Welcome

The National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM) is a state of the art NMR spectrometer facility located in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  NMRFAM equipment and resources are available to ALL scientists both within and outside of the university.  Our experienced staff is available to train users as well as provide consultation and collaboration on experimental design, data collection and analysis.  Funding comes from the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and from user fees.

Service, Collaboration, and Training

NMRFAM supports routine data collection on Submitted Samples as described in the policy statement. However, NMRFAM emphasizes the development of cutting-edge scientific projects of high biological impact that utilize and drive its research and development (R&D) emphasis areas: (1) fast data collection and automated data analysis, (2) larger and more difficult proteins and complexes, (3) metal-containing (paramagnetic) proteins, (4) metabolomics, and (5) structure-function investigation of RNA molecules and their complexes. NMRFAM offers informal advice on the feasibility of projects and experimental design through e-mail or phone contact with an NMRFAM staff member (Directory). Initial collection of routine data for new projects to check on the feasibility of a project is available with no commitment toward collaboration. However, if the project is to go forward, the user must either supply a person to collect and analyze the data (Independent Service) or establish collaboration with a specified NMRFAM staff member (NMRFAM Scientific Collaboration). NMRFAM Scientific Collaborations are prioritized on the basis of their biomedical importance and compatibility and ability to drive the core areas of research at NMRFAM.