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The
National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for
Solids and Bruker Canada are pleased to present
the 7th Annual Solid-State NMR Workshop at
the 95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and
Exhibition in Calgary (CSC
2012). The workshop will take place on Saturday, May 26, 2012, 13:00 - 19:00, in the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre.
This annual Canadian solid-state NMR event
focuses on the latest developments in solid-state
NMR spectroscopy with emphasis on practical
aspects and applications in materials and
life sciences. The workshop will be of interest
not only to NMR spectroscopists, but also
to students and other researchers interested
in using modern NMR techniques in their research
practice.
Download
the Workshop Program and Abstracts (PDF)
Workshop
program
Session 1 (CTCC, Chinook 4), Chair David Bryce (University of Ottawa)
13:00-13:05 David Bryce (University of Ottawa) Opening comments
13:05-13:25 Anne-Marie Thompson (NSERC) "Major
Resources Support program" (brief presentation
and discussion)
13:25-13:50 Roderick Wasylishen (University of Alberta) "High-Field NMR
Studies of Strontium-87 in Solids"
13:50-14:15 Brandon Greer (University of Manitoba) "Characterisation of Chromium-bearing "Yellow Phase" in Model Nuclear Waste Glasses by Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy"
14:15-14:40 Venkataraman Thangadurai (University of Calgary) "Evaluation of Structure, Ion-Exchange and Transport Properties of Fast Li ion Conducting Garnet-type Solid Electrolytes by Solid State Li NMR Spectroscopy and AC Impedance"
14:40-15:00 Coffee Break
Session 2 (CTCC, Chinook 4), Chair Scott Kroeker (University of Manitoba)
15:00-15:25 Robin Stein (Bruker Canada) "Proton Solid-State NMR Crystallography"
15:25-15:50 Frédéric Perras (University of Ottawa) "35Cl Solid-State NMR of Covalently-Bound, Organic, Chlorine at 21.1 T and the use of QUEST (QUadrupolar Exact SofTware)"
15:50-16:15Bryan Lucier (University of Windsor) "Solid-State NMR Investigations of 'Stacked' Square-Planar Pt(II) Systems"
16:15-16:40 Andreas Brinkmann (NRC Canada) "Dipolar Recoupling in Fast Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR at High Magnetic Fields"
16:40-17:05 Gillian Goward (McMaster University) "Measuring Ion Dynamics by NMR Observations from the Point of View of the Host Lattice"
17:10 Reception sponsored by Bruker Canada
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"Canadian NMR Research"
News Bulletin (May 14/12) You are welcome to share it with your colleagues and students. Thanks for reading! |
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
| 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. |
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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.
Introduction
to the NMReady 60P on YouTube
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 |
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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/
NMR
paper in Science (April
19/12)
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
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An
introductory lecture on physics
of MRI by Donald Plewes and
Walter Kucharczyk (University
of Toronto). |
The
National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility
for Solids and Bruker Canada are pleased
to present the 7th Annual Solid-State
NMR Workshop at the 95th Canadian
Chemistry Conference and Exhibition
in Calgary (CSC
2012). The workshop will take
place on Saturday, May 26, 2012,
13:00 - 19:00, in the Calgary
TELUS Convention Centre.
This annual Canadian solid-state NMR
event focuses on the latest developments
in solid-state NMR spectroscopy with
emphasis on practical aspects and
applications in materials and life
sciences. The workshop will be of
interest not only to NMR spectroscopists,
but also to students and other researchers
interested in using modern NMR techniques
in their research practice.
The workshop registration is free
but the space is limited. To register
please send your name and affiliation
to Victor.Terskikh@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Please note, that the NMR workshop
registration is separate from CSC
2012 registration.
Workshop program
Session 1, Chair David Bryce (University of Ottawa)
13:00-13:05 David Bryce (University of Ottawa) Opening comments
13:05-13:25
Anne-Marie Thompson (NSERC)
"Major Resources Support program"
(brief presentation and discussion)
13:25-13:50 Roderick Wasylishen
(University of Alberta) "High-Field
NMR Studies of Strontium-87 in Solids"
13:50-14:15 Brandon Greer (University of Manitoba) "Characterisation of chromium-bearing "yellow phase" in model nuclear waste glasses by multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy"
14:15-14:40 Venkataraman Thangadurai (University of Calgary) "Evaluation of Structure, Ion-Exchange and Transport Properties of Fast Li ion Conducting Garnet-type Solid Electrolytes by Solid State Li NMR Spectroscopy and AC Impedance"
14:40-15:00 Coffee Break
Session 2, Chair Scott Kroeker (University of Manitoba)
15:00-15:25 Robin Stein (Bruker Canada) "Proton Solid-State NMR Crystallography"
15:25-15:50 Frédéric Perras (University of Ottawa) "35Cl Solid-State NMR of Covalently-Bound, Organic, Chlorine at 21.1 T and the use of QUEST (QUadrupolar Exact SofTware)"
15:50-16:15 Bryan Lucier (University of Windsor) "Solid-State NMR Investigations of 'Stacked' Square-Planar Pt(II) Systems"
16:15-16:40 Andreas Brinkmann (NRC Canada) "Dipolar Recoupling in Fast Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR at High Magnetic Fields"
16:40-17:05 Gillian Goward (McMaster University) "Measuring Ion Dynamics by NMR Observations from the Point of View of the Host Lattice"
17:10 Reception sponsored by Bruker Canada
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 (Goethe Univ. Frankfurt, Germany) |
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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
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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 at [raarsene "at" ucalgary.ca]
We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Calgary.
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
obtained
using resources of the National Ultrahigh-Field
NMR Facility for Solids. See the complete list of research
publications enabled by the Facility here (complete
list).Abstracts
are now being accepted for both oral and poster presentations.
Deadline to submit an oral presentation abstract is May 1, 2012.
Deadline to submit a poster presentation abstract is June 15,
2012. For information on submitting an abstract visit
http://www.rockychem.com/conference/call-for-abstracts.html
Conference
registration is now open. Discounts are offered to those who
are registered and paid on or before July 1, 2012
http://www.rockychem.com/conference/registration.html
You
can
access additional details on hotel reservations, discounted travel,
area attractions and program content at http://www.rockychem.com
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Solid
State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: A Practical Introduction (Volume
1)
David E. Axelson (author) Paperback: 472 pages Publisher: CreateSpace (January 26, 2012) Language: English ISBN: 978-1469982274 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1469982277 |
"Solid
state nuclear magnetic resonance now offers a wide variety of methods
for characterization of materials of different compositions over a
wide range of experimental conditions (temperatures, pressures, etc.).
Both simple and sophisticated pulse sequences enable one to selectively
probe and quantify physical properties of interest. This book mainly
dwells on the practical aspects of selected topics and uses a largely
non-mathematical, although extensively referenced, approach to the
introduction of solid state NMR concepts."
Chapter 1 : Principles of Solid State NMR
Chapter 2 : Introduction to Pulse Sequences
Chapter 3 : Decoupling
Chapter 4 : Quantitative Analysis
Chapter 5 : Artifacts
Chapter 6 : Line Broadening Mechanisms
Chapter 7 : Resolution Enhancement
Chapter 8 : Variable Temperature
For the detailed table of contents
http://www.chemometrics-analysis.com/SSNMR.html
To contact the author, Dr. David E. Axelson
http://www.chemometrics-analysis.com/
The goal of this meeting is to bring together internationally recognized scientists and students in the field of systems biology, protein biochemistry, and proteomics to promote scientific discussion and the development of new collaborations.
Of special interest for NMR spectroscopists will be the session "Dynamic links between protein structure and function". Invited speakers to this session include Lewis Kay (University of Toronto), Katherine Henzler-Wildman (Washington University School of Medicine), Gianluigi Veglia (University of Minnesota), Kevin Gardner (University of Texas Southwestern) and Dorothee Kern (Brandeis).
More information can be found at http://www.oisb.ca/june_2012_symposium/ccsb_2012.htm
Registration is now open. Abstract submission deadline is May 15th, 2012.
Natalie Goto
Associate Professor
Department
of Chemistry
University of Ottawa
10 Marie Curie
Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5
email:
Natalie.Goto "at" uottawa.ca
Tel (613) 562-5800 (6918)
Fax (613) 562-5170
Web: http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/ngoto/Welcome.html
Our keynote lecturer this year is Prof. Chad Reinstra (UIUC) on BioSolids NMR. We will have Dr. Frank Delaglio (NIDDK, NIH) for the NMRPipe Suite; Dr. Nico Tjandra (LBPC, NIH) with Dynamics and Relaxation; Dr. Bruce Johnson (UMBC) on NMRView; Dr. Charles Schwieters (ISL, NIH) demonstrating Xplor-NIH, and one day on pulse sequence programming (Agilent/Bruker).
For
more information visit
http://www.nanuc.ca/nmrbootcamp/2012_NMR_BootCamp/Welcome.html
Please mark your calendars,
Tim
--
Timothy Burrow, Ph.D. MBA
Manager, NMR
University of Toronto 416-978-5728
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http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/facilities/nmr/nmr.html
this is a reminder that the CSC 2012 abstract submission deadline is February 15.
On behalf of the organizing committee for the 95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, it is my pleasure to invite you to take part in the "Solid-State NMR" symposium sponsored by the Physical, Theoretical and Computational Division of the Chemical Society of Canada. CSC 2012 will be held in Calgary, May 26-30, 2012. Three half-day sessions will be devoted to the Solid-State NMR symposium tentatively beginning Sunday afternoon, May 27th.
The confirmed invited speakers are Michèle Auger (Laval), Jochen Autscbach (SUNY - Buffalo), Alex Bain (McMaster), Darren Brouwer (Redeemer), David Bryce (Ottawa), Gillian Goward (McMaster), Yining Huang (Western), Scott Kroeker (Manitoba), Andrew MacFarlane (UBC), Karl T. Mueller (PNNL - Richland), Luke O'Dell (NRC Canada), John Ripmeester (NRC Canada), Rob Schurko (Windsor), Victor Terskikh (NRC Canada), Gang Wu (Queen's).
In addition, the conference will feature the usual poster session. Finally, on Saturday, May 26th the National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids and Bruker Canada will be hosting the 7th Annual Solid-State NMR Workshop. I certainly hope that you and your colleagues can attend the workshop.
Please visit the conference web site http://www.csc2012.ca for a full list of symposia and for abstract submission instructions. All abstracts must be submitted on-line by Wednesday, February 15. The Web site also provides information on the many attractions in the Calgary area.
I am looking forward to seeing you in Calgary at the end of May. Very best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Rod
--
Dr. Roderick E. Wasylishen
Canada Research Chair in Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2G2
Tel:
1-780-492-4336
Lab: 1-780-492-5732
Web: http://ramsey.chem.ualberta.ca
