Welcome to the Central NMR Research Facility of the University of Iowa
Overview
The Central NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Research Facility serves more than 25 research groups and over 100 graduate and undergraduate students and post-doctoral associates from many University Departments in the colleges of Liberal arts, Medicine, Pharmacy and Engineering. The NMR facility houses spectrometers with proton observation frequencies ranging from 300MHz to 600MHz including solid state NMR equipment. These instruments are capable of performing most of the state-of-the-art NMR experiments for small molecules as well as bio-molecular research. Variable temperature and multinuclear capabilities are standard in all the instruments.
Recent developments include the upgrading of 600 MHz spectrometer to an advanced RF console and the addition of LC-NMR capability.
Mission Statement
- Develop the facility into one of the premier state-of-the-art facilities for research and education
Function
- Provide NMR related research, education and training services to the university-wide research community
Service Components
The facility staff are available for consulting at any time between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Please, call at 5-1336/5-1332 or email either santhana-velupillai@uiowa.edu or robert-l-brown@uiowa.edu to make an appointment. Please bring any relevant data and literature articles for NMR research consultation.
The facility staff support research endeavors through spectral service work, training of researchers for "hands-on" spectroscopy and through collaborative efforts. Consult the NMR facility home page for details of the hourly user fee rates and fee-based services.
The facility staff are keenly interested in establishing research collaborations with the Research Investigators. The staff may execute research projects directly and/or supervise users to accomplish the goals with the consent from the faculty supervisors. The involvement of faculty supervisors will enable us to interact more effectively with the researchers and explore the possibility of extended collaboration. In this respect, assistance will also be provided to in writing the manuscripts and thesis dissertations.
The facility can assist in writing the NMR sections of a grant proposal. This assistance can be provided either as a service (with a hourly rate) or the facility staff participating actively as co-investigators. If the study is still in the planning stages, assistance may also be provided for research investigators for collecting preliminary results in order to facilitate the submission of stronger grant applications.
The new users are given hands-on training to collect and process 1D (1H and X-nuclei) data. Since the nature of experiments vary depending upon the research problem, the training for complex NMR experiments and respective data processing are provided on the need basis. Users/Faculty-PI's may request NMR training tailored to their current and future research interests. We are also in the process of instituting class-room lecture and proficiency-testing components to the present training practice.
NMR education is promoted by the staff conducting mini-workshops, lecture series and regular classes on various NMR related subjects with the emphasis on theory, experimentation or analysis. Lectures on selected topics in existing courses may also be requested. We will also actively participate in the training of TA's performing the NMR experiments as part of a course. Assistance can also be provided to integrate new NMR experiments with the present course curriculum.
Staff
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Santhana Velupillai, PhD Director Office: CB-181 Phone: 5-1336, 3-2291 |
Robert L. Brown II, MS Research Assistant II Office: CB-79 Phone: 5-1332, 5-1336 |
