SeRMN seminar
- Date: Friday 26th April, 2013
- Hour: 10 am
- Location: SeRMN, Facultats de Ciències i Biociències, C2/-135
- Speaker: Laura Castañar, SeRMN PhD Student & Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry.
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Metabolic responses of Quercus ilex seedlings to wounding analysed with nuclear magnetic resonance profiling
“Metabolomic responses of Quercus ilex seedlings to wounding simulating herbivory” By Jordi Sardans, Albert Gargallo-Garriga, Míriam Pérez-Trujillo, Teodor Parella, Roger Seco, Iolanda Filella, Josep Peñuelas. Plant biology. April 2013. DOI: 10.1111/plb.12032.
Plants defense themselves against herbivory at several levels. One of these levels is the synthesis of inducible chemical defenses. By using NMR metabolomic technique we studied the metabolic changes of plant leaves after a wounding treatment simulating herbivore attack in the Mediterranean sclerophyllous tree Quercus ilex. Continue reading Metabolic responses of Quercus ilex seedlings to wounding analysed with nuclear magnetic resonance profiling
New biweekly seminars
Few weeks ago I proposed my research colleagues at the NMR Service to have regular seminars about our research activities.
The proposal was enthusiastically welcomed and after some discussion we agreed on having a 20-minutes seminar every two weeks at 10am on Thursdays, and that PhD students would be giving talks more frequently than senior staff.
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Conformational Bias of Several Types of γ-Peptides
“The Role of the Chiral cis-1,3-Disubstituted 2,2-Dimethylcyclobutane Motif in the Conformational Bias of Several Types of γ-Peptides” by Jordi Aguilera, Juan A. Cobos, Raquel Gutiérrez-Abad, Carles Acosta, Pau Nolis, Ona Illa, Rosa M. Ortuño. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013 (early view). DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300066
Three series of new γ-peptides have been synthesized by starting from conveniently protected cis-3-amino-2,2-dimethylcyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid derivatives. The first series is constructed with only one enantiomer of this γ-amino acid, whereas in the second one both enantiomeric cyclobutane residues are joined in alternating fashion. Continue reading Conformational Bias of Several Types of γ-Peptides
8th Workshop on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging (MRI/MRS) Applied to Laboratory Animals
Dates: 10th to 13th June 2013
Organized by the SeRMN of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
This workshop combines a comprehensive series of lectures on the technology of Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRS/MRI) with hands-on laboratory sessions to provide practical demonstrations of key concepts and procedures for preclinical studies.
Whether you are considering MRI as a research tool in your lab or just would like to learn more about MRI, this workshop addresses practical aspects of experimental MRI with laboratory animals and provide valuable hands-on experience on a 7 Tesla Bruker BioSpec spectrometer.
Number of participants will be limited to 4.
For the registration, please fill the Registration Form and email it to (registration deadline ends May 27st)
See Workshop Brochure for more information or contact Dra. Silvia Lope.
NMR-based Protocol for Ecometabolomics
“Ecometabolomics: Optimized NMR-based method” by Albert Rivas-Ubach, Miriam Pérez-Trujillo, Jordi Sardans, Albert Gargallo-Garriga, Teodor Parella, Josep Peñuelas. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, February 2013. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12028
Metabolomics is allowing great advances in biological sciences and in particular Ecometabolomics (metabolomic approach for ecological studies). Ecometabolomics is a powerful tool that allows identifying changes in the metabolome of individuals of the same species associated to environmental changes, detecting and identifying biological markers. Continue reading NMR-based Protocol for Ecometabolomics
Additives on the Ca(BH) system
“Chemical State, Distribution and Role of Ti- and Nb-Based Additives on the Ca(BH4)2 System” by Christian Bonatto Minella, Eva Pellicer, Emma Rossinyol, Fahim Karini, Claudio Pistidda,Sebastiano Garroni, Chiara Milanese, Pau Nolis, Maria Dolors Baró, Oliver Gutfleisch, Klaus Pranzas, Andreas Schreyer, Thomas Klassen, Rüdiger Bormann and Martin Dornheim. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117:4394-4403 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jp3116275
Light metal tetrahydroborates are regarded as promising materials for solid state hydrogen storage. Due to both a high gravimetric hydrogen capacity of 11.5 wt. % and an ideal de-hydrogenation enthalpy of 32 kJ mol-1 H2, Ca(BH4)2 is considered to be one of the most interesting compounds in this class of materials. In this work, a comprehensive investigation of the effect of different selected additives (TiF4, NbF5, Ti-isopropoxide and CaF2) on the reversible hydrogenation reaction of calcium borohydride is presented combining different investigation techniques. Continue reading Additives on the Ca(BH) system
Ca(BH4)2 + MgH2: Desorption Reaction
“Ca(BH4)2 + MgH2: Desorption Reaction and Role of Mg on its Reversibility” by Christian Bonatto Minella, Claudio Pistidda, Sebastiano Garroni, Pau Nolis, Maria Dolors Baró, Oliver Gutfleisch, Thomas Klassen, Rüdiger Bormann, and Martin Dornheim. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117:3846-3852 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/jp312271s
The Ca(BH4)2-MgH2 composite system represents a promising candidate for mobile hydrogen storage due to a 10.5 wt. % theoretical hydrogen storage capacity and an estimated equilibrium temperature lower than 160 °C. For this system, the reversibility was achieved without further addition of additives. Continue reading Ca(BH4)2 + MgH2: Desorption Reaction
Brain magnetic resonance in liver failure
“Brain magnetic resonance in experimental acute-on-chronic liver failure” by L. Chavarria, M. Oria, J. Romero-Giménez, J. Alonso, S. Lope-Piedrafita, and J. Cordoba.
Liver International 33 (2013) 294-300. DOI: 10.1111/liv.12032
Liver failure causes brain edema that can lead to intracranial hypertension and death. It is currently uncertain whether this water accumulation is predominantly intracellular or extracellular, something important to determine in order to apply the most adequate therapeutic measures. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the neurological manifestations occurring in an experimental acute-on-chronic liver failure rat model that combines sustained liver injury with a factor inducing an inflammatory response.
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2013 NMR Events
This is a non-exhaustive list of NMR related events taking place in 2013:
- 14-19 April, 54th ENC (Experimental NMR Conference), Asilomar, California, USA
- 20-26 April, 21st ISMRM meeting & exhibition (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- 19-24 May, ISMAR 2013 (International Society of Magnetic Resonance), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 10-13 June, 3rd Bio-NMR Annual User Meeting, Budapest, Hungary
- 17-21 June, X Curso Avanzado de RMN, a GERMN course, Jaca, Huesca, Spain
- 30 June – 5 July, EUROMAR 2013 (European NMR meeting), Hersonissos, Crete, Greece
- 28-31August, 4th International DNP Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 18-21 September, WMIC 2013 (World Molecular Imaging Congress), Savannah, Georgia, USA
- 22-25 September, SMASH 2013 (Small Molecule NMR Conference), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- 3-5 October, ESMRMB 2013 (European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology), Toulouse, France
For more thorough lists of events, check these sites:
- Forthcoming MR Events at Stan’s site
- Upcoming NMR Events and Conferences at Canada’s Field NMR Facility for Solids
- Events – Magnetic Resonance at Bruker BioSpin web site