A number of workshops on various aspects of NMR will be held immediately before and after ANZMAG 2008. A brief summary of these workshops is given below.
Multidimensional Solution-State NMR: Theoretical and Practical Aspects
A course on theoretical and practical aspects of solution-state NMR will be held immediately prior to ANZMAG 2008 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane from December 1-5, 2008. The course will be modelled on the biennual EMBO course on Multidimensional NMR in Structural Biology, but with enhanced emphasis on NMR theory and methodology for understanding pulse sequences as well as the dynamics of molecules in solution, including chemical exchange phenomena. The worksop will use course material from Ad Bax (Bethesda), Steffen Glaser (Munich), Christian Griesinger (Goettingen), Stephan Grzesiek (Basel), James Keeler (Cambridge), Art Palmer (New York), and Geerten Vuister (Nijmegen). Lectures will be followed by practical sessions.
Topics will include NMR theory (product operator formalism), description of pulse sequences including phase cycling and pulsed field gradients, multidimensional and multinuclear NMR, methods for spectral assignment, partial alignment of biomolecules, and relaxation theory and dynamics.
For more information, please consult the workshop website or email the workshop organizer, Prof. Gottfried Otting, at go@rsc.anu.edu.au.
CcpNMR Workshop
A practical course on Macromolecular NMR assignment using the CCPNMR Analysis Package will be held immediately after ANZMAG 2008 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane from 12-13 December, 2008.
CcpNMR analysis is a leading new program for the analysis and interpretation of multidimensional NMR spectra, developed by the Collaborative Computational Project for NMR Spectroscopy (CCPN) at the University of Cambridge, and inspired partly by the programs ANSIG and Sparky. Analysis runs under Linux, Unix, and MacOSX, with a preliminary Windows version available. CcpNMR Analysis includes a completely new graphical user interface, support for automatic assignment, Python as a scripting and macro language, and a number of features similar to Sparky.
The course, which will be taught by Dr Tim Stevens, one of the lead developers of CcpNMR, will be split into two days, covering basic and more advanced topics. Course participants can elect whether they want to attend either or both days. The course will hands-on, with lectures followed by practical sessions in a dedicated computer lab at the University of Queensland.
For more information, please download the workshop flyer, consult the workshop website, or email the workshop organizer, Dr Horst Schirra, at h.schirra@imb.uq.edu.au.
Solid-State NMR Workshop
A workshop on solid-state NMR will be held in Brisbane from 13 to 17 December, immediately after the ANZMAG 2008 conference. This workshop will be aimed at non-specialists, solution-state NMR users, and solid-state NMR beginners. The workshop will consist of three days of lectures on methods and applications of solid-state NMR, followed by two days of hands-on experience on the NMR spectrometers. Mathematics will be avoided. The teachers will be Prof. Jean-Paul Amoureux (University of Lille 1, France), Prof. Christian Bonhomme (University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France), Dr Francis Taulelle (University of Versailles, Saint Quentin, France), Dr Michael Deschamps (CNRS, Orleans, France) and Dr Marianne Gaborieau (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia). There will be no registration fees.
For more information, please consult the workshop website or email the workshop organizer, Dr Marianne Gaborieau, at m.gaborieau@uq.edu.au.
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