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Biomolecular Solid-State NMR Winter School

2024 Program

7th Winter School on Biomolecular Solid-State NMR

January 7-12, 2024

Trapp Family Lodge

Stowe, Vermont

Lectures & Problem sessions:

Mozart room

Poster sessions:

St. George’s Hall

Breakfast:

Dining Room

Dinner:

St. George’s Hall

Social Hour:

Lounge and Sunroom

Coffee:

Hallways

Lunch:

 On your own

Sunday, January 7, 2024

4:00 – 5:30 pmReception, front desk
5:30 – 7:00 pmBuffet dinner
7:00 – 7:10 pmF. Marassi/A. McDermottWelcome
7:10 – 8:00 pmMei HongBasics of SSNMR slides, lecture note1, lecture note 2
8:00 – 8:10 pmBreak
8:10 – 9:00 pmTatyana PolenovaResonance assignments and structure determination
9:00 – 10:30 pm1 minute introductions from students

Monday, January 8

7:30 – 8:00 amBreakfast
7:30 – 8:00 amPoster setup, St George’s Hall
8:00 – 9:30 amChris JaroniecHeteronuclear recoupling and distance measurements 
9:30– 10:00 amCoffee
10:00-11:30 amPhil GrandinettiNMR Instrumentation and probes 
11:30 –4:00 pmFree time
4:00 – 5:30 pmLen MuellerTensors and rotations 
5:30 – 7:00 pmBuffet dinner
7:00 – 8:30 pmBernd ReifProton detection in SSNMR
8:30 – 9:30 pmM. Hong and C. RienstraProblem Set # 1: Basics and decoupling
9:30–10:30 pmSocial Hour

Tuesday, January 9

7:30 – 8:00 amBreakfast & Poster setup, St George’s Hall
8:00 – 9:30 amRobert TyckoSignal and noise in NMR
9:30 – 10:00 amCoffee
10:00 – 11:30 amRobert GriffinDynamic nuclear polarization: CW methods, note 1, note 2, note 3
11:30 am
11:30- 4:00		Group Photo
Free Time		Bring your best outfit
4:00 – 5:30 pmPhil GrandinettiPython workshop and intro to simulation tools
5:30 – 7:00 pmBuffet dinner
6:30 – 8:00 pmGuido PintacudaNMR of paramagnetic systems
8:00 – 9:00 pmA. McDermottDynamics
9:00 – 10:30 pmPoster Session 1

Wednesday, January 10

7:30 – 8:00 amBreakfast
8:00 – 9:30 amPhilip GrandinettiNMR of quadrupolar nuclei
9:30 – 10:00 amCoffee
10:00 – 11:30 amRobert GriffinPulsed DNP and other emerging methods
11:30 – 4:00 pmFree time
4:00 – 5:30 pmJoanna LongDNP: Practical aspects and applications, note1,note2
5:30 – 7:00 pmBuffet dinner
7:00 – 8:30 pmTatyana PolenovaIntegrative structural biology
8:30 – 9:30 pmPoster Session 2 
9:30 – 10:30 pmSocial HourDrinks: courtesy of John and Phoenix

Thursday, January 11

7:30 – 8:00 amBreakfast
8:00 – 8:30 amSleep
8:30- 9:30 amMei HongThemes in structure and dynamics
9:30 – 10:00 amCoffee
10:00 – 10:45 amRobert TyckoTime-resolved solid state NMR
10:45 -11:30 amChris JaroniecParamagnetic tagging for solid state NMR: applications
11:30 – 4:00 pmFree time
4:00 – 4:45 pmJoanna LongApplications of DNP
4:45 – 5:30 pmLen MuellerNMR crystallography of enzyme active sites 
5:30 – 5:45 pmCoffee
5:45 – 6:30 pmGuido PintacudaStructural studies of proteins @ > 100 kHz MAS
6:30-7:15 pmBernd ReifOptimal control
7:15 – 9:30 pmBanquet dinner
9:30 – 10:30 pmSocial Hour

Friday, January 12

7:30 – 8:00 amBreakfastPlease Check out as Early as is Convenient (by 11) 
8:00 – 8:45 amAnn McDermottDynamics — applications 
8:45 –9:30 amBernd ReifQuantification of dynamics in the solid-state
9:30 amMcDermott/MarassiClosing remarks & departure