Accelerated 15N spin relaxation measurements via ultra-selective 1D NMR allow access to the dynamics of proteins with highly crowded spectra, such as the polyglutamine tract in huntingtin.
At the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC) 2026, the prestigious Günther Laukien Award was presented to our colleague Guido Pintacuda. This award recognizes his contributions to the development of solid-state NMR through ultrafast magic angle (MAS) sample rotation techniques.
This article highlights the strategic role of shared research facilities offering solid-state NMR, showing how centralized infrastructure, expert support, and collaboration between facilities improve research productivity, training, and high-impact results in the fields of chemistry, life sciences, and materials science.
This study presents new 13C labeling and acquisition methods enabling intracellular NMR spectroscopy at physiological temperature (310 K) to study α-synuclein and tau protein at native cellular concentrations, revealing their disordered conformations and cellular interactions in living human cells.
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Olivier Lafon, scientific manager of the very high-field NMR platform at the Lille site of INFRANALYTICS and of the NMR and Inorganic Materials team (RM2I) of the Solid State Catalysis and Chemistry Unit (UCCS), has been appointed to the rank of Knight of the National Order of Merit.
Alicia Vallet, an NMR research engineer at the Institute of Structural Biology (CNRS/CEA/Université Grenoble Alpes), has been awarded the CNRS Crystal Medal for her involvement in the Infranalytics national research infrastructure.
