Nicholas Fitzkee

Biophysical NMR | Biofilms | Bio-Nano Interactions | Disordered Proteins | Science Advocacy | ORCID 0000-0002-8993-2140

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

Congratulations @PatrickLab_MS ! Great achievement!

[MSU Arts & Sciences @MSUArtsSciences]

MSU’s Patrick recognized for mass spectrometry advances as ‘Emerging Investigator’

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[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@uOttawaNMR Thanks, Glenn! I caught Amy Fruend here at SERMACS, and I think she's going to help me out. Will let you know.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@PatrickLab_MS Maybe we really are a football school? Just a different kind of football...

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@uOttawaNMR You wouldn't still happen to have that hoesy dataset would you? I've been having the darnedest time getting a hoesy to work. Super low signal to noise. Having a working parameter set would be invaluable to me.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

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[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@uOttawaNMR Did you ever make the software available? Looks like it could be useful, though it may not work with TS4.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@de_lab Oh my, yes. The default behavior is so weirdly inconvenient.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

With our new 800 #NMR and NMR facility manager, this would be perfect for someone with interests in biophysical NMR. Reach out if you have questions! @nmr900

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[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@Popher Does this approach risk shortening the life of the amplifier because of the reflected power? The optimum tuning profile looks pretty far off.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@Popher @nmr900 Update: It seems to work. You need to modify the pulse program to include "SWITO" statements, and sometimes this involves adjusting delays to maintain phasing. Decoupling during acquisition is harmful to the SNR.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

Is there any reason why a Bruker QNP accessory couldn't be used to collect phase-sensitive gradient experiments (e.g. a 19F{1H} HOESY on a 1H/BBF probe)? "hoesyfhqfqnrv" is okay, I'd like to clean up artifacts, and that program is limited to QF mode. @nmr900 #NMR

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@Popher @nmr900 I'm trying. I modified one of them to add the QNP switch commands. I think it's working, but I'm getting lower signal than expected. By default, those programs are not written for the QNP accessory, and it looks like they expect separate amplifiers for H and F.

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@Popher @ma_sabba And the thermometers are only as good as their calibration!

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

Starting today, thanks to @NSF, MSU is now recycling nearly all of the helium in its #NMR facility. It's been a crazy week, but Bryan from @BlueFors_Ltd got us up and running. @nmr900

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[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

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[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

@Popher No pan under that oil pump

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

Dan's looking for his next position, so please reach out if you need a creative and innovative scientist with expertise in protein biochemistry/biophysics, nanomaterials, and 3D printing!

[Nicholas Fitzkee @FitzkeeLab]

A couple of days late, but congratulations to Dr. Dhanush Amarasekara for successfully defending his dissertation entitled "Engineering Functionalized Nanomaterials for Targeting and Ablating Biofilms."