for NMR folks, Division of Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, "Solid-State NMR" Symposium, Organizer: R. Wasylishen, University of Alberta]

We encourage you to forward this notice to your network of colleagues nationally and internationally, to submit your abstracts and to join us in Calgary next May.

Warren Piers, Conference Chair Treasurer
Thomas Baumgartner, Scientific Program Chair

Recognition: Lewis Kay

Special issue of the Journal of Biomolecular NMR on the occasion of Prof. Lewis E. Kay’s 50th birthday, volume 51, numbers 1-2, September 2011.

Kevin H. Gardner, Anthony Mittermaier and Frans A.A. Mulder, "A tribute to Lewis E. Kay on his 50th birthday" Journal of Biomolecular NMR 51 (2011) 3-4. (Editorial) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10858-011-9561-x

A fitting collection of 18 research publications by colleagues, friends and former students of Lewis Kay to celebrate his many pioneering contributions to the field of biomolecular NMR spectroscopy.

"Canadian NMR Research" News Bulletin

Fellow MR-enthusiasts,

the Fall 2011 issue of the "Canadian NMR Research" bulletin is now available for download. In this issue Kalle Gehring (McGill) introduces a new CREATE training program in Bionanomachines. There are also many interesting recent research and hardware developments and awards, and as usual plentiful of MR publications! You are welcome to forward this bulletin to your students and co-workers.

CREATE program in Bionanomachines

Graduate and Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Bionanotechnology

The new NSERC-sponsored CREATE Training Program in Bionanomachines (CTPB) offers summer research stipends to undergraduates and 2-year stipends to graduate students in 22 laboratories in Montreal, Québec City, Calgary and Saskatoon. Bionanomachines is a young and developing field at the intersection of structural biology, supramolecular chemistry and biophysics that seeks to understand how biological machines function at the molecular level, and to harness their power for applications in health, chemistry and physics. For more information visit http://bionano.ca/en or contact the CTPB Coordinator at (bionano.med "at" mcgill.ca).

Review in Nature Methods

J.R. Bothe, E.N. Nikolova, C.D. Eichhorn, J. Chugh, A.L. Hansen and H.M. Al-Hashimi, "Characterizing RNA dynamics at atomic resolution using solution-state NMR spectroscopy," Nature Methods 8 (2011) 919–931. (Review) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1735