Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference

Welcome Remarks

Charlie Khemtong, Ph.D., University of Florida

Keynote 1: Non-equilibrium Processes Studied by Pressure-jump NMR

Adriaan Bax, Ph.D., NIDDK/NIH

Flow Synthesis of Hyperpolarized Metabolites from Parahydrogen

C. Russell Bowers, Ph.D, University of Florida

Unlocking Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection through Zinc-sensitive Metabolic MRI

Veronica Clavijo Jordan, Ph.D., MGH/Harvard Medical School

Session 2 – MRI and Neurological Applications: Dedicated to Prof. Thomas Mareci

Chair: Jens Rosenberg, Ph.D., University of Florida

Opening Remarks

William Brey, Ph.D., National MagLab/Florida State University

Keynote 2: 35 Years of (N)MR Spectroscopy in the Human Brain

Peter Barker, D.Phil., Johns Hopkins University

Longitudinal Changes in Microstructure Are Related to Changes in Gut Microbiome Following Morphine Use

Luis Colon-Perez, Ph.D., U North Texas Health Sci Ctr

Remote Palpation of Live Human Brain Using MR Elastography

Magdoom Kulam, Ph.D., NICHD/NIH

Gradient Coil Design Considerations for Neuroimaging

Garrett Astary, Ph.D., GE Healthcare MR

Is the Brain a Hyperbolic Network

Daniel DeYoung, Ph.D., Albion College

Session 3 – Solution NMR and Applications

Chair: Joanna Long, Ph.D., University of Florida

Cold-water Chemistry

Bill Baker, Ph.D., University of South Florida

Noncanonical RNA binding in LARP6

Robert Silvers, Ph.D., Florida State University

Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Predict NMR Relaxation of Mixtures in Strongly Inhomogeneous Fields

Tyler Meldrum, Ph.D., William & Mary

High-Resolution ¹³C NMR Reveals Enhanced Hepatic Fatty Acid Oxidation in AATD Mouse Model

Qingyang Shen, University of Florida

Metabolite Fraction Libraries for Quantitative NMR Metabolomics

Art Edison, Ph.D., University of Georgia

Session 4 – EPR and Applications I

Chair: Stephen Hill, D.Phil., National MagLab/Florida State University

Keynote 3: Floquet Spin-Pair States in a π-Conjugated Polymer Thin Film

Christoph Boehme, Ph.D., University of Utah

Multiphoton State Transitions in the Multilevel Spin System Gd³⁺:YVO₄

Sabastian Atwood, Ph.D., National MagLab & Florida State University

Optical Control of Molecular Qubits

Haochuan Mao, Ph.D., Florida State University

Frequency and Bandwidth Tunable Photonic Band Gap Resonators for Pulse EPR with at least Tenfold Greater Concentration Sensitivity

Alex Smirnov, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Session 5 – Solid-State NMR

Chair: Leah Casabianca, Ph.D., Clemson University

Solid-State NMR of Insect Wing Membranes and a Refined Structure of Chitin

Terry Gullion, Ph.D., West Virginia University

Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins in Magnetically Aligned Discoidal Lipid Mimetics by Solid-State NMR

Alexander Nevzorov, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Mechanochemical Routes to Conventional and Integrative Pharmaceutical Solid Forms: Insights from PXRD and Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

Peyton Osborn, National MagLab/Florida State University

Structural Characterization of Surface Immobilized Platinum Hydrides by Indirect Detection Solid State NMR Spectroscopy

Benjamin Atterberry, Ph.D., University of Florida

Structural Insight into Inhibitor-Mediated Modulation of Huntingtin Exon 1 Aggregation

Greeshma Jain, Ph.D., University of Florida

Gangliosides Promote Structural Heterogeneity in Aβ42 Aggregates

Jhinuk Saha, Ph.D., National MagLab/Florida State University

Session 6 – Lightning Presentations by Graduate Students & Postdocs

Chair: Luiza Nogueira, Ph.D., University of Florida

Elucidating Electronic Structure and Relaxation Pathways of Transition Metal Complexes via High Power EPR Spectroscopy

Kavipriya Thangavel, Ph.D., National MagLab/Florida State University

Probing the Structures and Dynamics of Cobaltocenium Compounds via Ultra-Wideline ⁵⁹Co Solid-State NMR

Dominic Chantra, National MagLab/Florida State University

Design and Optimization of Highly Aligned Peptoid Macrodiscs for Solid-State NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins

Adit Shah, North Carolina State University

Measuring Slow Cerebrospinal Fluid Velocities in Preclinical Models Using Optimized Phase Contrast MRI at 21.1 T

Dayna Richter, National MagLab/Florida State University

Engineered Iron Oxide Interfaces Enable Reliable MRI Tracking of Therapeutic Extracellular Vesicles

Arshia Arbabian, North Carolina State University

Session 7 – MRI: Emerging Technologies and Innovations

Chair: Bradley Wilkes, Ph.D., University of Florida

DMRI is a Flexible Platform for Assessing Aberrant Metabolism

Matthew Merritt, Ph.D., University of Florida

A Multi-nuclear Volume Coil for H/X Pre-clinical MR at Ultra High Magnetic Fields

David Doty, Ph.D., Doty Scientific, Inc.

BOLD Functional Connectivity Correlates of PTSD Severity and Chronicity during Image Viewing

Robert Claar, University of Florida

Calibrated MR-ARFI with a Non-Magnetic Micropositioner

Ryan Willoughby, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Imaging Neuronal Transmission using Novel Genetic Encodable MRI Reporters

Nan Li, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center

Session 8 – EPR and Applications II

Chair: Alexander Angerhofer, Ph.D., University of Florida

Optimization Methods and Instrumental Advances in Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

Lloyd Lumata, Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas

Achieving Liquid-State ¹H DNP through Particle-Mediated ¹H–¹H Cross Relaxation.

Sungsool Wi, Ph.D., National MagLab/Florida State University

From light to friction: how metal oxides drive radical formation in lubricants

Tatyana I. Smirnova, Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Beyond The First Coordination Sphere: Pulsed EPR Spectroscopy Sheds Light on Outer-Sphere Interactions Driving Enzyme Catalysis

Brad Pierce, Ph.D., University of Alabama

Multi-Functional Role of Oxalate Decarboxylase Revealed by EPR Studies

Zain Becerra, Ph.D., University of Florida

Intrinsic and Cooperative Dynamics of α-Synuclein Terminal Domains under Controlled Confinement

Kurt Warncke, Ph.D., Emory University

Conference Highlights & Closing Remarks

Charlie Khemtong, Ph.D., University of Florida