Overview
SAVE THE DATES FOR 2017!
The 46th Southeast Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC) will begin at 5pm on Friday, October 27 and go until noon on Sunday, October 29
The 46th Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference will be held on October 27-29, 2017 at the University Center Club on the campus of Florida State University, in Tallahassee, Florida. SEMRC is held every year and rotates among various locations in the Southeastern United States and has a long history of bringing together leading scientists to discuss the latest developments in NMR, EPR, and MRI. The focus of the conference is the exchange of ideas and recent magnetic resonance research highlights, including new applications and technique development. Particular emphasis is placed on activities in the region. Traditionally, the SEMRC puts a special emphasis on the participation of young scientists (students and postdocs) and provides excellent opportunities to exchange new exciting results with their peers as well as with the leaders in the field.
The 45th SEMRC was hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
This conference takes place in concert with the Advanced EPR School: Theory and Applications.
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Program
Friday, October 27
5:00 - 10:00 p.m. Registration 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Poster Set Up and Viewing Session A
Chair: Timothy A. Cross, National MagLab & Florida State University6:30 - 6:40 p.m. Welcome Remarks 6:40 - 7:20 p.m. Keynote 1: Kent R. Thurber, National Institutes of Health
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) for Low-Temperature Solid-State MAS NMR7:20 - 7:40 p.m. (C1) Zhehong Gan, National MagLab & Florida State University
1.5 GHz NMR Using 35.2 T Series-Connected-Hybrid Magnet at National MagLab7:40 - 8:00 p.m. (C2) Peter L. Gor'kov, National MagLab & Florida State University
Solid State NMR Probes for 1.5 GHz Spectrometer8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Poster Set Up and Viewing
Welcome Reception and Buffet DinnerSaturday, October 28
Session B - Exotica
Chair: Stephen Hill, National MagLab & Florida State University8:10 - 8:15 a.m. Announcements 8:15 - 8:55 a.m. Keynote 2: Eric J. L. McInnes, University of Manchester
Pulsed EPR Studies of Actinides8:55 - 9:15 a.m. (C3) Alexey Silakov, The Pennsylvania State University
Understanding Functional Diversity of Fe/2OG Oxygenases9:15 - 9:30 a.m. (O1) Bibek Thapa, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Magnetic Resonance (T1- and T2-Weighted) Dual Contrast Enhancement by Single Core Iron Oxide Nanoparticles9:30 - 9:45 a.m. (O2) Samuel M. Greer, National MagLab & Florida State University
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Investigation of Bonding Between First Row Transition Metals9:45 - 10:00 a.m. (O3) Robert V. Williams, University of Georgia
Resonance Assignment and Interdomain Orientation from Paramagnetic Effects in Robo1-Ig1-210:00 - 10:25 a.m. Invited 1: Samuel C. Grant, National MagLab & Florida State University
High Resolution Non-Proton Imaging: Biomedical & Materials Applications10:25 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break Session C - Diseases
Chair: Frederic Mentink-Vigier, National MagLab & Florida State University10:45 - 11:10 a.m. Invited 2: Kendra K. Frederick, UT Southwestern
Less is More: Segmental Isotopic Labeling for Biological DNP NMR11:10 - 11:30 a.m. (C4) Anant K. Paravastu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Solid-State NMR Structural Evaluations of Complementary Co-Assembling Designer Peptides11:30 - 11:45 a.m. (O4) David Hike, National MagLab & FSU-FAMU College of Engineering
DTI-Based Network Analysis of APP/PS1 Mouse Brains With Age & Sex11:45 - 12:00 a.m. (O5) Benjamen Nforneh, Emory University
Electron Spin-Labeling at Residue βC37 of the EutC Subunit in B12-Dependent Ethanolamine Ammonia-Lyase Reveals a Two-State Conformational Equilibrium & Low-Temperature Dynamics in the N-Terminal Domain12:00 - 12:15 a.m. (O6) Cristian A. Escobar, National MagLab & Florida State University
Conformation Plasticity of the N-Terminal Intrinsically Disordered Region Of ChiZ Membrane Protein12:15 - 12:35 p.m. (C5) Kwang Hun Lim, East Carolina University
Mechanistic Studies of Transthyretin Misfolding with a Combined Use of Solution and Solid-state NMR12:35 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch Session D - Integrated Magnetic Resonance
Chair: Joanna Long, University of Florida1:45 - 2:25 p.m. Keynote 3: Song-I Han, University of California - Santa Barbara
Integrated Electron and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Advance DNP Studies2:25 - 2:45 p.m. (C6) Frederic Mentink-Vigier, National MagLab & Florida State University
One Step Closer Towards in Silico Biradical Design2:45 - 3:00 p.m. (O7) Maciej Witwicki, Wroclaw University
Application of Experimental and Computational EPR Spectroscopy to Radical Systems3:00 - 3:15 p.m. (O8) Thierry Dubroca, National MagLab & Florida State University
Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization in Liquids at 14.1 T3:15 - 3:30 p.m. (O9) Zahra Hayati, National MagLab & Florida State University
Interaction of HIV gp41 with the Viral Membrane Studied by EPR3:30 - 3:55 p.m. Invited 3: Alex A. Nevzorov, North Carolina State University
A Resonator Approach for Room-Temperature DNP3:55 - 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break Session E - From Metals and Methods
Chair: Hans van Tol, National MagLab & Florida State University4:15 - 4:40 p.m. Invited 4: Jens Niklas, Argonne National Laboratory
Multi-Frequency EPR of Transition Metal Catalysts in Bio-Hybrid Systems for Hydrogen Production4:40 - 5:00 p.m. (C7) Joshua Telser, Roosevelt University
Reinvestigation of Tetrahedral Cobalt(II) Diphosphine Complexes: What Really is the Zero-Field Splitting?5:00 - 5:15 p.m. (O10) Joscha Nehrkorn, National MagLab & Florida State University
Direct Determination of Zero-Field Splitting of CoII Single-Ion Magnets with Frequency-Domain EPR at Very High Frequencies5:15 - 5:30 p.m. (O11) Bibhuti B. Das, Doty Scientific
The Utility of High-Power Pulsed Field Gradients in Solid State NMR5:30 - 5:45 p.m. (O12) Randy K. Dumas, Quantum Design, Inc.
Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance (FMR) Spectroscopy5:45 - 6:05 p.m. (C8) Alex I. Smirnov, North Carolina State University
Photonic Band-Gap Resonators for High-Field EPR of Microliter-Volume Liquid Aqueous Samples6:05 - 8:00 p.m. Poster Session 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. Banquet Dinner Sunday, October 29
Session F - Contrast
Chair: Jens Rosenberg, National MagLab & Florida State University8:15 - 8:55 a.m. Keynote 4: Elena Vinogradov, UT Southwestern
Advanced Saturation Methods to Create Molecular and Microstructural Contrast in Human MRI8:55 - 9:15 a.m. (C9) Clifford R. Bowers, University of Florida
Parahydrogen Induced Polarization by Heterogeneous Catalysis9:15 - 9:30 a.m. (O13) Alex Eletsky, University of Georgia
PRE Restraints from DOSY NMR – Docking an Extended Ligand to a Glycoprotein9:30 - 9:45 a.m. (O14) Jin Zheng, National MagLab & Florida State University
Insight into Fast Ion Conductors from Solid-State NMR/MRI9:45 - 10:00 a.m. (O15) Ghoncheh Amouzandeh, National MagLab & Florida State University
Electrical Conductivity Mapping Using MRI at 21.1 T10:00 - 10:20 a.m. (C10) Thomas H. Mareci, University of Florida
Brain White Matter Fiber Configuration Analysis with Spherical Harmonic (CASH) Expansion of Diffusion Displacement Probability10:20 - 10:40 a.m. Coffee Break Session G - Enzymes and Catalysts
Chair: Likai Song, National MagLab & Florida State University10:40 - 11:05 a.m. Invited 5: Kurt Warncke, Emory University
Contributions of Protein Configurations and Fluctuations, and Coupled Solvent Dynamics, to the Chemical Steps in B12-Dependent Ethanolamine Ammonia-Lyase11:05 - 11:25 a.m. (C11) Tatyana I. Smirnova, North Carolina State University
Electrostatics at Lipid Interfaces and Effect of Solid Support11:25 - 11:40 a.m. (O16) Evan Wenbo Zhao, University of Florida
Atomic Structure of Mesoporous Silica-Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles Revealed by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-Enhanced Silicon-29 NMR Spectroscopy11:40 - 11:55 a.m. (O17) Morteza Jafarabadi, North Carolina State University
AAO Nanopores Reveal Lipid-Induced Conformational Changes of Membrane Proteins by Oriented Sample Solid-State NMR11:55 - 12:20 a.m. Invited 6: Leah B. Casabianca, Clemson University
Examining Binding of Small Molecules to Nanoparticle Surfaces Using Saturation Transfer Difference NMR12:20 - 1:00 a.m. Boxed Lunch and Adjournment 12:30 - 2:00 a.m. Optional visit to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory for those interested Keynote Speakers
Song-I Han
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara
Dr. Han's research pushes the frontiers of NMR and EPR spectroscopy for the study of materials, macromolecular complexes and biological interactions. Areas of interest include: intrinsically disordered proteins and neurodegenerative diseases; biological hydration water; surfaces and materials characterization; DNP/EPR instrument development at low and high-field; and membrane protein biophysics.
Eric McInnes
Professor and Head of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Manchester Co-Director of the UK-EPSRC funded National Facility for EPR Spectroscopy
Dr. McInnes' research interests are in coordination chemistry and spectroscopy, focusing on the magnetic properties of molecule-based materials. In particular he studies d- and f-block coordination compounds where the paramagnetism gives rise to fascinating and potentially useful physical properties. The EPR facility that he Co-Directs offers facilities and expertise for c.w. EPR at L, S, X, K, Q and W-band and pulsed EPR at S, X and Q-band.
Kent Thurber
Staff Scientist at Laboratory of Chemical Physics, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
Dr. Thurber’s research is focused on protein structure determination using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). He is developing a custom NMR probe for dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and magic-angle spinning (MAS) at low temperatures (25 K).
Elena Vinogradov
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dr Vinogradov’s research interest is in chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI, endogenous contrast mechanisms, spin dynamics and relaxation. Dr. Vinogradov is a chemical physicist and her lab focuses on health imaging applications and more specifically looking to bridge the gap between basic scientific ideas and robust clinical applications.
Important Dates
August 7, 2017 Online Registration opens September 29, 2017* Early Registration deadline September 29, 2017* Cancellation deadline for full refund, minus fees (must be made in writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) September 29, 2017* Abstract submission deadline for Student Awards September 29, 2017* Discounted hotel reservation rate ends September 29, 2017 Abstract submission deadline - Oral and Poster October 4, 2017* Student Award Notifications October 16, 2017 Cancellation deadline for 50% refund, minus fees (must be made in writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) October 16, 2017 Online Registration closes; see on-site registration October 16, 2017 Notification of Oral and Poster presentations October 27, 5pm Conference begins (on-site registration) October 29, 12pm Conference ends *Extended dates
Registration
Registration fees include attendance at all talks, the welcome reception on Friday night, breakfast, lunch, and a reception dinner on Saturday, breakfast and a boxed lunch on Sunday as well as coffee breaks during the conference. They do not include accommodation, travel, or any extra activities outside the specified conference agenda.
Fees are in U.S. dollars and can be paid via Visa, MasterCard, Amex, check or cash. Registrations must be received by the conference on the dates specified below in order to receive the corresponding rates.
Early registration by 9/29/2017:
- Full participant $150.00
- Postdoc/Student $100.00*
Late Registration from 9/30/2017 until 10/16/2017:
- Full participant $250.00
- Postdoc/Student $125.00*
On-Site Registration beginning 10/27/2017
- Full participant $300.00
- Postdoc/Student $150.00*
*The conference organizers reserve the right to verify eligibility for these rates.
Cancellations
Cancellations must be made in writing via email to the conference coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you are unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome, provided that written authorization is presented at the registration desk
Registration cancellations made on or before September 29, 2017, will receive a full refund, excluding any convenience fees paid.
Registration cancellations made on or before October 16, 2017, will receive a 50% refund, excluding any convenience fees paid.
There will be no refunds for cancellations made or received on or after October 16, 2017. Non-attendance does not imply cancellation.
There will be no refunds for cancellations made or received on or after October 8, 2015. Non-attendance does not imply cancellation.
Abstract Submission
A limited amount of funding has been provided by our sponsors for student travel support. Student travel award requests are due by 11:59 pm on September 29, 2017. This requires an abstract and letter of reference from your advisor emailed to the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The deadline for general submission of poster and oral abstracts is 11:59 pm on September 29, 2017.
Abstracts MUST be prepared according to the guidelines provided in the
Abstract Submission Form. In addition to the abstract template, this form requires additional fields to be completed, e.g., whether you wish the submission to be considered for an oral or poster presentation.All completed abstract forms should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Hotel
Residence Inn Tallahassee Universities at the Capitol
Residence Inn Tallahassee Universities at the CapitolRelax in comfort at our hotel near Florida State University. The newly renovated Residence Inn Tallahassee Universities at the Capitol, located between Florida State University and Florida A&M University, is just 5 miles from Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) and popular Gaines Street. Enjoy complimentary airport shuttle service and free breakfast served daily at our hotel in downtown Tallahassee. Take advantage of complimentary Wi-Fi offered throughout and stay in pet-friendly, all-suite accommodations with ergonomic work space and signature Marriott bedding. Visit the Residence Inn Mix™, a unique social offering featured among hotels near FSU, for bold local flavors and refreshing beverages.Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/tlhdt-residence-inn-tallahassee-universities-at-the-capitol/
Address: 600 W Gaines St Tallahassee Florida 32304-4308 USA
Phone: +1-850-329-9080
Reservation Link: Book your group rate for 2017 MagLab Room Block
Residence Inn Tallahassee Universities at the Capitol is offering us a special group rate of $139.00 USD per night.
2017 MagLab Room Block
Start date: 10/25/17
End date: 10/29/17
Last day to book: 9/29/17Getting There
Area airport:
Tallahassee International Airport (TLH)
- Airport shuttle service, on request, complimentary
Shuttle Phone: (850)329-9080 - Alternate transportation: City Taxi; fee: 20 USD (one way)
Hotel Address:
Residence Inn by Marriott Tallahassee Universities at the Capitol
600 W Gaines St, Tallahassee, FL 32304
(850) 329-9080Directions to the hotel:
From Tallahassee airport
Turn right onto Capital Circle SW. Travel 1.7 miles to Springhill Road and turn left. After 2.1 miles the road name will change to Lake Bradford Road. Proceed another 1.2 miles to West Gaines Street and turn right. Hotel is one-half mile at the corner of West Gaines Street and Railroad Avenue. Turn left onto Railroad Avenue to access main entrance of hotel and parking.
From I-10 East (from Gainesville)
Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 199 for US-27 toward Havana/Tallahassee/State Capitol. Use the left 3 lanes to turn left onto US-27 S/N Monroe Street. Continue straight to stay on Monroe Street. Follow this road for about 4 miles and then take a right onto E Gaines Street. The hotel will be on the right after about .6 of a mile. It is on the corner of E Gaines Street and Railroad Ave.
From I-10 West (from Pensacola)
Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 199 for US-27 toward Havana/Tallahassee/State Capitol. After half of a mile, use the right 2 lanes to turn right onto US-27 S/N Monroe St (signs for Tallahassee). Follow Monroe Street for about 4 miles and take a right on E Gaines Street. The hotel will be on the right after about .6 of a mile. It is on the corner of E Gaines Street and Railroad Ave.
Conference location:
University Center Club (UCC) at Florida State University
Champions Club
This facility is a part of Doak Campbell Stadium
Address: FSU Doak Campbell Stadium
403 Stadium Drive
University Center, Building B
Tallahassee, FL 32306Directions from Hotel to UCC (5 min):
Head west on W Gaines St toward Gay St. After half of a mile, at the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and continue onto FL-371 E/W Gaines St. After .2 of a mile, continue straight onto Stadium Drive. After another .2 of a mile, turn right onto Champions Way and after about 200 feet; take another right to stay on Champions Way. The UCC is a part of the stadium and will be on the left and the conference will be held in the Champions Club in Building B.
Parking at the University Center Club
Before 5:00PM on Friday, please park in the Visitors' Lot right in front of the entrance; our Banquet Captain will validate your parking tickets, i.e. you won’t have to pay for parking. After 6PM and on Saturday and Sunday, the Visitor Gate will be open and no tickets are needed.
- Airport shuttle service, on request, complimentary
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Florida State University and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory hosted the 46th Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC), which was held October 27-29, 2017, at the University Center Club on the campus of Florida State University, in Tallahassee, Florida.
