Transcript Organizational Meeting - City University of New York

WHAT IS the Research Coordination
Network for NMR of Biological Solids?
An interactive community of researchers advancing the forefront
technology of solid-state NMR for fundamental studies of molecular
structure and dynamics of macromolecular assemblies
Coordinator
R. Stark, CUNY CSI
Admin. Asst.
Webmasters
L. Brocato
T. Yan, B. Jin
Core Network
D. Cowburn, A. Jerschow,
A. McDermott, A. Palmer, T.
Polenova
WHO ARE the Research Coordination
Network for NMR of Biological Solids?
Recruited Participants (Senior Researchers)
M. Auger, M. Baldus, A. Bockman, M. Cotton, T. Cross, H. deGroot,
G. Drobny, M. Duer, P. Ellis, L. Emsley, M. Ernst, T. Fujiwara, K.
Gawrisch, B. Gee, R. Ghose, L. Gilchrist, M. Girvin, S. Greenbaum,
C. Grey, R. Griffin, M. Hong, Y. Ishii, D. Jensen, T. Kupka, M.
Lafleur, A. Lesage, M. Levitt, J. Long, F. Marassi, B. Meier, C.
Michal, F. Naider, N. Nielsen, S. Opella, A. Ramamoorthy, B. Reif,
C. Rienstra, J. Schaefer, S. Smith, L. Thompson, R. Tycko, A. Watts,
D. Welicky, R. Wittebort, A. Ulrich, E. Ulrich, K. Zilm…
U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia
What activities has the RCN-NBS sponsored?
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Informational Sessions (ENC, ACS)
Seminars, Symposia (Solid-state NMR in Biology; ACS
Symposia)
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Website Interactions http://www.chem.csi.cuny.edu/rcn
Workshops (CPMAS of proteins, oriented samples, Touring
the Tomato with high school students)
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Models for Networking (research collaboration,
technology sharing, pedagogy for ssNMR)
What new RCN-NBS projects are pending?
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Pedagogy Subnet (D. Rovnyak, C. Rienstra, K. Mueller)
ssNMR Depositions at BioMagResBank (E. Ulrich)
Employment Opportunity Exchange
Workshops
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Polenova Group, U. of Delaware, Bioinorganic Solids, 11/05
Winter School?? (Griffin & Oshkinat): Methods for Protein
Structure Determination with MAS NMR Experiments, 01/06
Gawrisch Group, N.I.H., MAS of Lipid Complexes, 06/06
Pharmaceutical applications??
YOUR SUGGESTION HERE…
How can you contact the RCN?
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http://www.chem.csi.cuny.edu/rcn
Prof. Ruth E. Stark, [email protected]
Ms. Lorraine Brocato, [email protected]
Dr. Ruth E. Stark
CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies
College of Staten Island, 6S-227
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10314-6600
(718) 982-3894
Supported by NSF MCB-0233854