Tag: biophysics
Publication: New collaborative paper applying MAS NMR to tissue clearing.
Congratulations to Ali Fakhrolmobasheri and SSNMR group alum Dr. Pushpa Rampratap for the publication of our collaborative paper On the Molecular Basis of Shrinkage in Hydrophobic Tissue Clearing. This is a project we started a few years back, as part of the PhD research of Pushpa Rampratap in our lab. She used MAS NMR to study the effects of chemical treatments on tissue biopsies, during the process of ‘clearing’ – a procedure for making tissues transparent to enable fluorescent/optical imaging. This involves removal of lipids and changes to the normal solvent composition, to achieve refractive index matching. Our findings were […]
New review paper on ssNMR studies of polysaccharide hydrogels
PhD student Mustapha El Hariri El Nokab has put together a nice new review of solid-state NMR studies of polysaccharide hydrogels, which is now out in the journal Carbohydrate Polymers. This review is part of his research project that make use of solid-state NMR (and other tools) to look at functional polysaccharide hydrogels. This new research direction in the lab also constitutes part of our participation in the new Physics of Cancer (www.phycan.nl) initiative of the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials. Please find the open-access published paper at the journal Carbohydrate Polymers: Mustapha El Hariri El Nokab, Patrick CA van […]
Competitive PhD Scholarships call open (deadline April 1st)
Our Institute and Faculty have opened up a competitive call for PhD scholarship applications. Our solid-state NMR group participates in one of the research theme areas, designated as “Advanced Materials”, which spans topics from physics of life, via bio-inspired materials, to materials and much more. The process is described in some detail on the RuG website. Briefly, applicants (with a MSc degree) are expected to contact a PI/supervisor (immediately!) and develop a fitting project to submit. The submission deadline of an initial idea (few hundred words) is due by April 1st 2020! Suitable ideas are expected to fit within designated […]