In May, two new high field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers, 800 and 600 MHz, were installed in the Biomolecular NMR Core Facility housed in the Chemistry Department. The installation is a month long process and most of the time is spent cooling the magnets with N2 and He. The new 800 MHz instrument is equipped with a cryoprobe, which increases sensitivity. The 600 MHz has an autosampler, which automates titration and screening experiments. These two instruments join a 500 MHz and two additional 600 MHz spectrometers (both with cryoprobes) providing the University of Virginia with state-of-the-art highfield NMR facilities.
Biomolecular NMR is used
to investigate the structure and dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids and
faculty from the Departments of Biological Physics and Molecular Physiology,
Chemistry, and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics have active research programs
utilizing the UVa Biomolecular NMR Core facility.
If you failed to see the awesome installation procedure especially for the 800 MHz,
You can also see the NMRs in the flesh through the windows in CHEM 133.
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