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New NMR book (Oct 29/11)

NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative Strategies for Complex Macromolecules ACS Symposium Series, Volume 1077 Editors: H.N. Cheng, T. Asakura, A.D. English Publisher: ACS, October 2011 Language: English ISBN: 978-0841226678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2011-1077

This ACS Symposium Series book includes papers presented at the Symposium "NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers - Innovative NMR Strategies for Complex Macromolecular Systems" which was part of Pacifichem 2010, the 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 15-20, 2010. Among over 30 contributions on the state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy in polymers and related systems there are two chapters by Canadian NMR research groups.

P.M. Macdonald, "Diffusion NMR of Polymers in Bicelles," Chapter 14, NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative Strategies for Complex Macromolecules, Eds. H.N. Cheng, T. Asakura, A.D. English, ACS (2011) pp. 221-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2011-1077.ch014

H. Thérien-Aubin, Y.J. Wang, and X.X. Zhu, "NMR Imaging and Its Application in the Study of Pharmaceutical Tablets," Chapter 27, NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative Strategies for Complex Macromolecules, Eds. H.N. Cheng, T. Asakura, A.D. English, ACS (2011) pp. 441-457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2011-1077.ch027

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CREATE program in Bionanomachines (July 23/11)

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced a new Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grant in Bionanomachines led by Kalle Gehring at McGill University.

The CREATE Program in Bionanomachines (CTPB) is focused on the principles, design, and applications of bionanomachines, which are defined as nanometer scale devices such as enzymes or biomaterials that are derived from living organisms and composed of DNA, RNA, protein, sugars, and/or lipids. Existing bionanomachines touch us every day as improved stain-removing enzymes in laundry detergents to diagnostic tools and therapies for medicine and health.

The CTPB links world-class laboratories from across Canada in the fields of structural biology, biotechnology, supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology, biophysics and protein engineering. Summer and graduate studentships can be held at Concordia University, the Université Laval, McGill University, the University of Calgary, the Université de Montréal, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Applications for next year are due in December 2011.

A full list of mentors and program details can be found on the CTPB web site: http://www.bionanomachines.ca (available September, 2011) or by e-mail (bionanomachines.med "at" mcgill.ca)

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NMR events at CSC 2011 (Jan 26/11)

Dear colleagues,

The 94th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2011) "Chemistry and Health" will be held in Montréal, Québec from June 5-9, 2011, as a joint effort of the Canadian Society for Chemistry and the four Montréal Universities, with the Université de Montréal Chemistry Department as the host. The CSC is the largest annual national event for chemical professionals attracting close to 2500 participants each year.

Canada is very dynamic in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy and to pursue the tradition, a solid-state NMR workshop as well as two 1.5-day NMR symposia are scheduled to cover a wide range of applications and developments in the fields of solution and solid-state NMR.

Profs Anthony Mittermaier (McGill University) and Pierre Lavigne (Université de Sherbrooke) are organizing the "Solution NMR: Biomolecular structure, dynamics, and function" symposium which includes, amongst a list of over 15 speakers, Charalampos Kalodimos (Rutgers U.). Brian Sykes (U. of Alberta), Gary Shaw (U. Western Ontario) and Lawrence McIntosh (UBC).

Profs Michel Lafleur (Université de Montréal) and Isabelle Marcotte (Université du Québec à Montréal) are co-organizers of the symposium entitled "Solid-state NMR: From materials to biomolecules". So far, Profs Marc Baldus (U. of Utrecht), Vladimir Ladizhansky (U. of Guelph), Bruce Balcom (U. New Brunswick), Valerie Booth (Memorial U.) and Dr. Ansgar Siemer (Columbia U.) have confirmed their presence as guest speakers.

We invite you to participate in the CSC2011 conference which plenary lecturer will be Nobel Laureate Prof. Roger Tsien (U. of California, San Diego). More detail on the symposia, abstract submission and registration can be found on the conference website at http://www.csc2011.ca

The deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2011.

Submit your abstract through Hermes Conference Centre via the CSC2011 website. Details are available at http://www.csc2011.ca/Program/submit_abstract.html

NMR Symposia Organizers

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Canada Research Chairs in magnetic resonance (Nov 25/10)

Government of Canada has announced (external link) an investment of $275.6 million to fund 310 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs at 53 Canadian universities. This includes renewal of four Chairs involved in magnetic resonance research.

Cheryl Arrowsmith (University of Toronto) Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Structural Proteomics

Mitsuhiko Ikura (University of Toronto) Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Cancer Structural Biology

Pascale Legault (Université de Montréal) Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Structural Biology and Engineering of RNA

Josef Zwanziger (Dalhousie University) Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Materials