1 Jul 2021

Start of MOSBRI project

On the 1st of July 2021 the molecular-scale biophysics EU programme MOSBRI commences operation. One of the principal activities of the MOSBRI project is to offer free-of-charge transnational access for researchers in academia and industry. MOSBRI offers access to laboratories of excellence working on the architecture, dynamics, and interactions of the giant molecules of life (proteins, DNA, RNA, polysaccharides, lipids) at the crucial intermediate level between atomic-resolution structural descriptions and cellular-scale observations.

1 Jul 2021

1st Instruct Remote Internships

These pilot internships are dedicated to early career researchers (PhD students or Postdocs in their first 5 years after graduation) for providing the opportunity to discuss own structural biology project(s) with one of the Instruct Centres’ leaders. This will give the intern the opportunity to train through tutoring.

30 Jun 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance - Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen & Christian Thiele

The series Emerging topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance will continue on July 1^st at 16:00 CEST with the following lecturers and topics:

Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen (Technical University of Denmark): Hyperpolarized water with dissolution-DNP and UV radicals
Christian Thiele (Technical University of Darmstadt): De novo structure determination of organic compounds from multi-alignment datasets: chances and challenges

15 Jun 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance - Kylie Walters & Thomas Prisner

The series Emerging topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance will continue on June 17^th at 16:00 CEST with the following lecturers and topics:

Kylie Walters (NIH/NCI): New proteasome inhibitors by NMR
Thomas Prisner (University Frankfurt): New pulsed dipolar EPR spectroscopy experiments on RNA molecules

9 Jun 2021

Sad news - Richard R. Ernst passed away on Friday, June 4, 2021

Professor Richard Ernst, a Nobel Prize laureate 1991 in Chemistry for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and one of the most influential chemists and spectroscopist of past decades, died last Friday in his care home in Winterthur. He had a stroke two weeks ago. The memorial service is planned for Friday 18.6.2021 3pm in the protestant city church in Winterthur.

8 Jun 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance - Joanna Long & Frans Mulder

The series Emerging topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance will continue on June 10^th at 16:00 CEST with the following lecturers and topics:

Joanna Long (University of Florida/Florida State University): Peptide-mediated lipid organization, structure, and dynamics in pulmonary surfactant
Frans Mulder (Aarhus University): Quantitative Protein Order/Disorder Assessment Using NMR Chemical Shifts

4 Jun 2021

New Crystallisation Hotel RI182 at BIOCEV

Core Facility Crystallization of Proteins and Nucleic Acids of BIOCEV introduces new crystallization hotel RI182 dedicated to low temperatures.

The new crystallization hotel RI182 from Formulatrix was successfully tested and is now ready for all users of our crystallization facility. The hotel is able to store crystallization plates at 10 °C (SBS format, or Lipidic Cubic Phase) and image them according to the pre-set time schedule in visible light, polarized light, and UV light.

31 May 2021

Emerging Topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance - Scott Prosser & Óscar Millet

The series Emerging topics in Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance will continue on June 3^rd at 16:00 CEST with the following lecturers and topics:

Scott Prosser (University of Toronto): 19F NMR Inspired Studies of GPCR Activation and the Connection to Pharmacology - A Non-Wikipedia Perspective
Óscar Millet (CIC bioGUNE): NMR spectroscopy applied to drug discovery and in metabolism characterization