NMR wisdom:Research Facilities in the USA

Rearch Facilities in USA

• Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, UIUC, USA
  The Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (BMRL) provides facilities,
  equipment and training for research on nuclear magnetic resonance imaging,
  spectroscopy, and relaxometry, and for their applications in biology, medicine,
  and other fields. It incorporates a National Institutes of Health National
  Center for Research Resources Biomedical Technology Research Resource.
  Staff
  - Prof. Paul C. Lauterbur, Head
  - Prof. M. Joan Dawson, Associate Director
• Biomolecular NMR Facility, University of Utah Health Services, USA
  The major purpose of the Center for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy is
  to facilitate the determination of new protein, nucleic acid, and natural
  product structures. The facility exists both to provide the necessary hardware
  and software for NMR structural studies as well as to centralize and streamline
  the various steps in NMR structure determination.
  Inquiries regarding NMR CENTER
  - Dr. Darrell Davis
  - Dr. Wes Sundquist
• Biomolecular Structure and Magnetic Resonance Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA
• Biophysics Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
• Blue Hen NMR Complex, University of Delaware, USA
  The Blue Hen NMR Complex carries out state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy
  on liquid and solid materials in support of research efforts in the Department
  of Chemistry and Biochemistry and other departments of the university.
  The spectroscopist/manager of the Blue Hen NMR Complex is Steve Bai.
• Case Group , Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
• Center for AdvancedBiotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers U, USA
  Center For Magnetic Resonance Research, MRI, University of Minnesota,
  USA
• Center for Magnetic Resonance, MIT, USA
  Statement of Mission At the CMR, we focus on the development and application
  of state-of-the-art instrumentation for high field NMR and EPR investigations
  of diverse biological systems including soluble and membrane proteins,
  nucleic acids, lipids, cells, tissues, intact organs, and animals. Major
  research efforts are concerned with structures of membrane proteins.
• Center for Strctural Biology NMR, University of Florida
  The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility in the CSB is able to provide
  an array of NMR services, including: structural analysis of organic molecules;
  conformational studies of biological macromolecules; NMR microscopy to
  examine the morphology of intact tissues; NMR imaging (MRI) and localized
  spectroscopy in vivo .
  Staff
  - Thomas H. Mareci, D.Phil.
  - Dan Plant, M.S.
• Chazin Lab Research Programs:
  - EF-hand Calcium-Binding Proteins
  - Oligonucleotide Structures in Genetic Processes
  - Interactions of Anticancer Ligands and DNA at the Molecular
  Level
• College of NMR Facility, University of California Berkeley, USA
• CSU Chemistry Department Central Instrumentation Facility, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
  Diagnostic Radiology NMR, Yale Univ., USA
• EPR Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Hatch NMR Research Center, Columbia University, USA
  MRI Research
  Macromolecular NMR Laboratory, NCI-FCRDC
  We specialize in the use of high-field multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy.
  Our efforts include both development and application of new techniques
  in this area to solve structures and investigate intermolecular interactions
  as they effect the function of the proteins under study.
  Translational Diffusion as an Assessment of Aggregation
  Complex Labeling Strategies - Methyl (ILV) Protonation
  Ambiguous NOE Restraints
  Dipolar Restraints
• Massachusetts General Hospital NMR Center, USA
  Medical Imaging Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
  Imaging the heart and cardiovascular system with magnetic resonance
  presents many challenges. Issues such as bio-compatibility, magnetic resonance
  physics, patient monitoring, image analysis, computer visualization, and
  clinical stress testing must be tackled simultaneously by a diverse research
  team.
  BTW: A very nice starting page for interest in the field of MRI
• Metabolic Magnetic Resonance Research and Computing Center, Penn University, USA
  MRI Group
• Multi-dimensional solution NMR spectroscopy at the University of Michigan
  Goals:
  1) Understanding of biomolecular function in terms of structure, dynamics,
  interactions and energetics
  2) NMR methodology development to support goal 1.
  Principal Investigator:
  - Eric R. P. Zuiderweg
• National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida
  The mission of the laboratory is structures around these charges:
  To develop and maintain user facilities in response to the needs of
  all qualified users, who open new frontiers for science by conducting research
  in high magnetic fields.
  To establish a magnet science and technology program that enhances
  magnet and magnet materials technology.
  To develop educational opportunities with particular attention given
  to underrepresented groups.
• National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison
  The National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM) is an
  NIH-funded, Biomedical Technology Research Resource Center located in the
  Biochemistry Department of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Consult
  our web pages for descriptions of hardware, software, and other services.
  - John Markley (Head and Principal Investigator)
  - Mike Chapman (Administrative Assistant)
• New Mexico Resonance, USA
• NMR Center, Department of Chemistry,
  Emory University, USA
• NMR Facility - University of Illinois at Chicago
  The Chemistry Department NMR Facility currently has five NMR Spectrometers:
  a Bruker Avance DRX-500, a Bruker Avance DPX-400, a Bruker AM-400, a Bruker
  AC-200, and a Varian VXR-300S.
  Head:
  - Dr. John S. Harwood
• NMR Facility, Chemistry epartment, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  User Guides for Bruker and Varian equipment, and information for local
  users
• NMR Facility, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, USA
• NMR Facility, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, USA
  This page contains internal informations for local users only.
• NMR Facility, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  On line manuals, user information, instrument status and general information.
• NMR Facility, Indiana University, USA
  NMR Facility, Iowa State University, USA
• NMR Facility, University of Minnesota
  The NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) lab is a facility of the chemistry
  department; its principal job is to provide access to NMR equipment and
  techniques for departmental research. It is also available to outside departments
  within the university, and to a limited degree to external organizations.
• NMR Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
• NMR Facility, University of Washington Dept of Chemistry
  Departmental NMR Facility for Chemistry at the University of Washington
• NMR Facility,Arizona State University, USA
• NMR Lab, Kansas University, USA
• NMR Laboratory, University of Texas
  Almost a laboratory home page like many.
  But only almost.
  There is a huge collection of NMR spectra available in pdf format.
  Really great.
• NMR Microimaging, University of Florida, USA
  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, North Carolina State University,
  USA
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, Southern Illinois University, USA
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility,University of New Mexico, USA
• Oas Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Duke University
  Research topics:
  - Protein Folding Kinetics
  - Protein Folding Thermodynamics
  - Dynamic NMR
  - Diffucison-Collision Theory
• Oklahoma Statewide Shared NMR Facility
  Physical Biochemistry, Rockefeller University, USA
  Rachel Klevit's Group (University of Washington School of Medicine )
  Research in Dr. Klevit's laboratory is directed towards an understanding
  of molecular recognition, with an emphasis on protein-protein and protein-DNA
  interactions.
  Current research is focused on three different systems: the yeast transcription
  factor, ADR1; the myogenic determination factor, MyoD; and a bacterial
  phosphotransfer protein, HPr.
  Stuff:
  - Rachel Klevit (Principal Investigator) - Peter Brzovic (Senior Fellow)
  Reimer Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  Research topics:
  - high-temperature NMR studies of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers
  - imaging visualization studies of lyotropic LCP's
  - residual dipolar structure in (nearly) molten polyaromatics
  - polarized Xe surface NMR studies
• Rogers Magnetic Resonance Center
  Innovative applications of stable isotopes (2H & 13C) and modern
  NMR methods are being developed to measure flux through gluconeogenesis
  and key metabolic pathways in patients. Clinical studies are underway.
  New classes of lanthanide complexes are also under investigation that will
  significantly broaden the scope of responsive imaging agents for monitoring
  physiology and gene expression by MRI. The Center also places particular
  importance on the training and education of established and young biomedical
  scientists in the use of these powerful methods.
  Ross4 NMR Group, TAMU, USA
• Sandia National Laboratories
  NMR Laboratory Web page including recent research and utilities.
• Sealy Center for Structural Biology, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, USA
• Shenandoah Valley Regional NMR Facility, James Madison University, USA
• Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
  The Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory is a research facility within
  the Stanford School of Medicine.
  Current research areas include:
  - Structures of RNA-antibiotic complexes
  - Structures of ribosomal RNA domains
  - HIV reverse transcriptase initiation complex
  - Hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site
  - RNA-protein complexes involved in translation
  - NMR methods for structural studies of RNA
• The Grandinetti Research Group
  Our research program focuses on the development and application of
  solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) techniques to obtain structural
  and dynamic information from a variety of materials, such as glasses, ceramics,
  catalysts, and biomolecules.
  Projects:
  - Silcate Glasses
  - Immobilization of Radionuclide in the Hanford Vadose Zone by Incorporation
  in Solid Phases
  - Role of Sugar Glasses in Anyhydrobiosis
  - New techniques in Solid-State NMR
• The Prestegard Lab Home Page
  Our group has many and diverse research interests, yet all involve
  the use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). Specific areas
  of interest include:
  - NMR Methods Development
  - Membrane Proteins
  - Cell Surface Carbohydrates
  - Protein Structure and Protein-Protein Interactions
• The Shaka Group
  Short comments concerning their experiments
• UC Davis NMR Facility, USA
• UCSC NMR Department, USA
• UCSF Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, University of California San Francisco, USA
• Wright/Dyson Group, Dept. of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla
  Zilm Lab, Dept. of Chemistry, Yale University, USA