RMCAC NMR Schedule

47^th ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE

SYMPOSIUM ON NMR

AUGUST 1 - 4, 2005

DENVER, CO

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Monday, August 1, 2005

8:25
Opening Remarks, Joel Miller

Inorganic Materials, Dominique Massiot presiding

8:30
Solid state NMR Investigations of Sol-gel Derived Organic/inorganic Materials. Florence Babonneau, Christian Bonhomme, Christel Gervais and Thierry Azais, CNRS-University Pierre et Marie Curie

9:00
Refinement of Inorganic Structures From NMR Spectroscopy Combined With Density Functional Theory Calculations of Electric Field Gradients. Michael R. Hansen, Georg K. H. Madsen, Hans J. Jakobsen and Jørgen Skibsted, University of Aarhus

9:30
⁸⁷Sr QCPMG-NMR Analyses of Salts and Natural Minerals at 21.14 T. Geoffrey M. Bowers and Karl T. Mueller, Penn State University; Andrew S. Lipton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

10:00
Break (refreshments in exhibition area)

10:30
NMR Studies of Battery Materials and Ionic Conduction. Nicolas Dupré, Julien Bréger, Meng Jiang, John Palumbo and Clare P. Grey, University at Stony Brook

11:00
⁷Li-{⁶Li}-SEDOR Spectroscopy: A New Probe for Studies on Cation Clustering in Solids. Stefan Peter Puls, Ulrike Voigt and Hellmut Eckert, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

11:30
Conduction Band Electronic Effects Upon ⁷¹Ga, ⁶⁹Ga and ¹⁴N MAS-NMR Shifts and T1 Relaxation of Doped Gallium Nitride. James P. Yesinowski and Andrew P. Purdy, Naval Research Laboratory; Huaqiang Wu, Michael G. Spencer, Janet Hunting, and Francis J. DiSalvo, Cornell University

12:00
Lunch

Biological NMR, Rob Schurko presiding

1:30
NMR of Membrane Proteins in Membrane Environments, the FXYD Family Proteins. Francesca M. Marassi, The Burnham Institute

2:00
Protein Structure Determination by High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Application to Microcrystalline Ubiquitin. Stephan G. Zech and Ann E. McDermott, Columbia University

2:30
Low Temperature Magic Angle Spinning and High Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. Robert G. Griffin, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:00
Break (refreshments in exhibition area)

3:15
Exploring the use of Double-Quantum ¹H MAS NMR for Biomembranes. Todd M. Alam and Greg P. Holland, Sandia National Laboratories

3:45
Structure Determination of Uniformly Labeled Solid Proteins by 3D Magic-Angle Spinning Methods. Chad M. Rienstra, W. Trent Franks, Benjamin J. Wylie, and Heather L. Frericks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

4:15-6:15
Poster Session A

5:00 - 7:00
Conference Reception

7:00
PLENARY SPEAKER - The Hydrogen Economy. Dr. George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

Structure Determination for Biological Systems, Sarah Larsen presiding (joint session with EPR)

8:30
Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins by NMR Spectroscopy. Stanley J. Opella, University of California, San Diego

9:00
Long Range Distance Measurements Using FT-ESR: Towards Measurement of Global Folding and Structural Transitions in the Glycine Receptor. Katherine Stone, Jim Becker, Marco Bonora, Michael Cascio, and Sunil Saxena, University of Pittsburgh

9:30
Aligning Membrane Proteins and Peptides with Lipid Nanotube Arrays for Structural NMR and EPR Studies. Eduard Y. Chekmenev, Jun Hu, Peter L. Gorkov, William W. Brey, and Timothy A. Cross, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory; Oleg G. Poluektov, Argonne National Laboratory; Andres Ruuge, Ali M. Alaouie and Alex I. Smirnov, North Carolina State University

10:00
Break (refreshments in exhibition area)

10:30
Studies of Protein Structure and Dynamics by Solid State NMR. Ann McDermott, Benjamin Gross and Justin Lorieau, Columbia University

11:00
The Ever Changing Shape of The Prion Protein: EPR Identifies Three Distinct Copper Binding Modes. Glenn L. Millhauser, Madhuri Chattopadhyay and Eric Walter, University of California, Santa Cruz; Eliah Aronoff-Spencer and Gary J. Gerfen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; William E. Antholine and Brian Bennett, Medical College of Wisconsin

11:30
A Family of PISEMA-type Pulse Sequences for the Structural Studies of Biological Solids. A. Ramamoorthy, University of Michigan

12:00
Lunch

New Methods, Zhehong Gan presiding

1:30
Exploiting Quadrupolar Satellite Transitions. Sharon E. Ashbrook, University of Cambridge

2:00
Quadrupole Central-Transition (QCT) Spectroscopy at High Magnetic Fields: Blurring the Distinction Between Solution and Solid States. Gang Wu, Queen's University

2:30
Measurement of ¹⁷O-¹H Distances in Potassium Hydrogen Maleate Using OSCULANT. Gerard S. Harbison and Jun Zhou, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

3:00
Break (refreshments in exhibition area)

3:30
MAS-based NMR Methods to Study Structure and Dynamics of (Membrane)-Protein Complexes. Ovidiu Andronesi, Gitta Angerstein, Stefan Becker, Manuel Etzkorn, Adam Lange, Henrike Heise, Robert Schneider, Karsten Seidel and Marc Baldus, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

4:00
Laser-Polarized ¹²⁹Xe adsorption studies on Carbon Nanotubes in a Convection Cell. Catherine F. M. Clewett and Tanja Pietraß, New Mexico Tech; Steven W. Morgan and Brian Saam, University of Utah

4:30
Composition of the Inorganic Component of Bone and the Spatial Distribution of Various Components in the Nanocrystals. Aditya Rawal and Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Iowa State University

5:00
Beating Reciprocity S/N Expectations in Triple-resonance Narrow-bore MAS by Cryogenic Cooling of Critical Circuit Components in the OptiMAS Probe. F. David Doty, George Entzminger and Siddarth Shevgoor, Doty Scientific

6:30
Vendor Carnival - Located at the Rocky Mountain Diner, 800 18th Street

Wednesday, August 3, 2005

Vaughan Symposium, Joel Miller presiding

8:30
Symmetry-Based Recoupling Sequences. Methodologies and Applications. Malcolm H. Levitt, University of Southampton

9:30
New NMR Techniques for Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei. M. Edén and B. Stevensson, Stockholm University

10:00
Break (refreshments in exhibition area)

10:30
What Can We Learn From the History of Proton-NMR in Solids? Shimon Vega, Weizmann Institute

11:00
Recent Advances in Through-Bond Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Bénédicte Eléna, Sylvian Cadars, Anne Lesage and Lyndon Emsley, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon

11:30
Towards Understanding Heteronuclear Decoupling in Rotating Solids. Matthias Ernst and Beat H. Meier, ETH Zürich

12:00
Lunch

Interfaces and Nanomaterials, Gordon Kennedy presiding

1:30
Aluminum Distribution in Non-hydrated Zeolite Catalysts Studied by Ex Situ and In Situ Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy. Michael Hunger, Jian Jiao and Wei Wang, University of Stuttgart

2:00
Multinuclear SSNMR Characterization of TiO₂-doped Monolayers and Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity. Enrique A. Reyes-Garcia, Karla Reyes, Jonathan Littleton, Yanping Sun, Racheal Martindale and Daniel Raftery, Purdue University

2:30
An NMR Investigation of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Zener Pinning Particles. Luke A. O'Dell and Mark E. Smith, University of Warwick; Alan V. Chadwick and Shelley L.P. Savin, University of Kent

3:00
Break

3:15
MAS NMR of Functionalized Nanoparticles and Polymers. Khalid Thakur, Richard Newmark and Mark McCormick, 3M; Chuck Bronimann and John Stringer, Varian Inc.

3:45
PFG NMR Self-diffusion of Hydrocarbons in Nanoporous Silicas and Pure Silica Microporous Crystalline Materials. Niklas Hedin and Sebastian C. Reyes, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

4:15-6:15
Poster Session B

Thursday, August 4, 2005

Soft Materials, Philip Grandinetti presiding

8:30
New Very Sensitive High-Resolution NMR Method For Quadrupolar Nuclei Based On The SPAM Concept. J.P. Amoureux, J. Trébosc, L. Delevoye, A. Flambard, L. Montagne and G. Tricot, LCPS, USTL; G. Fink and F. Taulelle, UVSQ; M. Pruski and J. Wiench, Iowa State University; S. Steuernagel, Bruker-Biospin; J. Frye, Varian Inc; Z. Gan, NHMFL

9:00
Portraying solid foodstuff via HRMAS NMR. Stefano Caldarelli, Université Aix Marseille I et III

9:30
Molecular Changes in a Soy Containing Bread During Storage. Yael Vodovotz, The Ohio State University

10:00
Break

10:30
In Vivo and Ex Vivo Metabolic Studies in Biological Specimens Using (Ultra-)Slow MAS NMR. Robert A. Wind and Jian Z. Hu, Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

11:00
Applications of Optimal Control for the Design of Improved Solid-State NMR Experiments. N. C. Nielsen, C. Kehlet, T. Vosegaard, M. Bjerring, and A. C. Sivertsen, University of Aarhus; N. Khaneja, Harvard University; S. J. Glaser, Technische Universität München

11:30
Improving the Sensitivity of NMR Experiments for Non-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids. Renée Siegel, Thomas T. Nakashima and Roderick E. Wasylishen, University of Alberta

12:00
Concluding Remarks

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	Monday, August 1, 2005
8:25	Opening Remarks, Joel Miller
	Inorganic Materials, Dominique Massiot presiding
8:30	Solid state NMR Investigations of Sol-gel Derived Organic/inorganic Materials. Florence Babonneau, Christian Bonhomme, Christel Gervais and Thierry Azais, CNRS-University Pierre et Marie Curie
9:00	Refinement of Inorganic Structures From NMR Spectroscopy Combined With Density Functional Theory Calculations of Electric Field Gradients. Michael R. Hansen, Georg K. H. Madsen, Hans J. Jakobsen and Jørgen Skibsted, University of Aarhus
9:30	⁸⁷Sr QCPMG-NMR Analyses of Salts and Natural Minerals at 21.14 T. Geoffrey M. Bowers and Karl T. Mueller, Penn State University; Andrew S. Lipton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
10:00	Break (refreshments in exhibition area)
10:30	NMR Studies of Battery Materials and Ionic Conduction. Nicolas Dupré, Julien Bréger, Meng Jiang, John Palumbo and Clare P. Grey, University at Stony Brook
11:00	⁷Li-{⁶Li}-SEDOR Spectroscopy: A New Probe for Studies on Cation Clustering in Solids. Stefan Peter Puls, Ulrike Voigt and Hellmut Eckert, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
11:30	Conduction Band Electronic Effects Upon ⁷¹Ga, ⁶⁹Ga and ¹⁴N MAS-NMR Shifts and T1 Relaxation of Doped Gallium Nitride. James P. Yesinowski and Andrew P. Purdy, Naval Research Laboratory; Huaqiang Wu, Michael G. Spencer, Janet Hunting, and Francis J. DiSalvo, Cornell University
12:00	Lunch
	Biological NMR, Rob Schurko presiding
1:30	NMR of Membrane Proteins in Membrane Environments, the FXYD Family Proteins. Francesca M. Marassi, The Burnham Institute
2:00	Protein Structure Determination by High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Application to Microcrystalline Ubiquitin. Stephan G. Zech and Ann E. McDermott, Columbia University
2:30	Low Temperature Magic Angle Spinning and High Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. Robert G. Griffin, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00	Break (refreshments in exhibition area)
3:15	Exploring the use of Double-Quantum ¹H MAS NMR for Biomembranes. Todd M. Alam and Greg P. Holland, Sandia National Laboratories
3:45	Structure Determination of Uniformly Labeled Solid Proteins by 3D Magic-Angle Spinning Methods. Chad M. Rienstra, W. Trent Franks, Benjamin J. Wylie, and Heather L. Frericks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:15-6:15	Poster Session A
5:00 - 7:00	Conference Reception
7:00	PLENARY SPEAKER *- The Hydrogen Economy.* Dr. George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory

	Tuesday, August 2, 2005
	Structure Determination for Biological Systems, Sarah Larsen presiding (joint session with EPR)
8:30	Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins by NMR Spectroscopy. Stanley J. Opella, University of California, San Diego
9:00	Long Range Distance Measurements Using FT-ESR: Towards Measurement of Global Folding and Structural Transitions in the Glycine Receptor. Katherine Stone, Jim Becker, Marco Bonora, Michael Cascio, and Sunil Saxena, University of Pittsburgh
9:30	Aligning Membrane Proteins and Peptides with Lipid Nanotube Arrays for Structural NMR and EPR Studies. Eduard Y. Chekmenev, Jun Hu, Peter L. Gorkov, William W. Brey, and Timothy A. Cross, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory; Oleg G. Poluektov, Argonne National Laboratory; Andres Ruuge, Ali M. Alaouie and Alex I. Smirnov, North Carolina State University
10:00	Break (refreshments in exhibition area)
10:30	Studies of Protein Structure and Dynamics by Solid State NMR. Ann McDermott, Benjamin Gross and Justin Lorieau, Columbia University
11:00	The Ever Changing Shape of The Prion Protein: EPR Identifies Three Distinct Copper Binding Modes. Glenn L. Millhauser, Madhuri Chattopadhyay and Eric Walter, University of California, Santa Cruz; Eliah Aronoff-Spencer and Gary J. Gerfen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; William E. Antholine and Brian Bennett, Medical College of Wisconsin
11:30	A Family of PISEMA-type Pulse Sequences for the Structural Studies of Biological Solids. A. Ramamoorthy, University of Michigan
12:00	Lunch
	New Methods, Zhehong Gan presiding
1:30	Exploiting Quadrupolar Satellite Transitions. Sharon E. Ashbrook, University of Cambridge
2:00	Quadrupole Central-Transition (QCT) Spectroscopy at High Magnetic Fields: Blurring the Distinction Between Solution and Solid States. Gang Wu, Queen's University
2:30	Measurement of ¹⁷O-¹H Distances in Potassium Hydrogen Maleate Using OSCULANT. Gerard S. Harbison and Jun Zhou, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
3:00	Break (refreshments in exhibition area)
3:30	MAS-based NMR Methods to Study Structure and Dynamics of (Membrane)-Protein Complexes. Ovidiu Andronesi, Gitta Angerstein, Stefan Becker, Manuel Etzkorn, Adam Lange, Henrike Heise, Robert Schneider, Karsten Seidel and Marc Baldus, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
4:00	Laser-Polarized ¹²⁹Xe adsorption studies on Carbon Nanotubes in a Convection Cell. Catherine F. M. Clewett and Tanja Pietraß, New Mexico Tech; Steven W. Morgan and Brian Saam, University of Utah
4:30	Composition of the Inorganic Component of Bone and the Spatial Distribution of Various Components in the Nanocrystals. Aditya Rawal and Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Iowa State University
5:00	Beating Reciprocity S/N Expectations in Triple-resonance Narrow-bore MAS by Cryogenic Cooling of Critical Circuit Components in the OptiMAS Probe. F. David Doty, George Entzminger and Siddarth Shevgoor, Doty Scientific
6:30	Vendor Carnival - Located at the Rocky Mountain Diner, 800 18th Street

	Wednesday, August 3, 2005
	Vaughan Symposium, Joel Miller presiding
8:30	Symmetry-Based Recoupling Sequences. Methodologies and Applications. Malcolm H. Levitt, University of Southampton
9:30	New NMR Techniques for Half-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei. M. Edén and B. Stevensson, Stockholm University
10:00	Break (refreshments in exhibition area)
10:30	What Can We Learn From the History of Proton-NMR in Solids? Shimon Vega, Weizmann Institute

11:00	Recent Advances in Through-Bond Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Bénédicte Eléna, Sylvian Cadars, Anne Lesage and Lyndon Emsley, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
11:30	Towards Understanding Heteronuclear Decoupling in Rotating Solids. Matthias Ernst and Beat H. Meier, ETH Zürich
12:00	Lunch
	Interfaces and Nanomaterials, Gordon Kennedy presiding
1:30	Aluminum Distribution in Non-hydrated Zeolite Catalysts Studied by Ex Situ and In Situ Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy. Michael Hunger, Jian Jiao and Wei Wang, University of Stuttgart
2:00	Multinuclear SSNMR Characterization of TiO₂-doped Monolayers and Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity. Enrique A. Reyes-Garcia, Karla Reyes, Jonathan Littleton, Yanping Sun, Racheal Martindale and Daniel Raftery, Purdue University
2:30	An NMR Investigation of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Zener Pinning Particles. Luke A. O'Dell and Mark E. Smith, University of Warwick; Alan V. Chadwick and Shelley L.P. Savin, University of Kent
3:00	Break
3:15	MAS NMR of Functionalized Nanoparticles and Polymers. Khalid Thakur, Richard Newmark and Mark McCormick, 3M; Chuck Bronimann and John Stringer, Varian Inc.
3:45	PFG NMR Self-diffusion of Hydrocarbons in Nanoporous Silicas and Pure Silica Microporous Crystalline Materials. Niklas Hedin and Sebastian C. Reyes, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
4:15-6:15	Poster Session B

	Thursday, August 4, 2005
	Soft Materials, Philip Grandinetti presiding
8:30	New Very Sensitive High-Resolution NMR Method For Quadrupolar Nuclei Based On The SPAM Concept. J.P. Amoureux, J. Trébosc, L. Delevoye, A. Flambard, L. Montagne and G. Tricot, LCPS, USTL; G. Fink and F. Taulelle, UVSQ; M. Pruski and J. Wiench, Iowa State University; S. Steuernagel, Bruker-Biospin; J. Frye, Varian Inc; Z. Gan, NHMFL
9:00	Portraying solid foodstuff via HRMAS NMR. Stefano Caldarelli, Université Aix Marseille I et III
9:30	Molecular Changes in a Soy Containing Bread During Storage. Yael Vodovotz, The Ohio State University
10:00	Break
10:30	In Vivo and Ex Vivo Metabolic Studies in Biological Specimens Using (Ultra-)Slow MAS NMR. Robert A. Wind and Jian Z. Hu, Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
11:00	Applications of Optimal Control for the Design of Improved Solid-State NMR Experiments. N. C. Nielsen, C. Kehlet, T. Vosegaard, M. Bjerring, and A. C. Sivertsen, University of Aarhus; N. Khaneja, Harvard University; S. J. Glaser, Technische Universität München
11:30	Improving the Sensitivity of NMR Experiments for Non-Integer Quadrupolar Nuclei in Solids. Renée Siegel, Thomas T. Nakashima and Roderick E. Wasylishen, University of Alberta
12:00	Concluding Remarks