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IMSERC News Flash

11/14/2011 Automated Heteronuclear NMR Spectrometer Au400 is open for business!

Au400_Chem350 Au400_MaxIMSERC has added a new highly versatile 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, and it is open! This Agilent 400MR DD2, with its 96-sample robot, is geared for automated high-throughput acquisition of routine 1H&13C 1D and 2D spectra, but is ALSO capable of fast, automated collection of heteronuclear data, such as 19F, 31P, 29Si, 11B, 195Pt, and more! Further, we have it calibrated with Agilent's new "Adaptive NMR" framework so the spectrometer automatically calculates the number of scans required to give you good spectra when you include sample concentration in your setup for most experiments. Come down and take a natural abundance 1H-15N HMQC spectrum in 50 seconds! 31P-decoupled 1H spectrum on a sample in a J. Young tube? No problem. See the NMR page for more details. Let's all thank the NSF CRIF Program for grant #CHE-104873!

7/15/2011 MestRe Nova Suite available for NU researchers

Through an internal grant from the Vice President of Research, IMSERC has purchase a site license for MesReNova Suite which includes NMR and Mass Spectrometry data processing and spectra prediction software. For an overview of MNova capabilities, click here. For instructions on installing / updating licenses, click here (updated on 9/22 to clarify Mac installation).

 

IMSERC MissionText Box: Current IMSERC Location

IMSERC’s mission is to further research at Northwestern by providing access to and educating students on the proper use of instrumentation needed for molecular structure characterization.  The Northwestern University Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC) has been established to educate Northwestern students to be scientific leaders of 21st century, and support world-class research. The synthesis of small molecules fuels research of numerous core disciplines and interdisciplinary activities, including chemistry, molecular/cellular biology, drug discovery, chemical biology, translational medical research, materials, catalysis, nanotechnology and energy storage/conversion. All research at Northwestern utilizing novel compounds relies on IMSERC to characterize these molecules before application testing can begin.  As a “one stop shop” for molecular structure characterization, all instrumentation and staff scientist offices are located in a single location.

How to Get Started

IMSERC is located  on the ground floor of the Technological Institute in rooms KG73-88. Outside requests and new users unfamiliar with IMSERC's analytical techniques should direct inquiries to the IMSERC Director, Andrew Ott.

Before scheduling training, read the IMSERC Welcome Package document. Contact your business administrator to obtain your correct Cafe chart string (do not use another group member's account). Go to the FOM billing system (http://imsercsrv.chem.northwestern.edu/fom/welcome ) and create an account. Request access to an instrument and arrange a training time. For more information on FOM, see the FOM User Manual.

Check the list of instrument guides to see if there is any reference material on your instrument. If there is, look it over and print up a copy to bring to your training session.

After your training session is complete, you will typically perform several analyses with a group member and then be certified by an IMSERC staff member for 24x7 usage.