UK solid-state NMR facility annual symposium

THE SYMPOSIUM ON 22nd April 2021 will be held on-line

Thursday April 22nd 2021
10:00 to 17:00 (UK time);  

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THE SYMPOSIUM ON 22nd April 2021

Programme (times are UK time) 

Morning Session

10:00 – 10:05  Welcome

10:05 – 10:30  Andrea Pugliese, University of Liverpool - Drug-polymer interactions in paracetamol-hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetyl succinate amorphous pharmaceutical solid dispersions revealed by multidimensional multinuclear solid-state NMR spectroscopy

10:30 – 10:55  Dr Valerie Seymour, Lancaster University - A solid-state NMR perspective of silicon aluminum oxynitrides

10:55 – 11:20  Prof. Yaroslav Khimyak, University of East Anglia - Probing organisation of soft matter using NMR spectroscopy: from supramolecular hydrogels to biomaterials

11:20 – 11:35  Break 15 mins

11:35 – 12:00  Dr Sandy Kilpatrick, University of Leicester - Cage, Nanotube or Black Box? The Role of Solid MAO Activators in Slurry-Phase Ethylene Polymerisation

12:00 – 12:25  Cameron Rice, University of St Andrews - Bond Lability in Zeolite Frameworks Revealed through 17O Solid-state NMR

12:25 – 12:50  Introduction to the 1 GHz Spectrometer at the National High-Field Solid-State NMR Facility with Prof. Steven Brown, Zainab Rehman, Jacqueline Tognetti, University of Warwick & Dr Pieter Magusin, University of Cambridge

 12:50 – 13:50  Break

 Afternoon Session 

13:50 – 14:30  Prof. Mei Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Keynote Speaker  - Viral & Bacterial Membrane Protein Structure & Dynamics from solid-state NMR

14:30 – 14:55  Prof. Alfonso De Simone, Imperial College London - Membrane interactions by α-synuclein probed using ssNMR

14:55 – 15:20  Dr Rosalie Thompson, University of Warwick - Studying the molecular architecture of plant cell walls using high-field solid-state NMR

15:20 – 15:35  Break 15 mins

15:35 – 16:00  Dr Marina Carravetta, University of Southampton - Probe-based MAS-NMR Characterization of Brønsted and Lewis acid sites in zeotype heterogeneous catalysts 

16:00 – 16:40  Prof. David Bryce, University of Ottawa - Keynote Speaker

Ultrahigh-Field Solid-State NMR Across the Periodic Table: Achievements to Date and Opportunities for the Future

There is no charge for attending the symposium, but you are asked to register using the below online form by April 9^th 2021.