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New spectrometer update (revised July ’15).
Our new wide-bore 750MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer (funded by the NIH High-End Instrumentation Award program) is scheduled to be installed during the summer (July 2015) in the fall of 2015. This will bring exciting new solid-state NMR capabilities, including lower temperature operation and ultra-fast MAS, among other things. Stay tuned for further updates!
Polyglutamine research funded by NIH
Starting January 2015, the NIH NIGMS has awarded our R01 proposal on the molecular characterization of the misfolding and aggregation of expanded polyglutamine proteins. Polyglutamine expansion underlies various related diseaseas, including Huntington’s Disease and several other ataxias. The nature of the misfolding mechanism and the structures of the misfolded species remain poorly understood. The R01 will support our ongoing studies using magic-angle-spinning NMR (and other tools) to provide the need structural insights.
MBSB T32 fellowship awarded to Cody!
The Pitt/CMU Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology graduate program has awarded one of its three T32 fellowships to Cody. Congratulations and great job!