NMRFAM News!
We are hiring! The Department of Biochemistry is hiring an NMR faculty position. All career stages are welcome to apply. Deadline for full consideration is October 30.
Job Summary:
The Department of Biochemistry (https://biochem.wisc.edu/) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, faculty position. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) and its application to biological systems or development of new NMR methods and technology. We welcome candidates committed to democratizing access to NMR through community engagement, outreach, and training in the tradition of the National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM https://nmrfam.wisc.edu/).
The successful candidate will join a strong and collaborative department with broad and complementary strengths across the biochemical sciences. Current research areas include structural biology, virology, metabolism, gene regulation, cell and molecular biology, chemical biology, biophysics, systems biology, synthetic biology and computational biology. The department fosters a highly interactive environment, with a culture of collaboration and intellectual exchange that supports interdisciplinary research and innovation.
The scientific environment at UW–Madison provides exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across the biological sciences, engineering, and data science. Faculty benefit from access to state-of-the-art facilities and centers, including the NMRFAM, the UW-Madison Cryo-EM Research Center, and many other advanced resources that support all aspects of biochemistry. The university’s collaborative culture and strong cross-disciplinary programs create a uniquely supportive setting for developing innovative and impactful research programs.
Lakenvelder (1.1 GHz) is available for use!
Available probes include:
BlackFox 1.6 mm HCN/HPC Low-E with lock, for biological samples
Phoenix 1.2 mm and 1.6 mm HFXY with lock, for general fast-MAS purposes
Phoenix 3.2 mm HX for low-gamma nuclei
Bruker HCN 0.7 mm for ultrafast MAS
3mm TCI cryoprobe for solution NMR
Details available on the NAN resource connector or our Instruments page
Submit project requests at https://usnan.nmrhub.org/access-uhf
A short description of your project, planned experiments, justification for ultra-high field time, and preliminary spectrum at lower field to demonstrate sample quality is required.
Project proposals are reviewed on the basis of need for GHz NMR time to ensure maximal impact of these instruments. Users who are granted time are added to the reviewer pool to ensure fair access for the community.
Once a project is approved, experiments are scheduled by the individual facilities based on the technical requirements of the planned experiments. The goal is to maximize data collection and minimize spectrometer reconfiguration, and to coordinate projects requiring implementation of new experiments with staff availability.
Rates are $20/hr for 1.1 GHz NMR time. Please contact us directly if cost is an issue.
All data is automatically transferred to the NAN data archive upon completion of data acquisition, providing multiple ways to access your data directly from NMRFAM or through the NAN data browser. This also facilitates publication of your 1.1 GHz raw data sets with unique identifiers, and sample data, processed data, and reference IDs for other repositories (BMRB, PDB, etc.) may be directly linked to the data set before publication.
About NMRFAM
National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM) is a resource that aims to expand the frontiers of biomolecular NMR spectroscopy in solution and the solid state, to ease access for scientists to state-of-the-art spectroscopic methods, and to disseminate technologies broadly to the user community. Our overall goal is to continue a tradition of providing excellent NMR service to the biomedical research community.
NMRFAM provides access to high field (600-900 MHz) solution and solid-state NMR instrumentation and expert staff to assist researchers who would like assistance in experimental design, data acquisition or data analysis. Please contact us with your project ideas and instrumentation needs.
User Program (R24)
NMRFAM is an unique resource for high field NMR that has been supported by NIH (NCRR and/or NIGMS) through the P41 program for over 30 years. Our overall goal for this proposal is to continue this tradition of providing excellent NMR service to the biomedical research community
Technology Development (P41)
There are four areas of focus for technology development at NMRFAM, improving performance of the NMR spectrometer, experimental design, properties of the sample (quality and significance), and ability to interpret the data.
Network for Advanced NMR (NSF)
NMRFAM is a part of the Network for Advanced NMR (NAN) which aims to allow for easier access to both novice and expert users to instruments, data, and knowledge of NMR.
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Sample Shipping Instructions to NMRFAM
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