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
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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
--
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
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