Magnetic Resonance News

🎉Excited to announce that Dr. Rebecca Berlow @berlowlab.bsky.social
will speak in the “Disorder in Pathogens” session at #IDPGRC2026!
The Berlow lab uses solution NMR and biophysical approaches to uncover how IDP sequence, dynamics & function drive transcriptional regulation.

🚨The 2026 IDP GRC Program is LIVE! 📣
Check it out: www.grc.org/intrinsicall...
We’ve got an incredible speaker lineup! 🌟
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of them and giving you a sneak peek at the exciting topics they’ll be covering. Stay tuned!

Job posting: Research Associate - SBGrid a computationally minded PhD structural biologist interested in advancing research through installing, curating, validating, & benchmarking the software that underpins macromolecular structure determination.
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15185

We wrote this article as part of a new book on Iron-Sulfur Clusters, edited by 📌Silke Leimkühler, 📌Günter Schwarz, 📌Oliver Lenz, and 📌Oliver Einsle. A purchase of the hardcover edition is HIGHLY recommended!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10....

Very pleased to be included in the Stanford/Elsevier top 2% Scientists list again this year (both career and single-year data). The list identifies highly influential scientists based on a range of metrics (topscinet.com). It is not a perfect ranking, but I’ll take it.

#Science #chemsky

Response from the Executive Board regarding the occupation of the Goudsmit Pavilion | Radboud University Dinsdag is een groep actievoerders binnengekomen in een van onze gebouwen van de faculteit Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica, het Goudsmitpaviljoen.

www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

NMR of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks As new porous materials, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been receiving an abundance of research interest in re

New NMR book @rsc.org December 18, 2024, New Developments in NMR, NMR of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks, Edited by Wei Wang; Shoushun Chen; Yining Huang @westernu.ca books.rsc.org/books/edited... #NMRbooks #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

Als activisten ‘zijn’ lab overnemen, ziet directeur levenswerk wankelen: ‘Ze zaten verstopt en zijn achter onderzoekers aangeglipt’ Hoogleraar Arno Kentgens (66) is rustig thuis aan het werk als hij dinsdag een bericht krijgt dat ‘zijn’ magnetenlaboratorium is ingenomen door Palestina-activisten. De labdirecteur beseft direct: all...

When activists take over 'his' lab, the director sees his life's work falter: 'They were hiding and slipped behind researchers' www.gelderlander.nl/nijmegen/als... #NMRchat 🧲

A straightforward route to hexagonal-boron nitride fibers - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Advanced fibers enable the fabrication of structures and composites for applications reliant on lightweight, oxidation resistant, mechanically strong, and electrically insulating materials, e.g. in all forms of land, air, and space transportation and in applications within extreme environments. Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) fibers harness these advantages, and in addition, offer ultra-high-strength-to-weight ratio and low density. Yet, existing precursors for polymer-derived BN fibers are limited to insoluble and air/moisture sensitive polyborazylenes, hindering fiber production at scale. In this contribution, we report a reliable, controllable, and scalable synthesis methodology for producing pure micro- and nano-h-BN fibers, offering a competitive alternative to NASA’s energy-intensive h-BN nanotubes production. The single-source precursor, N-methyl polyaminoborane (PMeAB), plays a pivotal role in this process. The catalytic, and scalable, synthesis of PMeAB with controlled molecular weights (Mw = 110,500–290,500 g·mol−1) enables the production of h-BN fibers by electrospinning method and thermolysis under ammonia. PMeAB molecular weight and concentration were identified as key factors dictating the viscosity and surface tension, and thus influencing the overall spinnability of the PMeAB solution. We reveal that the subsequent formation of a cross-linked intermediate during PMeAB thermolysis is essential to retain the fibrous morphology during the conversion to h-BN fibers. Comprehensive characterization demonstrated the purity and homogeneity of the h-BN fibers, with ~ 97 at.% of B and N contents combined throughout the fiber body. This newly disclosed route to h-BN fibers offers a route to potentially valuable multifunctional filler material for advanced lightweight composites suitable for applications in extreme environments.

It's finally out there .. #ChemSky
Paper with @nicolegrobert.bsky.social lab and Andy Weller lab

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

It’s the final day of #SiQEW2025 here in beautiful Rancho Palos Verdes!

We are here showcasing how our cryogenic measurement systems support scaling silicon-based approaches to #quantum electronics.

If you’re attending, come visit us at the booth!

#QuantumTechnology #CoolForProgress

Gaza protesters occupy "life-threatening" building at Radboud Univ.; Several arrested Pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied a building of the Radboud University in Nijmegen. The police arrested several of them around midnight. The university spoke of a “life-threatening situation” b...

Gaza protesters occupy "life-threatening" building (... NMR Facility...) at Radboud University; Several arrested nltimes.nl/2025/10/08/g... #NMRchat 🧲

I won my bet on MOFs getting the #NobelPrize !
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🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺! Join us to develop methods & software for simulating vibrational spectroscopies of chiral molecules. 3-year EU Marie Curie position with attractive benefits. Apply here: www.scm.com/news/job-ope... #matsky #compchemsky

Effect of vibration of NMR probe (400 MHz): checking how the impedance of the resonator is affected by the vibration created by a mobile phone. Plot: phase modulation with and without vibration.

#NMR #NMRchat

Interview with Professor Susumu Kitagawa CONTENT TYPES

From a 2019 interview with Kitagawa -- "it was common sense that organic materials could not make a stable porous structure. People thought we were doing “useless” research because they did not realize the potential of the seemingly trivial space inside the pores." pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Intranodal Proton Hopping in Defect-Free UiO-66: Evidence from Operando NMR and ML-Accelerated Enhanced Sampling https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-2fln9?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

And we (me and @sandersays.bsky.social ) won :D

We are hiring TWO TENURE-TRACK CHEMISTS (organic+inorganic) here at Truman State University (the #1 public regional university in the midwest...29 years running). Our Chemistry and Biochem/MolecularBio programs are @acs.org accredited.
#chemsky #chemjobs #chemistry #iteachchem

Have to say the NMR Genesis website - which lets you build custom NOAH supersequences, and provides killer documentation and instructions - is awesome.

nmr-genesis.co.uk

And it breaks my heart that its no longer actively being maintained.

FYI: open for submissions - special issue “Martin Karplus: In Memoriam” in the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Biophysical Journal - deadline Nov 30th. See info: www.biophysics.org/Portals/0/BP... #biophysics

This October I’m drawing 1 molecule a day inspired by proteins in pdb @rcsbpdb.bsky.social

Day 7
Prompt STARFISH
Pdb: 6KG7

Starfish relies on sensory information.
This is Piezo 2 - mechanically activated ion channel responsible for the sense of touch.

Next: RECKLESS
Suggestions?

What is DNP NMR? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2013/01/dnp-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky

We published on a method to collect two experiments at once in my grad lab for MAS SSNMR: acquiring an afterglow spectrum (like 2D NCO or 3D NCOCX) after first collecting a standard 2D NCA or 3D NCACX using the residual nitrogen magnetization. Neat method to get a "free" spectrum

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Pro-Palestijns protest Radboud Universiteit duurt voort, ontruiming te gevaarlijk Pro-Palestijnse activisten houden nog altijd een deel van de Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen bezet. Gedwongen ontruiming is op dit moment te gevaarlijk, melden de politie Gelderland en burgemeester B...

#NMRchat 🧲 NMR Facility Building is occupied "These are extremely strong magnets. They are cooled with liquid nitrogen and helium. If steel or anything magnetic comes close to such an MMR, it can become unstable, causing the nitrogen to be released." www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...

Excellent talk by @canklin.bsky.social on new boundaries of #NMR @brukercorporation.bsky.social

¿Has obtenido una JAE INTRO CSIC 2025 y estás buscando un proyecto?
Echa un vistazo a nuestro plan de formación JAEINT25_EX_0767 en el IQAC-CSIC de Barcelona. Escríbeme si estás interesado y necesitas más información.
@dpe-csic.bsky.social

Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics With their experiments on an electric circuit in which all the electrons together behaved like a single particle, the laureates provided the first demonstration of quantum behavior at a macroscopic sc...

Our story on today’s announcement of the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Physics has been updated. Learn more about the prizewinning research.

#IYQ2025

Kinda neat. Acquiring two spectra on the same sample at the same time.